ORBzine - Edge of Darkness TV Review
Edge of Darkness [Season 1, Episode 1]
Compassionate Leave
Shown 4 Nov 85
This was written by Troy Kennedy Martin (Italian Job, Kelly's Heroes) and directed by Martin Campbell .
Emma ( Joanne Whalley ) is shot and killed. Her father, Craven (Bob Peck - Slipstream ), is a senior cop so he launches his own private investigation.
Craven uncovers a Conspiracy. Darius Jedburgh (Joe Don Baker - Goldeneye ) has a small scene.
Edge of Darkness [Season 1, Episode 2]
Into The Shadows
Shown 11 Nov 85
Craven (Bob Peck - Slipstream ) goes to London. He has flashbacks and visions of his daughter. She appears to him throughout the rest of the show, and at first it is ambiguous as to whether she is a fantasy or a ghost.
Craven meets his daughter's BF (Tim McInnerny - Blackadder), and Darius Jedburgh (Joe Don Baker - Goldeneye ). He realises Emma's political involvement in an environmentalist group called Gaia.
Edge of Darkness [Season 1, Episode 3]
Burden of Proof
Shown 18 Nov 85
Zoe Wannamaker makes her first appearance.
The Suspect character is captured.
Edge of Darkness [Season 1, Episode 4]
Breakthrough
Shown 25 Nov 85
Craven (Bob Peck - Slipstream ) meets the killer.
Reference is made to a Mining Union, with corruption linked in. Exposition is given.
Edge of Darkness [Season 1, Episode 5]
Northmoor
Shown 2 Dec 85
Craven (Bob Peck - Slipstream ), Darius Jedburgh (Joe Don Baker - Goldeneye ) and a miner infiltrate the tunnels.
Unfortunately the bad guys are expecting them.
Edge of Darkness [Season 1, Episode 6]
Fusion
Shown 9 Dec 85
Darius Jedburgh (Joe Don Baker - Goldeneye ) goes after the eeevil American. This leads to the climax of the show, and involves Tickling the Demon's Tail.
The Government brings in their unofficial executioner - an ex-SAS fellow. The introduction of such an important character at such a late stage indicates one of the secrets about the creation of this show - it was not completed in its entirety before filming started.
