You Are Here

Cinephile deep dive

The take

John Birkin directs. Nick Arthurs cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 45-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 228 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
• 3Editor Nick Arthurs shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 4Keith Allen and Ricky Grover and Paul Kaye carry the top of the cast.
• 5IMDB entry: tt0195425 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing

Nick Arthurs

Makeup / hair

Lesley Brennan

Runtime

45 min · 0h 45m

Status

Released

Original language

EN

IMDB

You Are Here (1998) ↗

Also by

John Birkin

• 
  The Merry Mishaps of Mr. Bean

  1992 · ★ 8.0
• 
  Mr. Bean

  1990 · ★ 8.0
• 
  Chef

  1993 · ★ 7.6
• 
  Never Mind the Horrocks

  1996 · ★ 7.5
• 
  The Thin Blue Line

  1995 · ★ 7.1
• 
  Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

  2000 · ★ 7.0

Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  You Are Here. One off C4 sitcom 1998

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Production companies

Who made it

• 

  Big Talk Studios

  GB

Key crew

• ProducerNira Park
• MusicJonathan Whitehead
• EditorNick Arthurs
• Script EditorAndrew Clifford
• Makeup ArtistLesley Brennan
• Focus PullerKevin Scott
• Assistant DirectorJeff Taylor

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• surreal
• special

Release history · US

When it landed

• TV1998-12-30· Channel 4