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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