Slimming Down (1984 TV Play) | starring Prunella Scales, Ian Richardson, Nicholas Lyndhurst

"Efficiency and profitability are the only way ahead." A middle-class family that has completely internalized the "new realism" of the 1980s. When the family's "business" faces a shortfall, the parents (played by Ian Richardson and Prunella Scales) decide to apply corporate logic to their domestic life—with their unemployed son and elderly grandfather as the primary targets for "cutting back." A rather dark satirical comedy drama also featuring Nicholas Lyndhurst (Frasier) and Prunella Scales (Fawlty Towers). Broadcast 20th June 1984 #IanRichardson #PrunellaScales #NicholasLyndhurst #1984TV #BritishSatire #Thatcherism #BlackComedy #AlanPlater #ClassicTVDrama #80sTelevision