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21 November 1999 (USA) morePlot:
A US property developer realises that he has a battle on his hands when he tries to renovate a London... more | add synopsisAwards:
4 wins & 4 nominations moreUser Comments:
hugely emotional TV series more (30 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Lindsay Duncan | ... | Marilyn Truman |
 | Timothy Spall | ... | Oswald Bates |
| Liam Cunningham | ... | Christopher Anderson |
| Billie Whitelaw | ... | Veronica |
 | Emilia Fox | ... | Spig |
| Arj Barker | ... | Garnett |
 | Blake Ritson | ... | Nick |
| Sheila Dunne | ... | Molly (as Sheila Dunn) |
| Jean Channon | ... | Dinner Lady |
| Jennifer House | ... | Dinner Lady |
| Geoffrey Beevers | ... | Doctor (as Geoffery Beevers) |
| Lesley McGuire | ... | Nurse (as Leslie McGuire) |
 | Andy Serkis | ... | Styeman |
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This gem from writer-director Stephen Poliakoff aired on the BBC to popular and critical acclaim, and was a surprise hit of a drama-lite year. Using the setting of a photograph library, and the plot that the collection needs to broken up and sold off to satisfy the greed of an American property developer, it says a lot about the associative process of memory, the sequencial nature of small details, and about ourselves as viewers of the drama within a drama.
Of the excellent cast, four stand out - Lindsay Duncan, Timothy Spall, Billie Whitelaw, and Liam Cunningham. The images really provide the crux of the series though, as we see a path through time and follow one character through from one reality to the next. The fabulous music also helps the process, and all things combined make this a really superior piece of small-screen drama.