A 1990 TV movie so obscure even the internet forgot to rate it — but Paul McGann's midlife crisis? Unforgettable.
Nothing seems to go right for Colin, no matter how he tries. No one is offering him writing work, and his marriage is disintegrating. Why can't he be smooth and confident as he imagines other men to be?
Acting
Paul McGann's exquisite secondhand embarrassment — every flinch is art.
Writing
Self-loathing so specific it feels autobiographical (it basically was).
Director
Colin Gregg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Colin Gregg had previously worked with Paul McGann on The Monocled Mutineer; this was their deeply personal follow-up about creative frustration.
This vanished TV movie captures a specific moment of late-Thatcher British malaise — unemployed creatives, crumbling marriages, and the death of the 'gentleman' ideal.
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