The Sleeper (2000 film)

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| genre = Crime drama

| creator = Gillian White

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| writer = Gwyneth Hughes

| director = Stuart Orme

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| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Eileen Atkins
• Anna Massey
• George Cole
• Michelle Collins
• Ciarán Hinds
• Annabelle Apsion
• Elizabeth Spriggs
• Simon Chandler
• Eric Byrne
• Julia Deakin

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| composer = Colin Towns

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| num_series = 1

| num_episodes = 2

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| executive_producer = Pippa Harris

| producer = Joy Spink

| editor = Ardan Fisher

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| cinematography = Derek Suter

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| runtime = 60 minutes

| company = BBC Worldwide

| channel = BBC1

| first_aired = {{Start date|2000|12|26|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2000|12|27|df=yes}}

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The Sleeper is a single British television crime drama film, written by Gwyneth Hughes and directed by Stuart Orme, that first broadcast on BBC1 on 26 December 2000.{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7a3a3489086c41e19bb8fa9a32628d08|title=The Sleeper – BBC One London – 26 December 2000|work=BBC Genome|accessdate=28 January 2019}} The film was initially broadcast in two parts,{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c56d810f17b94092a67c3769450de75c|title=The Sleeper – BBC One London – 27 December 2000|work=BBC Genome|accessdate=28 January 2019}} and is based on the novel by Gillian White.{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8422489f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129010321/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8422489f|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 January 2019|title=The Sleeper [Part One] (2000)|work=BFI|accessdate=28 January 2019}}

The film was commissioned as part of the BBC's £42 million-pound Christmas schedule line-up for 2000.{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a1524/bbc-one-unveils-christmas-lineup/|title=BBC One unveils Christmas lineup|work=Digital Spy|date=6 December 2000|accessdate=28 January 2019}} Neither part of the film attracted more than 6.4 million viewers, placing it outside of the Top 30 most watched programmes that week.{{cite web|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-top-30/|title=BARB – Weekly Top 30 Programmes|publisher=BARB|accessdate=28 January 2019}} Although the film remains unreleased on VHS or DVD, both parts are available to watch on YouTube.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxndgchBrMU|title=2000-12 Sleeper (Part 1)|via=YouTube|date=13 October 2013|accessdate=28 January 2019}}