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1990

1990

19776.02 Seasons16 EpisodesEnded

Overview

The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control (PCD), a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding roughshod over the population's civil liberties. Edward Woodward plays Jim Kyle, a journalist on the last independent newspaper called The Star, who turns renegade and begins to fight the PCD covertly. The officials of the PCD, in turn, try to provide proof of Kyle's subversive activities.

NetworksBBC Two

Top Cast

Edward Woodward

Edward Woodward

Jim Kyle

Robert Lang

Robert Lang

Herbert Skardon

Lisa Harrow

Lisa Harrow

Lynn Blake

Yvonne Mitchell

Yvonne Mitchell

Kate Smith

Tony Doyle

Tony Doyle

Dave Brett

P

Paul Hardwick

Faceless

Themes & Keywords

dystopiaoppression

About 1990

1990 is a drama series that first aired in 1977 exploring themes of dystopia, oppression. it stars Edward Woodward, Robert Lang, Lisa Harrow. The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control (PCD), a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding roughshod over the population's civil liberties. Edward Woodward plays Jim Kyle, a journalist on the last independent newspaper called The Star, who turns renegade and begins to fight the PCD covertly. The officials of the PCD, in turn, try to provide proof of Kyle's subversive activities.

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