Knockback: 1

Overview

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.

Cast

Pauline Collins

Sylvia

Derrick O'Connor

Alan

Yee San Foo

Alan's Wife

Peggy Aitchison

Alan's Mother

Dominic Tang

Alan's Son

Geoffrey Edwards

Judge

David Webb

Defence Counsel

Eric Mason

Wandsworth Prison Officer

Roy Pattison

Wandsworth Prison Officer

Howard Lew Lewis

Wandsworth Prison Officer