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Edge of Darkness

Series 1

Episode 1: Compassionate Leave

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC ChoiceLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Classic 1980s conspiracy thriller set in a world of obsessive state security and political power play. Ronald Craven, a Yorkshire policeman is investigating a union election scandal when his daughter, Emma, is shot and killed in front of him. Learning of his daughter's involvement in an ecological group and absolutely determined to trace her killer, Craven goes to London to investigate. Show less

Contributors

Pendleton:
Charles Kay
Ronald Craven:
Bob Peck
Emma Craven:
Joanne Whalley
Darius Jedburgh:
Joe Don Baker
Harcourt:
Ian McNeice
James Godbolt:
Jack Watson

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