Overview

It is the mid-1980s. The economy has not improved. For 17 years Professor Frank Merrick has been ensconced in a research lab of a provincial university working on a cure for the common cold. He is very near success. Can he avoid becoming yet another victim of the eternal cutbacks?

Top Cast

Paul Daneman

Professor Frank Merrick

Anne Stallybrass

Barbara

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Barrie Cookson

Layborne

Milton Johns

Cullin

Sue Vanner

Clare