Toria fuller biography books

1 9 8 3 (UK)
5 x 55 minute episodes

This five-part BBC drama was a dark mixture of high drama and low comedy set against the backdrop of London Zoo for a near-future tale of imperial decline and war – between Britain and the Middle Eastern state of Bilad al Hawa.

Simon Carter (Stuart Wilson), the zoo’s newly-appointed young secretary, finds himself surrounded by fanatical old men whose answers to the impending crisis all ignore either morality or reality.

The titular old men themselves are extremely well-played with Robert Morley as the deliciously wicked and politically manipulative press baron and zoo president, Lord Godmanchester; Andrew Cruickshank as curator of insects, Mr Sanderson; Richard Wordsworth as curator of birds, Mr Price; and Marius Goring as curator of reptiles, Emile Englander.

Carter’s wife, Martha (Toria Fuller) returns from America where she has left their children for safety and the zookeepers make arrangements for war.

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