1990: Pentagons (1978) @ EOFFTV


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	1990: Pentagons (1978) Date(s) of Broadcast: 10 February 1978 Running Times: 55 mins Format: colour Sound: mono CREDITS SCRIPT Screenplay: William Greatorex DIRECTION Director: Peter Sasdy PHOTOGRAPHY Lighting: Howard King MUSIC Music: John Cameron MAKE UP AND COSTUMES Costumes: Amy Roberts DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION Designer: Paul Joel CAST Edward Woodward (Jim Kyle) Robert Lang (Herbert Skardon) Tony Doyle (Dave Brett) Paul Hardwick (Faceless) Lisa Harrow (Lynn Blake) David McKail (PCD Insp Macrae) Clive Swift (Tony Doran) Oscar James (Everton) John Nolan (Tomson) Paul Beech (Green) Norman Mitchell (Sewell) Barry Lowe (Frank Fenton) Edward de Souza (Perez) David Rose (policeman) SUMMARY The PCD introduces a new law banning meetings by groups of more than five people. Groups of dissidents form themselves into cells of five activists known as Pentagons and prepare to take on the PCD. Meanwhile, Jim Kyle learns that a former lover, Lynn Blake, has assumed the role of PCD Deputy Controller and is trying to find Kyle's informer, Faceless. AVAILABILITY UK Television Distributor: BBC TIMELINE 1978 February 10: UK TV (BBC2) REFERENCES MAGAZINES Time Screen no.7 (revised) p.29 availability BOOKS The Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction (3rd edition) pp.275-278 credits The Complete Directory to Science Fiction and Horror Television Shows pp.580-581 credits KEYWORDS the future, journalists, political dissidents, repressive governments, totalitarianism Last Updated: 1 January, 2009