Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestA two-part adaptation of Martin Amis's cult '80s novel with Nick Frost as John Self, a dysfunctional director who goes to America to make his debut movie but ends up speeding towards self-destruction.
Acting
Nick Frost goes full tragicomic, surprisingly committed.
Production
Grotty '80s New York recreated with zero glamour.
Nick Frost
John Self
Emma Pierson
Selina Street
Adrian Lukis
Vincent Kartheiser
Fielding Goodney
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
Felix
Tamsin Egerton
Butch Beausoleil
Phillip Browne
Omar
Hattie Morahan
Martina Twain
Paul Ritter
Terry Linex
Peter Wight
Vince People
Amanda Abbington
Doris Artthur
Tim Pigott-Smith
Barry Self
Oliver Cotton
Lorne Guyland
Jerry Hall
Caduta Massi
Josh Dallas
Spunk Davies
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was BBC Two's attempt to adapt unfilmable literature; it vanished so completely that even Amis rarely mentions it.
Released in 2010 but set in Thatcher-era greed, it accidentally predicted post-crash austerity despair—just without the irony distance.
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