Screenplay:
Ray ConnollyComposer:
Rick WakemanCast:
Peter Bowles, Holly De Jong, Lewis Fiander, Eve Pearce, James Aubrey, Elspet Gray, Andrée Bernard, Michael Gothard, Barbara Kellerman, Saskia Reeves, Alan Lake (more)Plots(1)
Peter Bowles gives a memorable performance as Fleet Street's most successful gossip columnist, Neville Lytton. Co-created by Bowles, this highly popular drama started life as a single play in the Storyboard anthology before continuing through two critically acclaimed series. Featuring appearances by Gwen Taylor, Ralph Bates, Pamela Salem, Jean Kent, Elspet Gray and Lee Patterson, this set comprises both series alongside the original Storyboard play. Suave, shrewd and with an instinct for a good story (tempered by a strong sense of fair play and occasional threats of litigation...), Neville Lytton is justly famed for the Gossip Diary that peps up the pages of The Daily News. Society tit-bits often give way to high-profile exposs, however, when Lytton and his colleagues stumble upon shady dealings, corruption at the highest levels, cover-ups and con-artists. (Network)
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