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Edge of
Darkness
screenplay by
Troy Kennedy-Martin
First broadcast on BBC 2, 4th November 1985.
Director: Martin Campbell
Producer: Michael Wearing
Cinematography: Andrew Dunn
Production Designer: Graeme Thomson
Costume Designer: Denver Hall
Makeup: Daphne Croker and Norma Webb
Music: Eric Clapton and Michael Kamen
Visual Effects: Mat Irvine
Running time: approx. 314 mins
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Cast
(main
characters, in
alphabetical order) |
Joe Don Baker.....Darius
Jedburgh
Sean Caffrey.....McCroon
Jeremy Child.....Government Minister
Sue Cook.....Herself
Brian Croucher.....Connors
Allan Cuthbertson.....Bernard Chilwell
Joel Cutrara.....Col. Mike Merryweather
Rowland Davies.....Maberley
Anthony Douse.....Carlisle
David Fleeshman.....Jones
Hugh Fraser.....Robert Bennett
Patrick Godfrey.....Oakley
Jerry Harte.....Kurt Wagner
Roy Heather.....Lowe
Randal Herley.....Elliott
Paul Humpoletz.....Det. Cheif Supt. Elham
David Jackson.....Col. Taffy Lawson
Charles Kay.....Guy Pendleton
Sarah Martin.....Polly Pelham
Tony Mathews.....Toby Berwick
Sean McCarthy.....Nallers
Mac McDonald.....Col. Robert Kelly
Tim McInnery.....Terry Shields
Ian McNeice.....Henry Harcourt
Kenneth Nelson.....Jerry Grogan
Bob Peck.....Ronald Craven
Manning Redwood.....Schumaker
Struan Rodger.....Mac
Jo Ross.....Miriam Berwick
Imogen Staley.....Young Emma
Bill Stewart.....DI Dingle
Zoë Wanamaker.....Clementine
Jack Watson.....James Godbolt
Joanne Whalley.....Emma Craven
Paul Williamson.....Harold Bewes
John Woodvine.....Chief Supt. Ross |
Production |
| 'Edge of Darkness
was very much a reflection of its time, although it had, I hope,
some qualities which have transcended it,' writes the series'
creator Troy Kennedy-Martin. In fact, this political
thriller is now widely regarded as one of the best television
series ever produced, and was voted the
fourth greatest drama series/serial in the British Film
Institute's survey. Policeman Ronald Craven sees his
daughter, Emma, gunned down in an apparently motiveless
attack. Launching his own investigation into her murder,
he uncovers details about her work as an environmental
campaigner that his colleagues have either deliberately ignored
or overlooked. On his quest to find his daughter's killer,
he crosses the path of British and American government officials
- including Clementine (who, in true Bond-girl style, sleeps with
a gun under her pillow!) - who all express a mysterious interest
in his daughter's
activities... |
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Edge
of Darkness (Regions 2 and 4) DVD |
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Edge
of Darkness - Part 1 (PAL) video |
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Edge
of Darkness - Part 2 (PAl) video |
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Edge
of Darkness (NTSC) video |
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