Message For Posterity

Summary

A Parliamentary committee decides to commission a portrait as a memorial to an ageing Conservative, wartime ex-Prime Minister, Sir David Browning. Bizarrely, they choose anarchic, anti-establishment and equally ageing artist James Player, who appears to stand for the very opposite values and positions to his prospective sitter. During sittings the two men find many opportunities to score political and social points off each. Screened with an with an introduction by Brian Walden, a contemporary of writer Dennis Potter at Oxford and an old Oxford political sparring partner.

Guest stars

• Patrick Godfrey as 1st Conservative MP
• Annette Crosbie as 1st Labour MP
• John Neville as Sir David Browning
• Eric Porter as James Player
• Stephen Moore as Hawkins
• Ronald Pickup as Richard Browning
• Sophie Thompson as Gillian Player
• Abigail Cruttenden as Clara Browning
• Nicholas Selby as Second Conservative MP
• Tony Haygarth as Second Labour MP