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Highway Robbery (Original title)
Date: 29 January 1973 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Michael Apted

Synopsis: Terry and his family fight against a planned eviction when the council decides on a road building programme and their house is in its path.

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TV Transmissions
Date: 29 January 1973Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:25-22:45Slot duration: 80 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound

Credits (7)
Production Company: BBC TV, Producer: Graeme McDonald, Script Editor: Ann Scott, Script: Michael O'Neill, Script: Jeremy Seabrook, Designer: Susan Spence
Cast (25)
John Collin (Terry), Angela Crow (Val), Rosemary Martin (Freda Bass), David Swift (Councillor Bass), Peggy Hughes (Mrs Osborne), Eddie Bradfield (Mr Watts), Maggie Jones (Nance), June Brown (Hilda), Joyce Grundy (Dot), Ted Morris (Bill), Graham Ashley (Arthur), Trevor Woolley (Tim), Christopher Amos (Mark), Diana Bishop (Jackie), Christopher Proctor (Kevin), Walter Dalby (Labour councillor), Ann Mitchell (amenities officer), Alan Rothwell (planning officer), Geoffrey Wearing (chairman), Beverly Owens (Tracy), June Ellis (Joyce), Dorothy Wood (Amy), Roger Wood (man in street), Geoffrey Matthews (estate agent), Jane Freeman (housing official)