For the Greater Good is a three-part 1991 BBC Two television drama serial written by G.F. Newman and directed by Danny Boyle. It centres on three politicians attempting to reform the British prison system. However, their efforts are undermined when the tabloid press exposes their private lives.
1 season · 3 episodes
Three politicians attempt to reform the British prison system. However, their efforts are undermined when the tabloid press exposes their private lives.
S1 E1Member
Mar 20, 199160 min
Campaigning Tory backbencher Dr Peter Balliol MP finds himself in a crisis of choice between ambition, conscience and a questionable private life.
S1 E2Mandarin
Mar 27, 199160 min
When a high-flying civil servant discovers a dangerous conspiracy at the Home Office, she must choose between loyalty to her leader and leaking to the press.
Minister
Apr 3, 199160 min
Home Secretary Charles Truman has to weigh up the dictates of conscience against the survival of his career.
Martin Shaw
Peter Balliol MP
Roy Dotrice
Charles Truman MP
Nicholas Jones
Julian Brind
Nicholas Woodeson
Michael Parke-Walsh MP
Michael Winner
Sir Randolph Spence
Rachel Kempson
Dame Margaret Delysia
Joanne Pearce
Brigid Walkland
Ronnie Stevens
Committee Chairman
Chas Bryer
PO Suckley
David Henry
Chief Whip
Fiona Shaw
Gillian Savage
Julian Fellowes
Neville Marsham
