Edge of Darkness

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Edge of Darkness is a 1985 British television drama serial produced by BBC Television in association with Lionheart Television International. Originally broadcast in six episodes in late 1985, it is part crime drama and political thriller, and revolves around the efforts of widowed policeman Ronald Craven (played by Bob Peck) to unravel the truth behind the killing of his daughter, Emma (played by Joanne Whalley). Craven's investigations soon lead him into a murky world of government and corporate cover-ups and nuclear espionage, pitting him against dark forces that threaten the future of life on Earth. Writer Troy Kennedy Martin was greatly influenced by the political climate of the time, dominated by the Thatcher government, and the aura of secrecy surrounding the nuclear industry – and by the implications of the Gaia hypothesis of environmentalist James Lovelock; these combined to him writing a thriller that mingled real world concerns with mythic and mystical elements. Kennedy Martin...

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