31 OCTOBER 1981, page 29

Cinema

The watchers Peter Ackroyd Blow Out ('X', Empire Leicester Square) I n the sound laboratory, we see tapes marked 'heartbeat', 'footsteps', 'shower' and 'scream': practically the......

Theatre

Sick jokes Mark Amory The Hypochondriac (Olivier) No Sex, Please — We're British (Strand) A ll but best-informed are advised to forego a drink and study the programme before......

Television

A-musing Richard Ingrams unday evenings, traditionally my prime viewing time, are looking up a bit thanks to Great Expectations and the return of To the Manor Born (BBC1). This......