ITV Saturday Night Theatre · SEASON 1
Moonlight on the Highway
Episode 15 · 1969-04-12
Episode overview
Writing for ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969), Dennis Potter introduced the notion that popular music expresses the yearning of the human spirit for a better world. A troubled young man, David Peters (Ian Holm), claims, "Once dreams were possible, that's what the popular songs told us." Rejecting rock music of the day, Peters is immersed in the tunes of Thirties crooner Al Bowlly (killed during the London blitz). He collects Bowlly memorabilia, publishes the Bowlly fan-club newsletter, and finds pleasure in lip-synching Bowlly records but his obsession with Bowlly masks certain darker events in his past.
52 minutes
Season 1 episodes
1. Park People1969-01-11
2. Bangelstein's Boys1969-01-18
3. My Bonnie Jean1969-01-25
4. MacNeil1969-02-01
5. Cornelius1969-02-08
6. Emlyn1969-02-15
7. Tiger Trap in the Street1969-02-22
8. An Hour of Love #1: The Bind1969-03-01
9. An Hour of Love #2: Anatomy of a Divorce1969-03-01
10. The Piano Tuner1969-03-08
11. Pig in a Poke1969-03-15
12. Machine1969-03-22
14. The Dirt on Lucy Lane1969-04-05
15. Moonlight on the Highway1969-04-12
16. Hazel and Her New Gas Cooker1969-04-19
17. Steve1969-04-26
18. Toys1969-05-03
19. Rogues Gallery: The Bright Eyed Body Snatcher1969-05-10
20. Rogues Gallery: The Wicked Stage1969-05-17
21. Rogues Gallery: The Timorous Rake1969-05-24
22. Rogues Gallery: The Fearful Image1969-05-31
23. Rogues Gallery: A Bed Full of Miracles1969-06-07
24. Rogues Gallery: The Prude Pursued1969-06-14
25. The Innocent Ceremony1969-06-21
26. The Haunting1969-06-28
27. A Measure of Malice1969-07-05
28. Better Dead1969-07-12
29. Every Day of the Life Man1969-07-19
30. Salve Regina1969-07-19
31. Takeover1969-07-26
32. Two Hundred Miles by Train1969-07-26
33. The Funeral of Queen Victoria1969-08-02
34. The Garbler Strategy1969-08-02
35. Travelling Where?1969-08-09
36. Two Feet Off the Ground1969-08-16
37. Fly Away Home1969-08-23
38. The Talking Head1969-08-30
