Nineteen Eighty-Four (British TV programme)
Nineteen Eighty-Four is a British television adaptation of the 1949 novel of the same name by George Orwell, originally broadcast on BBC Television in December 1954. The production proved to be hugely controversial, with questions asked in Parliament and many viewer complaints over its supposed subversive nature and horrific content. It starred Peter Cushing, Yvonne Mitchell, Donald Pleasence and André Morell.
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Peter Wilton Cushing was an English actor. His acting career spanned over six decades and included appearances in more than 100 films, as well as many television, stage and radio roles. He achieved recognition for his leading performances in the Hammer Productions horror films from the 1950s to 1970s, and as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977).
English Heritage blue plaque at 32 St James' Road, Purley, London
Cushing as Doctor Van Helsing in The Brides of Dracula
Cushing and his close friend Christopher Lee in Horror Express (1972). They starred in twenty-two films together, including four Dracula Hammer films.