An Limehouse production for Channel 4
Nathaniel Box, a self-styled prophet, along with his daughter Barbara and her fiancé Curtis, holds a night time press conference in an underground car park, devoutly believing that "a new Messiah for a New Age" will appear there before dawn - and their wait does not go unrewarded.
First broadcast on Channel 4 on 1st December
1986 between 9:00 and 10:00 pm
Duration: 60 minutes
Starring Ian Lavender, John Bird, Peter Capaldi
Written by Lesley Bruce
Music by Anthony Phillips
Produced by Susi Hush
Directed by Robert Chetwyn
One piece of the music for this programme ("The Golden Pathway") was released on Slow Waves, Soft Stars
A suite of some more of the music from the programme was released on Finger Painting.
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