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  • BBC Two

For the Greater Good

  • 1991
  • Ended
  • Crime · Drama
  • ~1h / ep
  • 1 season
  • 9.0/10

For the Greater Good is a three-part 1991 BBC Two television drama serial written by G.F. Newman and directed by Danny Boyle. It centres on three politicians attempting to reform the British prison system. However, their efforts are undermined when the tabloid press exposes their private lives.

Latest: Miniseries · 1991

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Three politicians attempt to reform the British prison system. However, their efforts are undermined when the tabloid press exposes their private lives.

  1. E1. Member

    Mar 20, 1991 · 60m

    Campaigning Tory backbencher Dr Peter Balliol MP finds himself in a crisis of choice between ambition, conscience and a questionable private life.

  2. E2. Mandarin

    Mar 27, 1991 · 60m

    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.

  3. E3. Minister

    Apr 3, 1991 · 60m

    Home Secretary Charles Truman has to weigh up the dictates of conscience against the survival of his career.

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