. "The After-Dinner Joke is a television play in the epic form written by the English playwright Caryl Churchill for the BBC1 Play for Today series which was broadcast on 14 February 1978.Unfolding through a sequence of 66 short, episodic scenes and utilising a large number of characters, the drama explores the politics of charity through the story of a young woman called Selby who wants \"to do good.\" As a charity worker, she studiously avoids becoming embroiled in political issues, only to discover during the course of the action that this is impossible. "@en . . "1978Z"^^ . "The After-Dinner Joke"@en . . "1978-02-14Z"^^ . . "The politics ofcharity" .