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Apr 08, 1985
89 min
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Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain (1985)

Drama documentary which takes the form of an up-dated version of Pygmalion. With a special music score by jazz group Working Week, with real "society" characters and locations from 1984.

Category

Documentary Drama Music TV Movie

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

BBC TV

Jason Carter

Gordon Shilling

Tim Curry

Eden Rothwell Esq.

Sting

Machiavelli

Alexei Sayle

John Bull

Gary Glitter

David Leland

Driver

Ken Campbell

Samuel Smiles

April Ashley

Self

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