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Director:
Michael Hayes
Writers:
John Brason (writer)
Arden Winch (story)
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Release Date:
12 January 1983 (UK) more
Genre:
Thriller more
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User Comments:
impressive BBC terrorist thriller more (1 total)

Cast

  (Series Credited cast)
Terrence Hardiman ... Chief Supt. Franks
Michael Denison ... Capt. Aubrey Percival (SIS)
Mary Wimbush ... Agatha
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Denis Agnew ... Police Sergeant
Ian Bamforth ... Braxby
Marianne Borgo ... Gabrielle

Tom Chadbon ... Dr. Ormiston
Ian Cullen ... Insp. Hallisay
Joe Dunlop ... PC McKay
Michael Elder ... French Police Inspector
Ian Flintoff ... Sayers

Daniel Hill ... Insp. Clarke
Neville Jason ... Const. Delangre
James Kennedy ... Mr. X
Paul Kermack ... Chief Constable Ware
Alex Laredo ... Werner Werber
Anne-Marie Marriott ... Michelle
James Martin ... Fraser
Phil McCall ... Station master
Jack McKenzie ... Chief Insp. Perry
Annabel Mednick ... Sally

Glen Murphy ... Terry
Peter Patterson ... Railway clerk
Dorothea Phillips ... Celeste
Stewart Preston ... Policeman
Iain Rattray ... Sgt. Galbraith
Tamara Ustinov ... WPC Baker (as Tammy Ustinov)
Alan Watters ... Station Assistant
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Additional Details

Runtime:
50 min (6 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Company:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) more

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Movie Connections:
Follows "Blood Money" (1981) more

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impressive BBC terrorist thriller, 28 October 2006
Author: aryan_tea_company from Belarus

Yes

Very professionally made BBC thriller, with excellent locations I think shot in London, Scotland, Paris.

It has good atmosphere, about the renegade from a terrorist cell (I think Eastern European in origin) who hides out in UK and has to get police protection.

The trademark of the terrorist group is the Skorpion machine pistol a Czech weapon.

The music was very good, too, and it had a memorable opening credits scene of a tarantula spider climbing over the Skorpion gun.

I hope one day it gets released on DVD.

Other BBC shows to put on DVD:

Blood Money The Cleopatras The Borgias Spyship Badger by Owl-Light

I don't know why they don't, they could make load of money if they did, probably due to some stupid UK copyright law.

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