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Screen Two: In the Secret State

on BBC Two England

starring Frank Finlay
Screenplay by BRIAN PHELAN from the novel by ROBERT MCCRUM
A government department, with data on us all in its computers, is not functioning quite as its ex-Head intended. Frank Strange sets out to clear his own name and finds he is investigating a murder.
With WYLLIE LONGMORE
AMANDA NEYLON , RICHARD MAY
ALAN THOMPSON , GURDIAL SIRA
CHRISTOPHER BIRCH
SHOPE SHODEINDE
STEPHEN CHURCHETT
IAN BLEASDALE
JACK LONSDALE. IVOR SALTER
ANDREW CUTHBERT
KALEEM JANJUA
BRENDA CAVENDISH
NICK ORCHARD
NEVILLE PHILLIPS
STEWART HARWOOD
JAMES WOOLLEY
RUSSELL DIXON
Music RICHARD HARVEY Producer ANN SCOTT
Director CHRISTOPHER MORAHAN (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Finlay
Unknown:
Brian Phelan
Novel By:
Robert McCrum
Unknown:
Frank Strange
Unknown:
Wyllie Longmore
Unknown:
Amanda Neylon
Unknown:
Richard May
Unknown:
Alan Thompson
Unknown:
Gurdial Sira
Unknown:
Christopher Birch
Unknown:
Shope Shodeinde
Unknown:
Stephen Churchett
Unknown:
Ian Bleasdale
Unknown:
Jack Lonsdale.
Unknown:
Ivor Salter
Unknown:
Andrew Cuthbert
Unknown:
Kaleem Janjua
Unknown:
Brenda Cavendish
Unknown:
Nick Orchard
Unknown:
Neville Phillips
Unknown:
Stewart Harwood
Unknown:
James Woolley
Unknown:
Russell Dixon
Music:
Richard Harvey
Producer:
Ann Scott
Director:
Christopher Morahan
Frank Strange:
Frank Finlay
James Quitman:
Matthew Marsh
Michael Hatherley:
Geoffrey Chater
Guy Preger:
Michael Byrne
Johnny Davenport:
Thorley Walters
Bamaby Tucker:
Ronald Fraser
Cooper:
Malcolm Terris
Hoskins:
Ken Campbell
Sir Gerald Dangerfield:
Nicholas Selby
Mayer:
Hilary Minster
Jilly:
Natasha Richardson
Liz:
Emma Relph
Mitchell:
Tony Selby
Minister:
Roger Brierley
Richard Lister:
Pip Donaghy
Lister's wife:
Noreen Kershaw
Ellison:
Peter Sproule
Buff:
Gorden Kaye
Watchers:
Derek Holt
Watchers:
Ray Knight
Watchers:
Michael Redfern
Selser:
Roger Lloyd Pack

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