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Programme Information

Fact-based adventure about the experiences of a couple who spent a year as voluntary castaways on an isolated isle. Bored of her humdrum life in London, Lucy answers an advertisement placed by a middle-aged man seeking a female companion to spend a year on a desert island with him. The two develop an antagonistic relationship, but soon realise mutual dependence is the only recipe for survival.

Keywords:

Adventure, Drama, Sex, Erotic, Based-on-True-Story, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Nudity

Additional Information:

(1986) (UK) (3 Star)

Cast:

Oliver Reed	.... Gerald Kingsland
Amanda Donohoe	.... Lucy Irvine
Georgina Hale	.... Sister Saint Margaret
Frances Barber	.... Sister Saint Winifred
Tony Rickards	.... Jason
Todd Rippon	.... Rod
John Sessions	.... Man in Pub

Supporting Cast:

Virginia Hey	.... Janice
Sorel Johnson	.... Lara
Len Peihopa	.... Ronald
Paul Reynolds	.... Mike Kingsland
Sean Hamilton	.... Geoffrey Kingsland
Sarah Harper	.... Swimming Teacher
Stephen Jenn	.... Shop Manager
Joseph Blatchley	.... Registrar

Directors:

Nicolas Roeg

Writers:

Lucy Irvine