| Moonlight on the Highway | |
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| Written by | Dennis Potter |
| Directed by | James MacTaggart |
| Starring | Ian Holm Anthony Bate |
| Music by | Al Bowlly |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Producer | Kenith Trodd |
| Running time | 52 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 12 April 1969 |
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Moonlight on the Highway is a television play by Dennis Potter, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 12 April 1969 as part of ITV's Saturday Night Theatre strand. The tale of a young Al Bowlly fanatic attempting to blot out memories of sexual abuse via his fixation with the singer, the play was the first of Potter's works to use popular music as a dramatic device and strongly anticipated Potter's later 'serials with songs' Pennies from Heaven (1978), The Singing Detective (1986) and Lipstick on Your Collar (1993).