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Karaoke

Karaoke

★ 6.8/10•1996•53m•Drama
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Screenwriter Daniel Feeld experiences bizarre coincidences as his screenplay—about a karaoke bar, an employee named Sandra, and her murder by Arthur 'Pig' Mallion—seems to mirror reality, with a karaoke bar, an employee named Sandra, and a shady owner named Mallion.

StatusEnded
Runtime53m
LanguageEN
First Air DateApr 28, 1996

Episodes

Episode 1 - TuesdayE153m

Tuesday

Daniel Feeld is a television writer whose latest work, 'Karaoke', is in production. He's in endless conflict with ambitious director Nick Balmer, who continues to try and change his script. Feeld is also undergoing medical tests in hospital after recently feeling ill. One day, he becomes disturbed when he overhears a passing couple voicing lines from his script, a murder thriller. Later, at dinner with a friend, he spots a girl at a table with a man seemingly repeating a scene from his work. His unsettled feelings intensify when he learns that the girl is called Sandra, just like his character, as in his work, she ends up murdered.

Apr 28, 1996

Episode 2 - WednesdayE253m

Wednesday

Feeld is now in hospital, having collapsed at Arthur 'Pig' Mallion's Karaoke strip club after following Sandra there. His consultant sends him for tests, warning that it could be serious. While there, he receives an unexpected visit from Sandra, and tries to explain to her about his work and his premonitions in his script. Meanwhile, it becomes obvious to his work colleagues that Balmer is infatuated with Linda Langer, the actress playing Sandra. Balmer and Linda are in fact having an affair, and when he tries phoning her, little does he realise that Mallion is listening in!

May 5, 1996

Episode 3 - ThursdayE353m

Thursday

Feeld leaves hospital, doped up on morphine to deal with the pain while he awaits the results. He is startled to learn that he has a character called Arthur Mallion in his script. Disturbed by his meeting with Sandra and the discovery of a gun in her bag, Feeld uses it to find out her address, but is shocked when he comes face to face with Sandra's mother. It is there that he learns what Sandra is plotting. Meanwhile, Linda tells Balmer that her flat has been bugged and shows him a threatening blackmail note, confirming Balmer's suspicions.

May 12, 1996

Episode 4 - FridayE453m

Friday

Balmer realises he's being followed by two men in a car, henchmen sent by Mallion, determined to protect his interests Feeld learns his fate, and summons his agent Ben Baglin to draw up a new Will, listing Sandra as a beneficiary and ordering certain stipulations. Feeld must now make a momentous decision to change the course of events.

May 19, 1996

Actors

Albert Finney

Albert Finney

Daniel Feeld

Saffron Burrows

Saffron Burrows

Sandra Sollars

Hywel Bennett

Hywel Bennett

Arthur 'Pig' Mallion

Roy Hudd

Roy Hudd

Ben Baglin

Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant

Nick Balmer

Anna Chancellor

Anna Chancellor

Anna Griffiths

Keeley Hawes

Keeley Hawes

Linda Langer

Simon Donald

Ian

Neil Stuke

Neil Stuke

Peter (Movie)

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