For the Greater Good

1991
1 Seasons
3 Episodes
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While three politicians try to reform Britain’s brutal prison system, the tabloid press publish exposés of their scandalous private lives, leaving their careers in peril.

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Seasons

3. Minister

April 03, 1991

Home Secretary Charles Truman has to weigh up the dictates of conscience against the survival of his career.

2. Mandarin

March 27, 1991

When a high-flying civil servant discovers a dangerous conspiracy at the Home Office, she must choose between loyalty to her leader and leaking to the press.

1. Member

March 20, 1991

Campaigning Tory backbencher Dr Peter Balliol MP finds himself in a crisis of choice between ambition, conscience and a questionable private life.

17 March 1991 BBC2 - For The Greater Good trail & Screen Two: Do Not Disturb

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While three politicians try to reform Britain’s brutal prison system, the tabloid press publish exposés of their scandalous private lives, leaving their careers in peril.

Genres

Crime Drama
Cast

Joanne Pearce
Martin Shaw
Roy Dotrice
Nicholas Jones
Nicholas Woodeson
Fiona Shaw
Julian Fellowes
Michael Winner
Channel

BBC Two