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The Ancient Regime

A famous sex symbol has a change of heart about on-screen nudity and receives a rich and mysterious visitor. Lytton is onto the story, but is waylaid by his paper's owner and a mysterious lunchtime appointment.

Writing:
  • Peter Bowles
  • Philip Broadley
Stars:
Release Date: Wed, Jan 09, 1985

Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 30
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Season 2:

The End And The Means
Episode 1: The End And The Means (Jan 08, 1986)
Neville Lytton returns to his desk at the Daily News after a brutal mugging. He is soon involved in investigating a suicide and a Whitehall scandal helps to get him back into the routine.
Rules of Engagement
Episode 2: Rules of Engagement (Jan 15, 1986)
A new journalist at the Daily News is instantly unpopular when it is discovered that she owes her job to the editor's patronage. Lytton sends her in pursuit of a runaway tennis star.
The Ancient Regime
Episode 3: The Ancient Regime (Jan 22, 1986)
A famous sex symbol has a change of heart about on-screen nudity and receives a rich and mysterious visitor. Lytton is onto the story, but is waylaid by his paper's owner and a mysterious lunchtime appointment.
The Miracle Man
Episode 4: The Miracle Man (Jan 29, 1986)
Lytton investigates why the same well-known faces are always appearing at an American evangelists healing ceremonies, and is also involved in a confused plan to publish his first novel. The behaviour of the young new editor of the Daily News horrifies him.
National Hero
Episode 5: National Hero (Feb 05, 1986)
Duncan Anderson, a revered public figure and a friend of Lytton's is regarded as just another old fogey by pop columnist Trevor Bates. Meanwhile, Henry is deep ly concerned about midnight meetings in a gazebo.
What A Wonderful Life
Episode 6: What A Wonderful Life (Feb 12, 1986)
Lytton is a judge at an international beauty competition that goes wrong, and finds himself investigating his old friend's financial background. Meanwhile, the paper's owner is planning a technological revolution in Fleet Street.


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