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What Pleases the Prince...

  • Episode aired Apr 10, 1978
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1990 (1977)
DramaSci-FiThriller

"We always said there'd be Peace Crimes Trials one day ... We're winning now. There'll have to be a purge of the PCD soon." The dissident assault on the Public Control Department has been su... Read all"We always said there'd be Peace Crimes Trials one day ... We're winning now. There'll have to be a purge of the PCD soon." The dissident assault on the Public Control Department has been successful, but the public suicide of a cell member has resulted in world condemnation of Br... Read all"We always said there'd be Peace Crimes Trials one day ... We're winning now. There'll have to be a purge of the PCD soon." The dissident assault on the Public Control Department has been successful, but the public suicide of a cell member has resulted in world condemnation of Britain's policies and the PCD being plunged into bitter in-fighting. Have Kyle and the diss... Read all

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    • Alan Gibson
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    • Wilfred Greatorex
  • Stars
    • Edward Woodward
    • Lisa Harrow
    • Robert Lang
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    • Director
      • Alan Gibson
    • Writer
      • Wilfred Greatorex
    • Stars
      • Edward Woodward
      • Lisa Harrow
      • Robert Lang
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    Edward Woodward
    Edward Woodward
    • Jim Kyle
    Lisa Harrow
    Lisa Harrow
    • Lynn Blake
    Robert Lang
    Robert Lang
    • Herbert Skardon
    David McKail
    • Inspector Macrae
    Edmond Bennett
    Edmond Bennett
    • The Caretaker
    Ysanne Churchman
    Ysanne Churchman
    • The PCD Clerk
    Tony Doyle
    Tony Doyle
    • Dave Brett
    Jenny Laird
    Jenny Laird
    • Mrs. Brooks
    Yvonne Mitchell
    Yvonne Mitchell
    • Kate Smith
    Michael Osborne
    • Robert Brooks
    Sandra Payne
    Sandra Payne
    • Barbara Fairlie
    Norman Rutherford
    • The Surveillance Man
    Tony Sibbald
    Tony Sibbald
    • The Newscaster
    Michael Tarn
    Michael Tarn
    • John Brooks
    Primi Townsend
    • Verna Wells
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