"Edge of Darkness" (1985) TV mini-series 1985-

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

4 August 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

The cult 80s eco-thriller starring Bob Peck and Joanne Whalley.

Plot:

The mysterious death of his activist daughter, leads her straight-laced father, an Inspector of the local police force...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Nuclear | Environmental | Revenge | Nuclear Power

Awards:

7 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Bob Peck	...	Ronald Craven (6 episodes, 1985)
Joe Don Baker	...	Darius Jedburgh (6 episodes, 1985)
Charles Kay	...	Pendleton (6 episodes, 1985)
Ian McNeice	...	Harcourt (5 episodes, 1985)
Joanne Whalley	...	Emma Craven (5 episodes, 1985)
Hugh Fraser	...	Bennett (4 episodes, 1985)
John Woodvine	...	Ross (4 episodes, 1985)
Jack Watson	...	James Godbolt (4 episodes, 1985)
Allan Cuthbertson	...	Chilwell (4 episodes, 1985)
Kenneth Nelson	...	Grogan (3 episodes, 1985)
David Fleeshman	...	Jones (3 episodes, 1985)
Zoë Wanamaker	...	Clemmy / ... (3 episodes, 1985)
Bill Stewart	...	Dingle (3 episodes, 1985)
T.R. Bowen	...	Childs (3 episodes, 1985)
Imogen Staley	...	Young Emma (3 episodes, 1985)
Paul Humpoletz	...	Elham (2 episodes, 1985)
Sarah Martin	...	Polly Pelham (2 episodes, 1985)
Paul Williamson	...	Bewes (2 episodes, 1985)
Tim McInnerny	...	Terry Shields (2 episodes, 1985)

Series Directed by
Martin Campbell		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Writing credits
Troy Kennedy-Martin		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Produced by
Michael Wearing	....	producer (6 episodes, 1985)

Series Original Music by
Eric Clapton		(6 episodes, 1985)
Michael Kamen		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Cinematography by
Andrew Dunn		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Film Editing by
Ardan Fisher		(3 episodes, 1985)
Dan Rae		(3 episodes, 1985)

Series Production Design by
Graeme Thomson		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Costume Design by
Denver Hall		(6 episodes, 1985)

Series Makeup Department
Daphne Croker	....	makeup designer (6 episodes, 1985)
Norma Webb	....	assistant makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Rosemary Padvaiskas	....	production manager (6 episodes, 1985)

Series Art Department
Robin Rumbelow	....	properties buyer (6 episodes, 1985)
Andy Coward	....	graphic designer (2 episodes, 1985)

Series Sound Department
Richard Bird	....	film sound (6 episodes, 1985)
Rob James	....	dubbing mixer (6 episodes, 1985)
Bruce Wills	....	boom operator (6 episodes, 1985)
Chris Swanton	....	dubbing editor (5 episodes, 1985)

Series Visual Effects by
Mat Irvine	....	visual effects (4 episodes, 1985)

Series Stunts
Terry Cade	....	stunts (1 episode, 1985)
Frank Henson	....	stunts (1 episode, 1985)
Dave Holland	....	stunts (1 episode, 1985)
Terence Plummer	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
John Palmer	....	film lighting electrician (6 episodes, 1985)
Jim Monks	....	grip (3 episodes, 1985)
Phil Brookes	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
Martin Healey	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
John Ward	....	Steadicam operator (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Alison Barnett	....	location manager (6 episodes, 1985)
Michael Bartley	....	production associate (6 episodes, 1985)
Simon Cellan Jones	....	assistant floor manager (6 episodes, 1985)
Scott Thompson	....	assistant floor manager (6 episodes, 1985)
Valerie Tuner	....	production assistant (6 episodes, 1985)
Mark Lyons	....	assistant floor manager (2 episodes, 1985)
Richard Bonehill	....	stand-in (unknown episodes)
Walt Patterson	....	series advisor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Lionheart Television International

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1985) (UK) (TV)
• CBS / Fox Video (1987) (USA) (VHS)
• Cine-TV-Video Productions (1990) (Greece) (video)
• Joy Video (1990) (Greece) (VHS)
• Pan Vision Oy (2010) (Finland) (DVD)
• Polyband (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• Video Elit (1990) (Greece) (VHS)
• Vídeo Network (Brazil) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

317 min (6 parts) (25 fps) | Australia:307 min | Brazil:270 min (video version)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 (self applied) (2010)

Filming Locations:

Gleneagles, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

Both Joe Don Baker and Manning Redwood have been in the James Bond series. Manning in A View to a Kill (1985). And Baker in three films. General Brad Whitaker in The Living Daylights (1987). And CIA agent Jack Wade in GoldenEye (1995) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).

Quotes:

Ronald Craven:[referring to Darius Jedburgh] . A man of few words.
Clemmy:When he's sober.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Greatest: 100 Greatest TV Characters" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Edge of Darkness

A brilliant thriller ahead of its time.

Bob Peck, perhaps best known to American audiences as game warden Robert Muldoon in JURASSIC PARK, portrays a police inspector obsessed with solving his daughter's murder. His investigation leads him not only into his own past but into subversive anti-government groups, international intelligence conspiracies, and globalist elitism. This brilliant program, produced in 1986, goes beyond the Cold War and successfully predicts the darker side of globalism, the rise of New Age, pagan belief systems, and the government paranoia which keeps "The X-Files" in business. Another plus is Joanne Whalley-Kilmer as the murdered girl, who keeps appearing and conversing with her father. This cleverly serves not only an expository device, externalizing for the viewer the motivations and rationales behind one man's solitary mission, but also reminds us how unbalanced Peck's character truly is. This is an intelligent, thought-provoking program that only improves upon further viewings.