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1990

1977–1978BBC Two
The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control (PCD), a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding roughshod over the population's civil liberties. Edward Woodward plays Jim Kyle, a journalist on the last independent newspaper called The Star, who turns renegade and begins to fight the PCD covertly. The officials of the PCD, in turn, try to provide proof of Kyle's subversive activities.Read more
Seasons
2
Episodes
16
Runtime
55m

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What Pleases the Prince

S02 · E08 · Aired Apr 10, 1978

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Status
Ended
First aired
Sep 18, 1977
Last aired
Apr 10, 1978
Created by
Wilfred Greatorex
Networks
BBC Two
Country
United Kingdom
Original language
English
Seasons
2
Episodes
16

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