Overview

In 1965, at the age of 25, Alan Ackland is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a business associate. In 1971, Sylvia Barker, lonely and depressed after a failed marriage and with two young children to bring up alone, seeks a new direction in her life and applies to become a voluntary prison visitor. Several years later their paths cross.

Top Cast

Pauline Collins

Sylvia

Derrick O'Connor

Alan

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Yee San Foo

Alan's Wife

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Peggy Aitchison

Alan's Mother

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Dominic Tang

Alan's Son

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Geoffrey Edwards

Judge

David Webb

Defence Counsel

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Eric Mason

Wandsworth Prison Officer

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Roy Pattison

Wandsworth Prison Officer

Howard Lew Lewis

Wandsworth Prison Officer

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Terry Gurry

Wandsworth Prison Officer

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Ray Jeffries

Wandsworth Prison Officer