ABIGAIL’S PARTY: PLAY FOR TODAY

9PM, BBC4 ★★★★★

Alison Steadman (left) stars in Mike Leigh’s satirical study of middle-class tension set at a dinner party where bitterness seeps through the guests’ bland facades. First shown in 1977, it’s lost none of its power – actually, Abigail’s sense of home decor probably seems worse now than it did then.