Series · 1991–1991Ended

For the Greater Good

Name: For the Greater Good
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1991-03-20
Cast: Martin Shaw, Roy Dotrice, Nicholas Jones, Nicholas Woodeson

9.0·1 season·3 episodes·60 min avg.·United Kingdom

For the Greater Good is a three-part 1991 BBC Two television drama serial written by G.F. Newman and directed by Danny Boyle. It centres on three politicians attempting to reform the British prison system. However, their efforts are undermined when the tabloid press exposes their private lives.

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Mar 20, 1991

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

Mandarin

Mar 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.

Minister

Apr 3, 1991

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