Peter Nichols – A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

Duration: 1'40'04''

Synopsis

Heartbreaking and comic drama about parents of a profoundly mentally disabled child. Stars Christopher Eccleston and Kaye Wragg.

Further Information
Other Archive resources
A Day In the Death of Joe Egg | BBC Four | 2003

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Part 2

A film of dramatist Peter Nichols's critically acclaimed sixties black comedy about a couple, Bri and Sheila, who escape into a world of fantasy and make-believe as a way of coping with bringing up their 10-year-old daughter, who has cerebral palsy. Starring Eddie Izzard, Victoria Hamilton, Prunella Scales, John Warnaby and Robin Weaver.
A Day In the Death of Joe Egg | BBC Four | 2002

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

A film of dramatist Peter Nichols's critically acclaimed sixties black comedy about a couple, Bri and Sheila, who escape into a world of fantasy and make-believe as a way of coping with bringing up their 10-year-old daughter, who has cerebral palsy. Starring Eddie Izzard, Victoria Hamilton, Prunella Scales, John Warnaby and Robin Weaver.