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Screen Two · S10E15

A Landing on the Sun

Summary

By special request of the Prime Minister, civil servant Stephen Summerchild and philosopher Elizabeth Serafin are given the unusual brief of finding the true meaning of happiness. Twenty years after Summerchild's mysterious death, a Cabinet officer investigates, and uncovers a secret world high in a Whitehall attic and a curious romance that disturbed Summerchild's superiors.

Guest stars

  • Robert Glenister as Jessel
  • Susan Fleetwood as Serafin
  • Roger Allam as Summerchild
  • Judith Scott as Millie
  • Patrick Godfrey as Tite
  • Oliver Ford Davies as Treacher
  • Jane Wymark as Anne
  • June Barrie as Mrs Padmore
  • Michael Fitzgerald as Hurren
  • Augusta Harris as Young Millie