Ready when you are Mr McGill

A film about the making of a television film, which gently satirises all the members of a film unit, and is a lesson in how not to direct a television play. The story is seen through the eyes of Joe McGill, a professional television extra given his first speaking part of two lines. But everything that can possibly go wrong in location filming, does go wrong. Stars Jack Shepard.

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Credits

producer

Michael Dunlop

production company

Granada Television International

director

Mike Newell

Duration

00:54:30:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1975

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

013689

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television - Production and direction

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television film

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television film recording

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television producers and directors

Comedy

Comedy → Satire

Music & Performing Arts → Acting

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1975

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