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Edge of Darkness

A thriller for the nuclear age.

  • 1985
  • Ended
  • Crime · Drama
  • ~55m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 8.1/10

Environmental activist Emma Craven is murdered in front of her father, local police inspector Ronald Craven. Investigating the death leads him through a haunting revelation of the murkiness of British nuclear policy of the 1980s.

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Environmental activist Emma Craven is murdered in front of her father, local police inspector Ronald Craven. Investigating the death leads him through a haunting revelation of the murkiness of British nuclear policy of the 1980s.

  1. E1. Compassionate Leave

    Nov 4, 1985 · 54m

    Yorkshire policeman Ronald Craven sees his daughter Emma gunned down in front of him. His grief leads him to investigate and he learns of her activities as a radical environmental activist.

  2. E2. Into the Shadows

    Nov 11, 1985 · 50m

    Craven's investigation leads him to Emma's boyfriend and to American CIA agent Darius Jedburgh as it becomes apparent that Emma's activities were far from innocent-- and known to the government.

  3. E3. Burden of Proof

    Nov 18, 1985 · 50m

    The police close in on their prime suspect for Emma's murder but Craven, now aware of her activities, is convinced that his colleagues are on the wrong track.

  4. E4. Breakthrough

    Nov 25, 1985 · 53m

    Craven confronts Emma's killer but is shot. Suffering from an apparent breakdown, he becomes determined to gain access to Northmoor nuclear plant.

  5. E5. Northmoor

    Dec 2, 1985 · 50m

    Craven and Jedburgh follow the GAIA's route into Northmoor nuclear plant, but others are determined to stop them.

  6. E6. Fusion

    Dec 9, 1985 · 55m

    Jedburgh heads to Scotland with the stolen plutonium while Craven awaits the inevitable end.

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