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.


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Pauline Collins
Sylvia

Derrick O'Connor
Alan
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Yee San Foo
Alan's Wife
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Peggy Aitchison
Alan's Mother
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Dominic Tang
Alan's Son
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Geoffrey Edwards
Judge

David Webb
Defence Counsel
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Eric Mason
Wandsworth Prison Officer
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Roy Pattison
Wandsworth Prison Officer