A secretary runs the world for 36 minutes. Men panic via telephone.
With her boss unexpectedly absent. Helen, his secretary takes charge.
Acting
Judy Parfitt's deadpan supremacy—she carries 36 minutes solo.
Direction
Battersby's claustrophobic framing makes phones feel like weapons.
Director
Roy Battersby
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for BBC's 'Second City Firsts' slot, this is peak 1970s British television experimentalism—feminist before the term was marketable.
Roy Battersby later directed 'A Very British Coup' and married actress Judy Loe; this early short shows his knack for political tension in mundane settings.
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