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Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill (1976)

Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill poster
Directed by
Mike Newell
Country
United Kingdom
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A television episode follows a director and crew struggling to film a scene for a TV drama. The delays and pressures expose the tensions and frustrations behind the scenes of production.

observationalwrymelancholicdramaticrealisticslow-burn

What happens

"Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill" is the first episode of British anthology television series Red Letter Day which aired on 11 January 1976, written by Jack Rosenthal, and produced by ITV. A 2003 remake was partly rewritten by Rosenthal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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