For the Greater Good

📊 Series Specifications

Network BBC Two
Episode Runtime ~60 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 3
Original Language EN
Creator G.F. Newman

For the Greater Good (1991)

Created by G.F. Newman
⭐ 4.5 / 5 (1 votes) 🎬 1 Seasons 📼 3 Episodes 🏷️ Crime, Drama 📡 Ended
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Synopsis

For the Greater Good is a three-part 1991 BBC Two television drama serial written by G.F. Newman and directed by Danny Boyle. It centres on three politicians attempting to reform the British prison system. However, their efforts are undermined when the tabloid press exposes their private lives.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 Member

Campaigning Tory backbencher Dr Peter Balliol MP finds himself in a crisis of choice between ambition, conscience and a questionable private life.

E2 Mandarin

When a high-flying civil servant discovers a dangerous conspiracy at the Home Office, she must choose between loyalty to her leader and leaking to the press.

E3 Minister

Home Secretary Charles Truman has to weigh up the dictates of conscience against the survival of his career.