Rent 1990: Series 1 (1977)
3.8 of 5 from 16 ratings
7h 20min
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- Synopsis:
Edward Woodward (The Wicker Man) stars as Jim Kyle, renegade leader of a resistance movement, in the BBC's cult dystopian drama set in a totalitarian Britain. Britain, 1990. The country is run by the bureaucrats of the Home Office's all-powerful Public Control Department (PCD). Hundreds of thousands of civii servants work hard at monitoring and exposing all possible and imaginary threats to the country. They routinely command sophisticated surveillance of anyone suspected of opposing the status quo; ruthless suppression of independent thought in Special State brainwashing units cunningly disguised as caring rest-homes; and strict rationing of food, alcohol, and travel. Free speech is forbidden. The rule of law no longer protects the vulnerable. Civil liberties are consigned to history as the Orwellian bureaucrats tyrannically impose their intimidating control. Jim Kyle (Edward Woodward), journalist for 'The Star', resists the forces of the Establishment. He's smart, witty and charming. But his subversive acts aren't going unnoticed, and he risks prison or death at the hands of the PCD's ruthless controller Herbert Skardon (Robert Lang) and his provocatively alluring deputy, Delly Lomas (Barbara Kellerman). - Actors:
- Edward Woodward, Barbara Kellerman, Robert Lang, George Murcell, Tony Doyle, Clifton Jones, Michael Napier Brown, Donald Gee, Eileen Davies, Paul Hardwick, John Savident, Paul Chapman, Willie Jonah, Desmond Jordan, Honor Shepherd, Sophie Coghill, Luke Hanson, Lynn Dalby, Mathias Kilroy, Stacy Davies
- Directors:
- Alan Gibson, David Sullivan Proudfoot, Kenneth Ives, Bob Hird
- Producers:
- Prudence Fitzgerald
- Creators:
- Wilfred Greatorex
- Writers:
- Wilfred Greatorex, Edmund Ward, Arden Winch
- Studio:
- Simply Media
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Dramas, TV Political, TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy
