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George Orwell is one of those well known figures who many people know just well enough to maintain a misconception or two; for example that he was a blinkered anti-communist or a tweedy retired copper or a prophet of technological oppression. The aim of this TV programme, made to commemorate Orwell’s centenary, was to replace these less-than-half-truths with a complete and satisfying life story. And so to show how he reached the state of mind in which he wrote ‘1984’ – inventing Big Brother, Room 101 and the Thought Police. Using Orwell’s own words we created all the audio-visual archive we needed. Confessional writing became interviews, reportage became newsreel, essays became film essays and diaries became home movies. These invented scenes were then intercut with real archive to create a programme that looked like a plentifully resourced archive film, though it was, in fact, a fake – which was also a true ‘documentary’ story.

United Kingdom - 2003 - 1 h 30 mn - 8 mm • 16 mm - Colour

Director Chris Durlacher Script Paul Whittington, Chris Durlacher Camera Jeff Baynes Sound Mick Duffield Sets Hannah Spice Editing Steve Stevenson Cast Chris Langham, Michael Fenton Stevens, Tom Goodman-Hill, Andrew Bone, Mary Roscoe, Rebecca Front Narrator Barbara Flynn

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