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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

Thriller set in a world of obsessive state security. Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death. Show more

Contributors

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

Edge of Darkness

Series 1

Episode 2: Into the Shadows

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Classic 80s thriller serial. Craven goes to London to find out more about his daughter's murder, and begins to realise the full extent of her political involvement. Show more

Edge of Darkness

Series 1

Episodes 1/2 - Compassionate Leave/Into the Shadows

Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

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CID Officer Ronald Craven starts an investigation into his daughter's death and discovers that she is involved in an environmental group with powerful enemies. Show more

Edge of Darkness

Series 1

Episode 3: Burden of Proof

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Classic 1980s thriller series. Police close in on their prime suspect for Emma's murder, as Craven's doubts about the motive for the killing become certainties.

Edge of Darkness

Series 1

Episode 4: Breakthrough

Duration: 53 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

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Thriller series. Craven confronts Emma's killer, but he is stopped from revealing why they committed the murder. Craven becomes determined to enter Northmoor and hack into MI5's computer. Show more

Edge of Darkness

Series 1

Episode 6: Fusion

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four

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After being exposed to fatal doses of radiation, Jedburgh heads for Scotland armed with the plutonium. Craven, now in possession of the wisdom of Gaia, waits for the inevitable.

Edge of Darkness

Series 1

Episode 5: Northmoor

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

1980s thriller series. Craven and Jedburgh follow the fateful route of the Gaia raid on Northmoor, but someone knows they are coming, and drastic deterrents await them. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Rodeo drama. A rodeo rider returns to his home town to take part in a local contest, only to find that everything has changed, with his parents having separated. Show more

Contributors

Junior Bonner:
Steve McQueen
Director:
Sam Peckinpah
Ace Bonner:
Robert Preston
Curly Bonner:
Joe Don Baker
Buck Roan:
Ben Johnson
Red Terwiliger:
Bill McKinney
Homer Rutledge:
Don 'Red' Barry

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