After Pilkington

After Pilkington
Genre Drama
Written by Simon Gray
Directed by Christopher Morahan
Starring Bob Peck
Miranda Richardson
Gary Waldhorn
Barry Foster
Reina James
Richard Brenner
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 1
Production
Running time 100 minutes
Release
Original release 25th January 1987

After Pilkington is a BBC television drama film (a black comedy) written by Simon Gray, starring Miranda Richardson, Bob Peck and Barry Foster. It was first broadcast in 1987.

Plot

The quiet life of Oxford professor James Westgate (Bob Peck) is shattered when he is introduced to Penny (Miranda Richardson), the wife of his crass new colleague (Barry Foster). Westgate recognises her as his childhood sweetheart, and the two resume their friendship. Westgate is bored with his mundane college life, including his German friend Boris who experiments on animals in the lab, and the attentions of a shy male student who claims to be in love with him, so he is only too happy to be diverted into joining Penny in her search for missing archaeologist Pilkington (a fellow Oxford colleague). As Westgate's obsession with his childhood friend grows, he is drawn into a tangle of misunderstanding, intrigue, and murder. Bob Peck imbues his character with comic ineptitude.

The film frequently has the 4th movement from Schubert's Trout Quintet on the soundtrack.

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