- BFI identifier22478
- Date1978 (Copyright)
1978-01-31 (Television) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisThe death of a Conservative MP causes a by-election in a West Midlands town. At first the campaign between the major parties follows a familiar pattern. But an extreme right wing racist party intervenes, a strike by Asian foundry workers becomes an election issue, and the campaign approaches a bitter and violent climax. (Synopsis)
- CategoryFiction
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- CastColin Jeavons (Dennis Turner)
Iain Cuthbertson (Richard Cleaver)
Nigel Hawthorne (Major Lewis Rolfe)
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Title
Destiny (Original)
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