The Vision is a British television film, which had its first showing on 9 January 1988 on BBC2. The film was written by William Nicholson and directed by Norman Stone. It starred Dirk Bogarde, Lee Remick, Lynda Bellingham and Helena Bonham Carter. It was episode 1 of the fourth series of Screen Two.
Filming locations included The Exchange, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. The film was the main feature on the front cover of the Radio Times when it was first shown.
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Plot
A sinister cult uses a new television station to create a new European order. Dirk Bogarde plays a has-been UK TV personality hired to front the organisation but grows uneasy about its aims. At the end of the film, he attempts to warn the television audience about the dangers they face during the station's first transmission. But he fails to realise that recorded footage is being played during his "live" broadcast. He only realises when he is escorted from the studio by a stony-faced security guard and sees on the television monitors the (innocuous) beginning of his broadcast followed by a swift cut to his interviewer who thanks him for his contribution and then announces the showing of their first film, Back to the Future.
Music
Bill Connor wrote the original music for the film.
The film features the soundtrack Watch the Skies by Ken Howard.
Cast
The film starred Dirk Bogarde and Helena Bonham Carter.
Eileen Atkins ... Helen Marriner
Elizabeth Baker ... Party Hostess
Lynda Bellingham ... Mary Morris
James Frank Benson ... Pressman
Bruce Boa ... Channel President
Dirk Bogarde ... James Marriner
Helena Bonham Carter ... Jo Marriner
Richard Cubison ... Derek Miles
Alan Curtis ... Lord Mallory
Philip Goldacre ... Richard Jenkins
Linda Jesticoe ... Drama Producer
Martin Jones ... News Editor
Michael Lees ... John Harvey
David Lyon ... Richard Beck
Paul Maxwell ... Bill Freed
Lisabeth Miles ... Margaret Bunn
Bruce Montague ... Geoffrey Gilman
Philip O'Brien ... Charlie Parrott
Stevie Parry ... Personnel Officer
Tony Philips ... First Agent
Lee Remick ... Grace Gardner