Edge of Darkness

Limited Series

1985

1h 0m

BBC Two

1 Season

6 Episodes

Episode Guide

English

Crime, Drama, Thriller

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8.1

Yorkshire detective Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death.

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Edge of Darkness

Limited Series

1985

1h 0m

English

BBC Two

Crime, Drama, Thriller

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1 Season

6 Episodes

Episode Guide

Yorkshire detective Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death.

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8.1

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Cast

Ronald Craven

Darius Jedburgh

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Grogan

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Clemmy

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Childs

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Created By: Martin Campbell

Directed By: Martin Campbell (6 Episodes)

Written By: Troy Kennedy Martin (6 Episodes)

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k27087 says...

2 years ago

Saw this series on tv in the 80's. Decided to re-watch after seeing the 2010 movie with the same name. The score had been in my memory for all these years and still is impressive. Writing this after finishing all 6 episodes and concluded, that it's a time capsule of the era. Everyone coming of age in the 80's will remember the way "nuclear" was in our faces in the media. Everything revolves around the weapons Industry, money and power. As Jedbergh said it, down in the mines in episode 5 "He's part of the dark forces who would rule this planet" Nothing has changed..

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CaseyReese

2 years ago

_The Edge of Darkness_ is a brooding show about a murky world. It sees the lives, economics, and politics of rural Yorkshire through a smudged, green-tinged lens. It hears buzzing florescent lights, groaning air conditioners, tea kettles boiling in empty homes, and silence. Sometimes, it lets us lis More

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