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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Pauline Collins | Sylvia | Unowned |
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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 | |
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David Webb | Defence Counsel | Unowned |
| Eric Mason | Wandsworth Prison Officer | Unowned | |
| Roy Pattison | Wandsworth Prison Officer | Unowned | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Paddy Joyce | Dobbs | Unowned |
| Hilary Sesta | Dobbs's Wife | Unowned | |
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Leslie Grantham | Peter | Unowned |
| Steven Whinnery | Prisoner | Unowned | |
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Brian Coburn | Prisoner | Unowned |
| David Shawyer | Prisoner | Unowned | |
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Roger Heathcott | Senior MO | Unowned |
| Michael Worsley | MO | Unowned | |
| Sid Thomas | Arthur | Unowned | |
| Bill Armour | Ian McKinley | Unowned | |
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Iain McColl | Gartree Prisoner | Unowned |
| Roy Boutcher | Parkhurst Governor | Unowned | |
| Phil Rowlands | Officer | Unowned | |
| Derek Ware | Officer | Unowned | |
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Martin Phillips | Prisoner | Unowned |
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Maurice Bush | Prisoner | Unowned |
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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 |