1990: What Pleases the Prince (1977)

Date(s) of Broadcast: 10 April 1978
Running Times: 55 mins
Format: colour
Sound: mono

SCRIPT
Screenplay: William Greatorex

DIRECTION
Director: Alan Gibson

PHOTOGRAPHY
Film Cameraman: Geoffrey Johnson

EDITING
Editor: Sheila S. Tomlinson

MUSIC
Music: John Cameron

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: John Hurst

CAST
Edward Woodward (Jim Kyle)
Robert Lang (Herbert Skardon)
Tony Doyle (Dave Brett)
Lisa Harrow (Lynn Blake)
Yvonne Mitchell (Kate Smith)
David McKail (PCD Insp Macrae)
Michael Tarn (John Brooks)
Michael Osborne (Robert Brooks)
Primi Townsend (Verna Wells)
Jenny Laird (Mrs Brooks)
Sandra Payne (Barbara Fairlie)
Norman Rutherford (surveillance man)
Edmond Bennett (caretaker)
Tony Sibbald (newscaster)
Ysanne Churchman (PCD clerk)

Opposition to the PCD grows daily. When one of the rebels martyrs himself for the cause, public opinion is so strong that Home Secretary Smith is forced to initiate an investigation into the PCD's activities.

UK
Television Distributor: BBC

1978
April
10: UK TV broadcast (BBC2)

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