UK, 10 February 1978
55m
videotape, 16mm film, colour, 4:3
mono, English
Series: 1990 (1977-1978) – series 2, episode 1
A British science fiction television episode directed by Peter Sasdy.
Plot Summary
The PCD introduces a new law banning meetings by groups of more than five people. Groups of dissidents form themselves into cells of five activists known as Pentagons and prepare to take on the PCD. Meanwhile, Jim Kyle learns that a former lover, Lynn Blake, has assumed the role of PCD Deputy Controller and is trying to find Kyle’s informer, Faceless.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Peter Sasdy
© BBC MCMLXXVII [1977]
Series Devised by: Wilfred Greatorex
Producer: Prudence FitzGerald
Production Unit Manager: Ruth Caleb
[Written] By: Wilfred Greatorex
Studio Lighting: Howard King
Film Cameraman: Ken Westbury
Film Editor: Sheila S. Tomlinson
Theme Music: John Cameron
Studio Sound: Alan Fogg
Film Recordist: Bill Wild
Costume Designer: Amy Roberts
Make-up Artist: Kim Burns
Title Sequence: Alan Jeapes
Designer: Paul Joel
Production Assistant: Ralph Wilton
Cast
Edward Woodward (Jim Kyle)
Robert Lang (Herbert Skardon)
Lisa Harrow (Lynn Blake)
Yvonne Mitchell (Kate Smith)
Tony Doyle (Dave Brett)
Paul Hardwick (Faceless)
Clive Swift (Tom Doran)
David McKail (Inspector Macrae)
John Nolan (Tomson)
Barry Lowe (Frank Fenton)
Oscar James (Everton)
Edward De Souza (Perez)
David Rose (policeman)
Norman Mitchell (Sewell)
Paul Beech (Green)
References
Periodicals
- Time Screen no.7 (revised) p.29
Books
- The Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction (3rd edition) pp.275-278 – credits
- The Complete Directory to Science Fiction and Horror Television Shows by Alan Morton pp.580-581 – credits
