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Edge of Darkness

1985 Crime, Drama 1 season

TMDB rating 8.1/10 Ended

Environmental activist Emma Craven is murdered in front of her father, local police inspector Ronald Craven. Investigating the death leads him through a haunting revelation of the murkiness of British nuclear policy of the 1980s.

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  • Environmental activist Emma Craven is murdered in front of her father, local police inspector Ronald Craven. Investigating the death leads him through a haunting revelation of the murkiness of British nuclear policy of the 1980s.

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    TMDB rating 10.0/10

Cast and details

  • Bob PeckRonald Craven
  • Joe Don BakerDarius Jedburgh
  • Charles KayPendleton
  • Joanne WhalleyEmma Craven
  • Ian McNeiceHarcourt
  • John WoodvineRoss
  • Jack WatsonJames Godbolt
  • Hugh FraserBennett
  • Allan CuthbertsonChilwell
  • David FleeshmanJones
  • Bill StewartDingle
  • Imogen StaleyYoung Emma
Created by
Troy Kennedy Martin
Network
BBC Two
First aired
Nov 4, 1985
Latest episode
Dec 9, 1985

Vera

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Haven

2010

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