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Episode 6

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Newsroom drama set in the 1950s. Bel, Freddie and Hector verge on breaking the biggest corruption expose ever, but one of them becomes the centre of a tabloid sex scandal.

Bel, Freddie and Hector verge on breaking the biggest corruption expose ever - a house of cards stretching across London's most influential men - but things get complicated when one of them becomes the centre of a tabloid sex scandal. As they battle against high-level cover-up, Freddie's quest for a controversial contributor takes him right into the lion's den.

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Thu 20 Dec 201223:20
BBC HD

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Music Played

  • Johnny Otis

    GOOD GOLLY

  • Marty Wilde

    WILDCAT

Music Credits

Saxes - Phil Todd, Jamie Talbot, Sam Walker, Martin Robertson, Alan Barnes

Trumpet - John Barclay, Patrick White, Derek Watkins

Guitar - Arthur Dick

Bass - Steve McManus

Drums - Matt Skelton, Ralph Salmins

Marimba - Sam Walton, Rob Farrer

Alto sax - Martin Robertson

Acoustic bass - Chris Lawrence

Vocal - Helen Hamilton

Sound recordist - John Mooney

Recorded and mixed by Steve Parr

Sound maintenance engineer - Stuart McCutcheon
Sound assistant - Lee Sharp
Choreographer - Samantha Murray
Music supervisor - Catherine Grieves
Composer - Kevin Sargent

Credits

Freddie LyonBen Whishaw
Bel RowleyRomola Garai
Hector MaddenDominic West
Lix StormAnna Chancellor
Angus McCainJulian Rhind-Tutt
Randall BrownPeter Capaldi
Laurie SternPeter Sullivan
Bill KendallTom Burke
Marnie MaddenOona Chaplin
Isaac WengrowJoshua McGuire
Sissy CooperLisa Greenwood
Raphael CilentiVincent Riotta
Kiki DelaineHannah Tointon
Norman PikeMorgan Watkins
TrevorJoe Cole
Police CommissionerLloyd McGuire
AlistairJohn Hollingworth
Defence Minister SatchellLaurence Kennedy
Henrietta WilliamsHelen Schlesinger
ITV ExecutiveSteven Elder
RonPaul Chahidi
Hack 1Jason Cheater
VeronicaNaomi Sheldon
Commissioner's SecretaryAmanda Prior
Uncovered PresenterPaul Bigley
DirectorJamie Payne
ProducerRuth Kenley-Letts
WriterAbi Morgan

Broadcasts

  • Thu 13 Dec 201221:00
    BBC HD & BBC Two
  • Thu 20 Dec 201223:20
    BBC HD

'A big theme is an inability to confront emotional truths'

'A big theme is an inability to confront emotional truths'

Kevin Sargent writes for the BBC's Love TV blog.