1 9 8 2 (UK)
12 x 35 minute episodes
This 12-part BBC2 drama series, set in local government, was written by Phil Redmond, creator of the highly successful Grange Hill.
Recent county council elections have left the balance of power delicately poised – the Liberals, led by Sir Michael Gunther (Walter Gotell), have won a narrow victory and can take the reins only with the cooperation of a coalition including the Rate Payers Alliance and a few independents.
The central character is local jobbing builder Eddie Morgan (Ian Redford), a newly-elected councillor who only wanted to get on the council to keep his kids’ school open, and neither he nor his wife Pamela (Alison Hughes) ever thought that he’d actually win.
Now, he suddenly finds himself plotting and planning political strategy with Mr Big, while Pamela would much rather see him direct all his energies into his firm.
Location shooting took place over two weeks in Hertford
Eddie Morgan
Ian Redford
Tony Dwyer
Andrew Byatt
Ted Davies
Roger Walker
Stephanie Langham
Moira Brooker
Derek Haslett
Ian Thompson
Les Patterson
Gordon Gostelow
Joyce Harding
Helen Bourne
Maureen Galbraith
Gillian Bailey
Gary Lewis
Jamie Cresswell
Martin Trowbridge
John Barcroft
Pamela Morgan
Alison Hughes
Gordon Worth
Christopher Burgess
Mike Palmer
Paul Alexander
Sir Michael Gunther
Walter Gotell
Nat Kingsley
Jeremy Wilkin
Lawrence Gilchrest
Peter Halliday
Amanda Peters
Veronica Sowerby
Terry Galbraith
Richard Everett
Tom
Walter Sparrow
Belinda Marsh
Sara Sugarman
Brian Sanders
Eric Dodson
Sally Parker
Helen Duvall
Dermot Hunt
Chris Tranchell
Chrissy
Fiona McQuaid
Sandra Wright-Smith
Penny Brownjohn
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