Knockback: 1

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.

• Brian PhelanWriter
• Piers HaggardDirector

• Pauline CollinsSylvia
• Derrick O'ConnorAlan
• Yee San FooAlan's Wife
• Peggy AitchisonAlan's Mother
• Dominic TangAlan's Son
• Geoffrey EdwardsJudge
• David WebbDefence Counsel
• Eric MasonWandsworth Prison Officer
• Roy PattisonWandsworth Prison Officer
• Howard Lew LewisWandsworth Prison Officer
• Terry GurryWandsworth Prison Officer
• Ray JeffriesWandsworth Prison Officer