Name: The Big Day
Genre: Drama
Duration: 55 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Andree Melly, Colin Gordon

Company boss George Baker is seeking to appoint a new director. Three employees are candidates: Accounts Manager Victor Partridge, Transport Manager Harry Jackson and Sales Manager Mr Selkirk.

Partridge is married and having an affair with his young secretary Nina. The affair is leaked to the boss to ruin his chances of promotion. Jackson has been filing fake driver records and this too is exposed. Selkirk seems the likely choice for the directorship but Baker considers him too ruthless.

In a not really surprising move, Partridge is appointed, who Baker considers reliably dull. But Partridge finds his new job a poisoned chalice. Baker has ordered him to sack Nina, and he realises he must work much harder for little more than his name on the company notepaper.

The drama genre is a broad category that features stories portraying human experiences, emotions, conflicts, and relationships in a realistic and emotionally impactful way. Dramas delve into the complexities of human life, often exploring themes of love, loss, morality, societal issues, personal growth, with the aim to evoke an emotional response from the audience by presenting relatable and thought-provoking stories.

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