Breakaway: The Local Affair – Part 5 (S2EP5 BBC One 21 Mar 1980, David Collings)

The Local Affair – Part 5: Was the watch a present after all? If so, from whom? Sam’s guile leaves a shaken Scott Douglas waiting for the blackmailer.

Regular Cast: Martin Jarvis (Sam Harvey)

Guest Cast: Judy Geeson (Becky Royce), Ed Bishop (Scott Douglas), Lynn Dalby (Jo Hathaway), Edward Peel (Sergeant Holiday), Miles Fothergill (Police Constable Mason), Robert Morris (Freddie Galbraid), Paul Luty (Archie), William Marlowe (Giles Stafford), David Collings (Doctor Tucker), Gillian Rhind (Iris Smith), Michael Culver (Ernest Clifford), Clark Stephens

Writer: Francis Durbridge / Director: Michael E. Briant

Airdate: 21 Mar 1980 on BBC One Two

Series: Breakaway Season 2 Episode 5

Show Info: In the first of two six part thrillers police inspector Sam Harvey investigates the brutal murder of his own parents.

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