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.
Bob Peck
Ronald Craven
Joe Don Baker
Darius Jedburgh
Charles Kay
Pendleton
Edge of Darkness is a crime, drama series that first aired in 1985 exploring themes of detective, northern england, daughter, father, politics, yorkshire. Created by Troy Kennedy Martin, it stars Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Charles Kay. 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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