1990 (1977)
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The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control (PCD), a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding roughshod over the population's civil liberties. Edward Woodward plays Jim Kyle, a journalist on the last independent newspaper called The Star, who turns renegade and begins to fight the PCD covertly. The officials of the PCD, in turn, try to provide proof of Kyle's subversive activities.
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Edward WoodwardJim Kyle
Robert LangHerbert Skardon
Lisa HarrowLynn Blake
Yvonne MitchellKate Smith
Tony DoyleDave Brett
Paul HardwickFaceless
Barbara KellermanDelly Lomas
Clifton JonesHenry TaskerGeorge MurcellTiny
John SavidentDan Mellor
Joseph Brady
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What is 1990 about?
The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control (PCD), a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding roughshod over the population's civil liberties. Edward Woodward plays Jim Kyle, a journalist on the last independent newspaper called The Star, who turns renegade and begins to fight the PCD covertly. The officials of the PCD, in turn, try to provide proof of Kyle's subversive activities.
How long is 1990?
1990 has a runtime of 55 minutes.