1990 (1977– )

Drama set in an nightmarish "1984"-style future, where government bureaucracy has run riot.

Stars:

Edward Woodward, Robert Lang, Tony Doyle

Cast

Series cast summary:
Edward Woodward	...	Jim Kyle (16 episodes, 1977-1978)
Robert Lang	...	Herbert Skardon (16 episodes, 1977-1978)
Tony Doyle	...	Dave Brett (15 episodes, 1977-1978)
Paul Hardwick	...	Faceless (11 episodes, 1977-1978)
Barbara Kellerman	...	Delly Lomas (8 episodes, 1977)
Lisa Harrow	...	Lynn Blake (8 episodes, 1978)
Yvonne Mitchell	...	Kate Smith (7 episodes, 1978)

Storyline

Great Britain, 1990. The population is now governed by an increasingly corrupt bureaucracy headed by the Home Secretary and backed by the tyrannical Public Control Department (PCD), who have done away with the rights of the individual and maintain control through ID cards, rationing, censorship and electronic/audio/physical surveillance. Free speech is forbidden. The rule of law no longer protects the weak and defenseless. Emigration is impossible. But escape is not, thanks to rebels like Jim Kyle (Edward Woodward), a journalist and secret dissident who battles the forces of the Establishment, but constantly faces imprisonment or death (or worse) at the hands of the PCD and its ruthless controller Herbert Skardon.

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Plot Keywords:

rebel | 1990s | journalist | futuristic | tyranny | 

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 September 1977 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

55 min 55 min (16 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Timely tale of the way our world is going.

It only takes a show like this to show us how much freedom we take for granted. I have never seen this series, I merely stumbled upon it while doing a search on Edward Woodward, but I had to stop and pause. How prescient it is that I would find this. Many will scoff and say hey it cannot happen here. I beg to differ, it was only a few short years ago when President Clinton proposed the national Identity Card, think about how many times your Social Security number is used for things other than its intended purpose. Soundex number on a drivers license, school ID number. What else? Camera's are going up everywhere and who really gets the video feeds from all these CCtv devices? And don't even get me started on Verichips and Digital Angel. It only takes a few of us to sit by, stop thinking and do nothing for this to happen. I personally wish the BBC woud bring this series to DVD both for sale at home and abroad, we need it. To remind ourselves, that one man's security is another man's prison.