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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.
Top Billed Cast

Pauline Collins
Sylvia

Derrick O'Connor
Alan
Yee San Foo
Alan's Wife
Peggy Aitchison
Alan's Mother
Dominic Tang
Alan's Son
Featured Crew

Tariq Anwar
Editor

Piers Haggard
Director
Eileen Mair
Makeup Designer
Shirley Cooklin
Book
Jenny Shircore
Makeup Designer
Peter Adams
Book

Brian Phelan
Writer
Laura Ergis
Costume Designer

Philip Hinchcliffe
Producer
Richard Rodney Bennett
Music
Dick Coles
Production Designer