

Knockback: 1
1 hour 30 minutes1985-01-27
7.5
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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.
Cast

Pauline Collins
Sylvia

Derrick O'Connor
Alan

Yee San Foo
Alan's Wife

Peggy Aitchison
Alan's Mother

Dominic Tang
Alan's Son

Geoffrey Edwards
Judge

David Webb
Defence Counsel

Eric Mason
Wandsworth Prison Officer

Roy Pattison
Wandsworth Prison Officer

Howard Lew Lewis
Wandsworth Prison Officer

Terry Gurry
Wandsworth Prison Officer

Ray Jeffries
Wandsworth Prison Officer

Martin Oldfield
Wandsworth Prison Officer

Laurence Harrington
Clarke

Hugh Evans
Lawyer

T.R. Bowen
Sylvia's Lover

Kathleen Michael
Sylvia's Mother

Natasha King
Ruthie (Age 7)

Ryan Freedman
Adam (Age 5)

Peter John
Phil Strode

Sally Lahee
Mary Wood

Graham Lines
Jonathan Lee

Diana Rayworth
Jenny

John Fowler
George Burns

Martin Heller
SSB Officer

John Michael McCarthy
SSB Officer

Bill Rourke
SSB Officer

David Voss
SSB Officer

Stanley McGeagh
SSB Officer

Paddy Joyce
Dobbs

Hilary Sesta
Dobbs's Wife

Leslie Grantham
Peter

Steven Whinnery
Prisoner

Brian Coburn
Prisoner

David Shawyer
Prisoner

Roger Heathcott
Senior MO

Michael Worsley
MO

Sid Thomas
Arthur

Bill Armour
Ian McKinley

Iain McColl
Gartree Prisoner

Roy Boutcher
Parkhurst Governor

Phil Rowlands
Officer

Derek Ware
Officer

Martin Phillips
Prisoner

Maurice Bush
Prisoner

Tony Rohr
Prisoner

John Rowe
Gartree Governor

Richard Avery
Officer

David Landberg
Officer

Mike Savage
Officer

Kevin White
Officer

Arnold Peters
Officer

Kay Gallie
Radio Interviewer

Michelle Mulvany
Ruthie

Timothy Jessel
Adam

Victoria Williams
Woman in Minibus
