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Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy are best friends who grow up together at an English boarding school with a chilling secret. When they learn the shocking truth that they are genetically engineered clones raised to be organ donors, they embrace their fleeting chance to live and love. Based on the 2005 novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro.

Primary Title
  • Never Let Me Go
Date Broadcast
  • Sunday 5 May 2013
Release Year
  • 2010
Start Time
  • 23 : 15
Finish Time
  • 01 : 15
Duration
  • 120:00
Channel
  • TV3
Broadcaster
  • MediaWorks Television
Programme Description
  • Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy are best friends who grow up together at an English boarding school with a chilling secret. When they learn the shocking truth that they are genetically engineered clones raised to be organ donors, they embrace their fleeting chance to live and love. Based on the 2005 novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro.
Classification
  • AO
Owning Collection
  • Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
  • Friendship--Drama
  • Boarding school students--England--Drama
  • Coming-of-age films
  • Feature films--Great Britain
  • Human cloning--Drama
  • Feature films--United States
  • Film adaptations
  • Romance films
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Science fiction
Contributors
  • Mark Romanek (Director)
  • Kazuo Ishiguro (Writer)
  • Alex Garland (Writer)
  • Keira Knightley (Actor)
  • Carey Mulligan (Actor)
  • Andrew Garfield (Actor)
  • Charlotte Rampling (Actor)
  • Sally Hawkins (Actor)
  • Domhnall Gleeson (Actor)
  • Andrew Macdonald (Producer)
  • Allon Reich (Producer)
  • DNA Films (Production unit)
  • Film4 (Production Unit)
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures (Production Unit)
  • Andrea Riseborough (Actor)
  • Rachel Portman (Composer)
  • Adam Kimmel (Cinematographer)
  • 99242314514002091 (MMS ID)
Subjects
  • Friendship--Drama
  • Boarding school students--England--Drama
  • Coming-of-age films
  • Feature films--Great Britain
  • Human cloning--Drama
  • Feature films--United States
  • Film adaptations
  • Romance films