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  • TV-14
  • Syndicated
  • Nov 25, 1985
  • 53 m
  • TV-14
  • Syndicated
  • Nov 25, 1985
  • 53 m

Summary When his daughter Emma is murdered, cop Craven discovers that she was in a GAIA group of activists occupied with exposing Northmoor nuclear waste storage facility for illegal activities.

Directed By: Martin Campbell

Written By: Troy Kennedy Martin

  • TV-14
  • Syndicated
  • Nov 25, 1985
  • 53 m
  • TV-14
  • Syndicated
  • Nov 25, 1985
  • 53 m
Edge of Darkness
S1 • Episode 4
Breakthrough
Air Date: Nov 25, 1985
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Summary When his daughter Emma is murdered, cop Craven discovers that she was in a GAIA group of activists occupied with exposing Northmoor nuclear waste storage facility for illegal activities.

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Episode 1 • Nov 4, 1985 • 54 m
Compassionate Leave
Yorkshire cop Craven returns home after picking his daughter Emma up at college, when a man fires a shotgun and kills Emma. Cop Craven has enemies but why'd Emma have a Geiger counter and a gun?
Episode 2 • Nov 11, 1985 • 50 m
Into the Shadows
Craven comes to London to investigate, assuming the gunman meant to kill Emma and not him. She was a member of GAIA, an organization against nuclear power. Her body's radioactive.
Episode 3 • Nov 18, 1985 • 50 m
Burden of Proof
During the arrest of Lowe, suspect in shooting Emma, he allegedly jumps out the window and falls 6 floors. Craven manages to get a name out of him at the hospital. Emma's lover gets killed. Emma's buried.
Episode 4 • Nov 25, 1985 • 53 m
Breakthrough
Craven is back home, where Emma's killer comes for him. He tries to get him to tell, who's behind - to no avail. A radioactive body is found near Northmoor. He "gets" access to MI5's computer and info on Northmoor.
Episode 5 • Dec 2, 1985 • 50 m
Northmoor
3 men including Craven sneak into Northmoor "low grade" nuclear waste "storage" plant through mineshafts to investigate. Will they find evidence of murder of GAIA environmentalists and illegal plutonium?
Episode 6 • Dec 9, 1985 • 55 m
Fusion
Jedburgh heads to Scotland with the stolen plutonium while Craven awaits the inevitable end.

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