Edge of Darkness (1985)

Name: Edge of Darkness
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1985-11-04
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Charles Kay

CrimeDrama

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.

First Air Date: November 4, 1985
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
Rating: 8.1/10 (51 votes)

Cast: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Charles Kay

Network: BBC Two

Production: BBC, BBC Lionheart Television

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Seasons

Season 1

6 episodes

1985

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Reviews

CaseyReese - 8/10

February 4, 2023

CinemaSerf - 7/10

There weren’t many things on television that got all four of us watching in our house, but as this gripping thriller gathered pace over six weeks, it was certainly one of those few. It all starts when policemen “Craven” (Bob Peck) takes his daughter (Joanne Whalley) home only for her to be gunned down in the drive. Desolate, he is convinced that this was an attempt on his own life that went wrong,...

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