The Men's Room

For the 2018 film, see The Men's Room (film).

The Men's Room is a British television drama mini-series that was produced by the BBC and originally aired on BBC2 from 25 September to 23 October 1991. The series, which comprises five 50-minute episodes, was adapted by Laura Lamson^[1] from Ann Oakley's 1989 novel of the same name, and stars Bill Nighy, Harriet Walter, Amanda Redman, Charlotte Cornwell and James Aubrey.^[2]

The Men's Room
Genre	Drama Black comedy
Based on	The Men's Room by Ann Oakley
Directed by	Antonia Bird
Starring	Bill Nighy Harriet Walter Amanda Redman Charlotte Cornwell James Aubrey
Composers	Sarah Jane Morris Andy Roberts
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Producer	David Snodin
Running time	50 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC2
Release	25 September (1991-09-25) – 23 October 1991 (1991-10-23)

A black comedy and period piece set during the Thatcher years, it tells the story of an affair between two academics: a previously devoted wife and mother, Charity Walton (Walter), and a serial womanizer, Mark Carleton (Nighy).^[2]

Nighy credits the series as being his breakthrough role.^[1]

Cast

• Bill Nighy as Prof. Mark Carleton
• Harriet Walter as Charity Walton
• Patrick Drury as James Walton
• Mel Martin as Jane Carleton
• Amanda Redman as Sally
• Charlotte Cornwell as Margaret Lacey
• James Aubrey as Steve Kirkwood
• Bill Stewart as Doctor Ivan Swinhoe
• Cheryl Hall as Mavis McDonald
• David Ryall as Alan Pascoe
• Kate Hardie as Tessa Pascoe
• Tilly Vosburgh as Delia
• Philip Croskin as Mack MacKinnon

Home media release

The series was released on DVD in 2013.^[2]