The Old Men at the Zoo
 First edition cover | |
| Author | Angus Wilson |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Published | 1961 by Secker and Warburg |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 352 pp |
| OCLC | 4482168 |
| 823.91 | |
| LC Class | PZ3.W68895 |
The Old Men at the Zoo is a novel written by Angus Wilson, first published in 1961 by Secker and Warburg, and by Penguin books in 1964. It was adapted into a 1983 BBC Television serial by scriptwriter Troy Kennedy Martin. It deals with events immediately preceding a nuclear attack on London during a (presumably) limited nuclear war, which results in the imposition of a later post-apocalyptic pan-European dystopian dictatorship, until rescue arrives for the prisoners at the zoo, transformed into a concentration camp.
Cast
- Stuart Wilson as Simon Carter
- Marius Goring as Emile Englander
- Andrew Cruickshank as Mr Sanderson
- Toria Fuller as Martha Carter
- Barry Stanton as Strawson
- Robert Morley as Lord Godmanchester
- Robert Urquhart as Sir Robert Falcon
- John Phillips as Dr Charles Langley-Beard
- Richard Wordsworth as Matthew Price
- Priscilla Morgan as Mrs Purrett
- Maurice Denham as Dr Edwin Leacock
- Shelagh Fraser as Diana Price
- Jan Harvey as Harriet Leacock
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