Mr Pye

Name: Mr Pye
Released: 1986-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Derek Jacobi, Richard O'Callaghan, Judy Parfitt

TV Show · Drama

Derek Jacobi stars as the evangelical do-gooder in this lively comedy-drama based on Mervyn Peake's fantasy novel. When Mr Pye heads to the tiny island of Sark to convert the locals, he doesn't bank on their own squabbles getting in the way...

1986 · 50m

Starring Derek Jacobi, Richard O'Callaghan, Judy Parfitt

Director Michael Darlow

EPISODE 1

Preparing the Way

Mr Pye arrives on Sark and gradually charms his landlady into becoming an ally. Together they plan a beach barbecue that is also to involve the cantankerous Miss George - in a totally unexpected way.

50 min
EPISODE 2

The First Martyr

The beach barbecue is a disaster, Mr Pye sprouts a magnificent pair of embarrassing white wings, and, in his desperation, sets about doing bad, thus causing a dramatic and untimely death.

48 min
EPISODE 3

The Perjured Soul

Mr Pye desperately wants to get rid of his wings, but the result of his efforts is a most bizarre and even more alarming manifestation.

48 min
EPISODE 4

Making for the Moonlight

The wings went but the horns came, and desperation has set in. Narrowly escaping a lynching by the infuriated islanders, Mr Pye makes his final escape.

50 min

Derek Jacobi

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Richard O'Callaghan

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Judy Parfitt

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Betty Marsden

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Michael Darlow

Director
David Hare

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