For the Greater Good

19911h

While three politicians try to reform Britain’s brutal prison system, the tabloid press publish exposés of their scandalous private lives, leaving their careers in peril.

Production

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Trailers & Videos

Thumbnail for video: 17 March 1991 BBC2 - For The Greater Good trail & Screen Two: Do Not Disturb

17 March 1991 BBC2 - For The Greater Good trail & Screen Two: Do Not Disturb

Seasons

3 Episodes • Premiered 1991

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1. Member

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

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2. 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.

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3. Minister

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

Cast

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Martin Shaw

Peter Balliol, MP

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Roy Dotrice

Charles Truman, MP

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Nicholas Jones

Julian Brind

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Nicholas Woodeson

Michael Parke-Walsh, MP

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Fiona Shaw

Gillian Savage

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Julian Fellowes

Neville Marsham

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Michael Winner

Sir Randolph Spence

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