STEPHEN VOLK

Cyclops

Written by Stephen Volk​
(Channel 4, 2001) (1 x 1hr)
(Standalone drama in the Channel Four series: "Shockers")* ​
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Watch "Cyclops" on 4oD 

The very near future... Violent sex offender Carl Gatliss is put on parole with a "modern version of the ankle tagging" - a camera embedded in his retina so that his probation officer, Esther, can watch his every move from Gatliss's own point of view. At first he takes delight in his new-found freedom: and the fact that Esther is observing even his most private moments, as a kind of legalized Peeping Tom. But judicial surveillance becomes voyeurism as her professionalism distorts and she becomes as obsessed by him as he is with her. 
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"A multi-textured piece that is also incredibly involving... I was watching from between my fingers in the end" Time Out

Directed by Bharat Nalluri
Director of photography Danny Cohen
Executive Producer: Greg Brenman
Producer: Barney Reisz
Script Editor: Hilary Norrish 
A Tiger Aspect productions for Channel Four

Carl Gatliss...................Stuart Graham
Esther Powell...............Juliet Aubrey
Ken Christie.................Alastair Galbraith

*Note also, in the same series:

IBIZA: SEVEN NIGHTS FROM £99

Written by Chris Bucknall
Uncredited rewrite by Stephen Volk
Directed by David Blair
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Watch "Ibiza" on 4oD
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