Various sources, including the British Film Institute, [1] state that the series was repeated on BBC1 in three parts, rather than two 150-minute parts as stated in the article. The only good source of airdates [2] further suggests that the show was originally show with six episodes, repeated with three, and released on video with two. What's the gen? -Ashley Pomeroy 18:45, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
- I originally wrote that under the impression that the version released on video was the same as the BBC One omnibus - I could well have been mistaken, however, as I can't seem to find a source for that now. (This is, as you can probably well, an article I wrote when I was newer to Wikipedia and wasn't much of a one for such things as 'proof' and 'references'...). Therefore I'd say that the three episodes for the BBC One showing is probably correct. Angmering 21:12, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
- As far as I can remember, the original BBC Video release was on two tapes - subtitled Into the Shadows and Northmoor - with a single 150-minute "episode" per tape, but I also have a vague memory of the three-episode edit being used for the repeats. Common practice up until a few years ago was for drama series to be edited into single programmes for video release - it's only recently that this practice has been replaced with keeping episodes separate. --Mpk 18:08, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, I remember – I used to have the dreadful Revelation Films DVD release of Edge of Darkness, which was in two parts, but across three discs. Awful. Thank goodness the Beeb re-released it in a proper edition! Angmering 18:58, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
Small point of correction (have not edited page since I am not sure of my ground); I'm pretty sure that Emma was picked up from some generic University environmentalist meeting, not a GAIA one, as GAIA is a secret organisation which comes to light for Craven only after her death. Michael Meacher would not have been speaking to GAIA!
- You're quite right – I've fixed that part of the synopsis accordingly. Angmering 11:27, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
Date of Northmoor break-in
I'm trying to compile an 'Edge of Darkness' timeline, and have noticed that in 'Breakthrough' the MI5 computer is itself contradictory. It first lists the breakthrough as being on 5 May, then later the date 05/08/85 is mentioned. I suspect this is just a typo and that the break-in was on the fifth, but has anyone else come up with any other dates?
I also noticed that given the setting of the series in late 1985, the taxi which drops Bennett at the Commons is lucky not to have got a ticket for the 11/84 expiry of its road tax! --Mpk 17:56, 30 September 2005 (UTC)