7.5
90 min
In 1965, at the age of 25, Alan Ackland is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a business associate. In 1971, Sylvia Barker, lonely and depressed after a failed marriage and with two young children to bring up alone, seeks a new direction in her life and applies to become a voluntary prison visitor. Several years later their paths cross.
Name | Character | Team | |
---|---|---|---|
![]() |
Pauline Collins | Sylvia | Unowned |
![]() |
Derrick O'Connor | Alan | Unowned |
Yee San Foo | Alan's Wife | Unowned | |
Peggy Aitchison | Alan's Mother | Unowned | |
Dominic Tang | Alan's Son | Unowned | |
Geoffrey Edwards | Judge | Unowned | |
![]() |
David Webb | Defence Counsel | Unowned |
Eric Mason | Wandsworth Prison Officer | Unowned | |
Roy Pattison | Wandsworth Prison Officer | Unowned | |
![]() |
Howard Lew Lewis | Wandsworth Prison Officer | Unowned |
Terry Gurry | Wandsworth Prison Officer | Unowned | |
Ray Jeffries | Wandsworth Prison Officer | Unowned | |
Martin Oldfield | Wandsworth Prison Officer | Unowned | |
Laurence Harrington | Clarke | Unowned | |
Hugh Evans | Lawyer | Unowned | |
![]() |
T.R. Bowen | Sylvia's Lover | Unowned |
Kathleen Michael | Sylvia's Mother | Unowned | |
Natasha King | Ruthie (Age 7) | Unowned | |
Ryan Freedman | Adam (Age 5) | Unowned | |
Peter John | Phil Strode | Unowned | |
Sally Lahee | Mary Wood | Unowned | |
Graham Lines | Jonathan Lee | Unowned | |
![]() |
Diana Rayworth | Jenny | Unowned |
John Fowler | George Burns | Unowned | |
Martin Heller | SSB Officer | Unowned | |
John Michael McCarthy | SSB Officer | Unowned | |
Bill Rourke | SSB Officer | Unowned | |
David Voss | SSB Officer | Unowned | |
Stanley McGeagh | SSB Officer | Unowned | |
![]() |
Paddy Joyce | Dobbs | Unowned |
Hilary Sesta | Dobbs's Wife | Unowned | |
![]() |
Leslie Grantham | Peter | Unowned |
Steven Whinnery | Prisoner | Unowned | |
![]() |
Brian Coburn | Prisoner | Unowned |
David Shawyer | Prisoner | Unowned | |
![]() |
Roger Heathcott | Senior MO | Unowned |
Michael Worsley | MO | Unowned | |
Sid Thomas | Arthur | Unowned | |
Bill Armour | Ian McKinley | Unowned | |
![]() |
Iain McColl | Gartree Prisoner | Unowned |
Roy Boutcher | Parkhurst Governor | Unowned | |
Phil Rowlands | Officer | Unowned | |
![]() |
Derek Ware | Officer | Unowned |
![]() |
Martin Phillips | Prisoner | Unowned |
![]() |
Maurice Bush | Prisoner | Unowned |
![]() |
Tony Rohr | Prisoner | Unowned |
John Rowe | Gartree Governor | Unowned | |
Richard Avery | Officer | Unowned | |
David Landberg | Officer | Unowned | |
Mike Savage | Officer | Unowned | |
Kevin White | Officer | Unowned | |
Arnold Peters | Officer | Unowned | |
Kay Gallie | Radio Interviewer | Unowned | |
Michelle Mulvany | Ruthie | Unowned | |
Timothy Jessel | Adam | Unowned | |
Victoria Williams | Woman in Minibus | Unowned | |
Clare Ruane | Woman in Minibus | Unowned |