Screen Two · S01E04
Knockback (1)
Summary
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.
Guest stars
- Peggy Aitchison as Alan's Mother
- Howard Lew Lewis as Wandsworth Prison Officer
- Pauline Collins as Sylvia Barker
- T.R. Bowen as Sylvia's Lover
- Kathleen Michael as Sylvia's Mother
- Tony Rohr as Parkhurst Prisoner
- Derrick O'Connor as Alan Ackland