For the Greater Good (1991)
Synopsis
While three politicians try to reform Britain’s brutal prison system, the tabloid press publish exposés of their scandalous private lives, leaving their careers in peril.
First Air Date: 1991-03-20
Last Air Date: 1991-04-03
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 3
Networks: BBC Two
Top Cast
- Joanne Pearce as Brigid Walkland
- Martin Shaw as Peter Balliol, MP
- Roy Dotrice as Charles Truman, MP
- Nicholas Jones as Julian Brind
- Nicholas Woodeson as Michael Parke-Walsh, MP
- Fiona Shaw as Gillian Savage
- Julian Fellowes as Neville Marsham
- Michael Winner as Sir Randolph Spence
Seasons
Miniseries (1991)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Member
Campaigning Tory backbencher Dr Peter Balliol MP finds himself in a crisis of choice between ambition, conscience and a questionable private life.
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Ep. 2: Mandarin
When a high-flying civil servant discovers a dangerous conspiracy at the Home Office, she must choose between loyalty to her leader and leaking to the press.
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Ep. 3: Minister
Home Secretary Charles Truman has to weigh up the dictates of conscience against the survival of his career.
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