Dirk Bogarde, Lee Remick and Eileen Atkins head an outstanding cast in this stunning drama from the creative team behind Shadowlands. Originally screened as part of BBC2's acclaimed Screen Two strand and featuring an early TV role for Helena Bonham Carter, The Vision is a disturbing reflection of an era of televangelists, burgeoning satellite channels and ruthless media manipulation. Bogarde plays James Marriner, a faded, unhappily married former TV presenter who is persuaded to front the People Channel a right-wing, evangelical satellite network poised to launch... in Europe; determined to recruit Gentle Jim as a reassuringly familiar anchorman, the network's steely, seductive boss Grace Gardner (Remick) proves hard to refuse. As the network's first live transmission looms, Marriner, whose personal life is now under surveillance, has become deeply uneasy about its aims. But Gardner makes it clear that any attempt to alert viewers to her organisation's true agenda will bring about a devastating retribution. [show more]
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Feature-length made-for-TV drama directed by Norman Stone, forming part of the 'Screen Two' anthology series produced by the BBC. Starring Dirk Bogarde and Helena Bonham Carter, the drama follows a secretive cult as it puts into motion its plan to create a new European order. When the former TV personality they hired to front the organisation begins to have serious doubts about their aims, they must rethink their strategy if their plan is to work. The cast also features Alan Curtis, Richard Cubison and Bruce Boa.
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