Voice Over (1983)

Voice Over: Directed by Christopher Monger. With Ian McNeice, Bish Nethercote, John Cassady, Sarah Martin. A sheltered late night radio show host who offers escapism to his audience via his narrations of his 19th century romance novels, finds a brutalized young woman and takes her in to take care of her, which makes his psyche start to crack.

“I saw this film in 1983 just after it had been made. I saw it at Cardiff Art School which is the same college Chris Monger studied at. Itu0026#39;s an atmospheric film shot in 16mm and my memory of it is that it was Chris Mongeru0026#39;s first film after leaving college and as such itu0026#39;s a great movie. Unfortunately my memory of the plot is not too good, but I can say that the character of u0026#39;Fatsu0026#39; Bannerman played by Ian McNeice has stuck in my memory strongly. Bannerman is a radio host/VO artist and is played really competently. The viewer is drawn into that world of late night broadcasting. He has gone on since Voice Over to play a whole heap of other roles in successful films including Chris Mongeru0026#39;s most famous film u0026#39;The Englishman Who Went up a Hill and Came Down a Mountainu0026#39;”