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Performance•Season 4•Episode 1

Message For Posterity

7.7/10 · 37 votesOct 29, 1994107 min

Ranked #1 of 5 in Season 4•+0.3 vs season avg

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A Parliamentary committee decides to commission a portrait as a memorial to an ageing Conservative, wartime ex-Prime Minister, Sir David Browning. Bizarrely, they choose anarchic, anti-establishment and equally ageing artist James Player, who appears to stand for the very opposite values and positions to his

Directed byDavid Hugh Jones
Written byDennis Potter

Seasons7

Season 4 Episodes5

Crew2

Dennis Potter

Dennis Potter

Writer

David Hugh Jones

David Hugh Jones

Director

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Episode Summary

"Message For Posterity" is episode 1 of Performance season 4. It scored 7.7/10 from 37 votes, ranking #1 of 5 episodes this season (season average 7.4). Directed by David Hugh Jones and written by Dennis Potter, it aired on October 29, 1994.