Season 1
Cast & Crew
Episode Guide
Firebrand Labour leader Michael Murray is swept into office on a tide of rhetoric. His first act is to "reform education", but it looks suspiciously like a personal vendetta against Mr. Weller, the headmaster who had once sent him, as a boy, to a special school for disturbed children. When Murray is summoned by the renowned political theorist, Mervyn Sloan, he is told that great things are expected of him. But Sloan also firmly insists that a general strike be called in Murray's city to challenge the Conservative Government. When one of Murray's council members, who has a weakness for the bottle, fails to ensure pickets are sent to one particular school, a disastrous conflict ensues between Murray and Jim Nelson, who is unfortunately headmaster of a school for special needs children.
Season 1 FAQs
Robert Young is the director of Season 1.
The cast of Season 1 includes Daniel Massey as Grosvenor, Michael Palin as Jim Nelson, John Henshaw as Murray's Minder, Robert Lindsay as Michael Murray, Lindsay Duncan as Barbara Douglas, Julie Walters as Mrs. Murray, Dearbhla Molloy as Laura Nelson, Tom Georgeson as Lou Barnes, Andrew Schofield as Peter Grenville, Alan Igbon as Teddy, Michael Angelis as Martin Niarchos, Philip Whitchurch as Franky Murray, and more.
Episodes run about 1h 21 mins. The total runtime is about 9h 28 mins.
Season 1 was released on 06 Jun 1991.
Season 1 has 7 episodes on Fanbiz.