Starring
Edward WoodwardRobert LangTony DoylePaul HardwickBarbara KellermanLisa Harrow
Written by
Wilfred Greatorex
Ratings per Episode
Votes per Episode
1990 Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.2 | |
| S2 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
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About
The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control (PCD), a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding roughshod over the population's civil liberties. Edward Woodward plays Jim Kyle, a journalist on the last independent newspaper called The Star, who turns renegade and begins to fight the PCD covertly. The officials of the PCD, in turn, try to provide proof of Kyle's subversive activities.
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Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Edward Woodward Jim Kyle
Robert Lang Herbert Skardon
Tony Doyle Dave Brett
Paul Hardwick Faceless
Barbara Kellerman Delly Lomas
Lisa Harrow Lynn Blake
Yvonne Mitchell Kate Smith
George Murcell Greaves
David McKail Inspector Macrae
Clifton Jones Henry Tasker
Crew
Wilfred Greatorex
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