Edge of Darkness
“A thriller for the nuclear age.”
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.
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28 October 1985 BBC2 - Edge of Darkness trail
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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.
1.Compassionate Leave
10.004-11-198560mYorkshire policeman Ronald Craven sees his daughter Emma gunned down in front of him. His grief leads him to investigate and he learns of her activities as a radical environmental...
2.Into the Shadows
11-11-198560mCraven's investigation leads him to Emma's boyfriend and to American CIA agent Darius Jedburgh as it becomes apparent that Emma's activities were far from innocent-- and known to t...
3.Burden of Proof
18-11-198560mThe police close in on their prime suspect for Emma's murder but Craven, now aware of her activities, is convinced that his colleagues are on the wrong track.
4.Breakthrough
25-11-198560mCraven confronts Emma's killer but is shot. Suffering from an apparent breakdown, he becomes determined to gain access to Northmoor nuclear plant.
5.Northmoor
02-12-198560mCraven and Jedburgh follow the GAIA's route into Northmoor nuclear plant, but others are determined to stop them.
6.Fusion
09-12-198560mJedburgh heads to Scotland with the stolen plutonium while Craven awaits the inevitable end.
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