The Finishing Line

In 1977 John Krish directed the hard hitting short film for British Transport Films 'The Finishing Line' in which school children take part in an imagined sports day on a railway embankment with events including 'Fence Breaking', 'Stone Throwing', 'Last Across' and most dangerous of all 'The Great Tunnel Walk'.

Making The Hunger Games look tame in comparison 'The Finishing Line' caused outrage when it was shown on TV and ended up getting banned from broadcast for over 20 years. And yet there is no doubt that it succeeded in terrifying it's target audience of 9-11 year olds.  Many of those who saw it say it stuck with them and they never dared play anywhere near a railway line.

The Finishing Line