THE HIDE

Credits & Awards

Writers: Tim Whitnall
Directed by: Marek Losey
Cast: Alex Macqueen, Phil Campbell

Synopsis

Nothing and nobody will stop Roy Tunt from watching his birds and today, a blustery December morning, he is on a mission. One more tick in his dog-eared notebook and Roy will have recorded all five-hundred and sixty seven species on the British List. He senses that the conditions are ideal and the time right to welcome an elusive vagrant from the Asian steppe, the rare and beautiful Sociable Plover. He sequesters himself away in a timbered bird hide on a remote stretch of marsh. With a packed lunch, flask of Bovril and a framed photograph of his ex-wife for company, Roy watches and waits. Unbeknownst to him, another visitor is on his way.