First viewed : 4 February 1987
I can't find much trace of this black comic drama from Channel Four which is a shame because it was excellent.
Neil Pearson played Nick Target, the straight guy in a struggling alternative comedy trio with girlfriend Patti ( a slimline Caroline Quentin ) and her brother Victor ( Paul Bown ). At an audition for a commercial, he meets Tommy ( Charles Lawson ) who draws him into pyramid selling , which has a frightening effect on Nick's personality. Hugh Laurie and Nigel Terry are among the bad guys as the organisation is revealed to be a Scientology-like cult.
As a satire on both yuppie values and the New Age spiritualism that was supposedly replacing them, it was spot on .
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