The Hide
82 mins
On the windswept Suffolk mudflats creaks a bird-hide, inside which hovers Roy Tunt, a prematurely aged, mildly obsessive-compulsive birder. With one more sighting - the elusive sociable plover - he will have 'twitched' the entire British List. Tunt has his shortwave radio, packed-lunch and a portrait of his ex-wife Sandra for company. Suddenly, in the midst of a conversation with Sandra's portrait, the hide door blows open and a bedraggled stranger - unshaven, edgy and bloodied introduces himself as Dave John, a fugitive from the storm. After a tense introduction, the two men discover that they have a good deal in common, sharing sandwiches, tea and personal exchanges which are frank, poignant and often funny. As the two men begin to form a close bond news of a police manhunt sets them both on edge driving their fragile relationship to a tragic conclusion.
Marek Losey
Director
Alison Forbes-Meyler
Costume Design
Colin Sumsion
Editor
Bernadette Thomas
Executive Producer
Nick Palmer
Production Design
Luisa Ridge
Makeup Artist
Dean Humphreys
Sound
John Schwab
Producer
Nadine Herrmann
Art Direction
Andy Walker
Sound Effects Editor
Angel Perez Grandi
Sound Editor