Shepperton Babylon

A sardonic look at the dark secrets of the British Film Industry of the 1920s and 30s, where scandal and sordid behaviour was almost as rife as in Hollywood.

Cast

Charlie Higson

as Narrator

Lewis Macleod

as Other voices

Lillian Hall-Davis

as Herself (Archive)

Alfred Hitchcock

as Himself (Archive)

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