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Year: 1986
Genre: Comedy
Channel: ITV1
Series: 2
Episodes available: 12
Available from: 3 Mar 2022
Available until: 1 Mar 2025

Geoffrey Palmer & Richard Wilson star in this searing 80s satire about a tabloid newspaper. When The Daily Crucible gets bought by a notorious tycoon, his attempts to boost profits means plummeting to the depths of sensationalism.

Cast and Crew

Directors: Marcus Mortimer, Nic Phillips, David Askey
Cast: Robert Hardy, Richard Kane, Geoffrey Palmer, Richard Wilson, Caroline Milmoe, David Barrass, Geoffrey Hutchings, John Gordon Sinclair, John Horsley, Geoffrey Greenhill, David Keyes, Sarah Mortimer, Aubrey Morris, Charles Collingwood, Jack Watling, Gladys Crosbie, Doreen Keogh, Eliza Buckingham, Nicholas Colicos, Adrian Gilpin, Clare Clifford, Christopher Driscoll, Jenny Lee, David Lodge, Brigitte Kahn, Edita Brychta, Tony Aitken, Jo McEvoy, Ian Sears, Richard Vernon, Helena Mccarthy, Neil McCaul, Peter Copley, Adam Gavzer, Tony Millan, Stella Moray, Sean Blowers, Yvonne D'Alpra, Angus MacKay, Malcolm Mudie, Dave Cooper, Sandy Grizzle, Sarah Whitlock, Josie Kidd, Roderic Leigh, Cory Pulman, Steve Amber, Angus Barnett, Jonas Gustavson, Clive Panto, Ben Stollery, Helen Atkinson Wood, Aden Gillett, Pamela Miles, Julian Wadham, Ali Bongo, Sara Crowe, David Peart, Louise Nelson, Steven Law, Michael Chesden, Nadine Marshall, Michael Stainton, Kevin Quarmby, Cyril Saxon, Julia Dearden, Nicholas Geake, John White, Julia Gilbert, Eiji Kusuhara, Charles Simon, Paddy Navin, Nick Owen, Robert Austin, Anthony Dawes, Mike Gatting, Peter Hughes, Victor Lucas, Andrew Marshall, John Pennington, David Renwick, Julie Saunders, Peter Snow, Francis Wilson
Writers: David Renwick, Andrew Marshall

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