Edge of Darkness (1985)

Recommended

UK

Television Mini-Series

Director: Martin Campbell

Writer: Troy Kennedy-Martin

Cinematographer: Andrew Dunn

Composers: Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen

Cast: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Charles Kay, Ian McNeice, Joanne Whalley, Hugh Fraser, John Woodvine, Jack Watson, Allan Cuthbertson, Kenneth Nelson, David Fleeshman, Zoë Wanamaker, Bill Stewart, T.R. Bowen, Imogen Staley

Following the murder of his 21-year-old political activist daughter, presumably committed in revenge for his time spent in Northern Ireland, Ronald Craven, a high ranking Yorkshire police officer, sets out to find the truth, uncovering secrets, lies, and conspiracies as he does, in this intriguing, beautifully paced, and frequently brilliant (particularly in the exceptional first episode) six part BBC thriller, which features an outstanding central performance from Peck. Iain.Stott