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Release

18 May 2003

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Production

BBC OneBBC Four

Overview

The murder of Sonia Baker, a young political researcher, leads journalist Cal McCaffrey to uncover complex links between government and big business.

Miniseries

Air Date:19 May 2003
Available

Episode 1

Teenager Kelvin Stagg is shot dead in a London street. Then politician Stephen Collins breaks down when he hears his assistant Sonia Baker has been killed by falling under a train. A newspaper editor asks his journalist Cal McCaffrey (Stephen's former campaign manager) to look for a connection between the two deaths, and McCaffrey finds the dead teenager had stolen a silver metallic briefcase. McCaffrey traces the briefcase and in it he finds pictures of Stephen and Sonia - and a gun.

Runtime:57m
Air Date:19 May 2003Available

Episodes of Miniseries

6 episodes

EP 1
EP 2
EP 3
EP 4
EP 5
EP 6
S1 E1