The Old Men at the Zoo
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The Old Men at the Zoo is a novel written by Angus Wilson, first published in 1961 by Secker and Warburg and by Penguin books in 1964. It was adapted, with many changes – nuclear bombing of London, not present in the novel, is added – into a 1983 BBC Television serial by the scriptwriter Troy Kennedy Martin.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The book deals with events before a nuclear attack on London during a (presumably) limited nuclear war, which results in the imposition of a later post-apocalyptic pan-European dystopian dictatorship, until rescue arrives for the prisoners at the zoo, transformed into a concentration camp.
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- 1961 British novels
- 1961 science fiction novels
- BBC Two original programming
- Novels by Angus Wilson
- British novels adapted into television shows
- Television shows based on British novels
- British post-apocalyptic novels
- Secker & Warburg books
- 1983 in British television
- 1980s British drama television series
- British English-language television shows
- Post-apocalyptic television series