Knockback: 1 (1985)
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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Cast
Pauline Collins
as Sylvia
Pauline Angela Collins, OBE (3 September 1940 - 5 November 2025) was an English actress of the stage, television, and film. She first came to prominence portraying Sarah Moffat in Upstairs, Downstairs...
Derrick O'Connor
as Alan
Derrick O'Connor was born in Dublin, Ireland, and raised in London, UK. He performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Scottish National Theatre, with many leading stage performances in Edinb...
David Webb
as Defence Counsel
David Alec Webb (6 March 1931 – 30 June 2012) was a British actor and anti-censorship campaigner.
Webb was born in Luton, the second child and only son of Alec Webb, and attended Luton Grammar School...
Howard Lew Lewis
as Wandsworth Prison Officer
Howard Lew Lewis was an English comedian and actor best known for his roles in the 1980s sitcom Brush Strokes and Tony Robinson's children's comedy series Maid Marian and Her Merry Men. His first job...
T.R. Bowen
as Sylvia's Lover
Paddy Joyce
as Dobbs
Born Patrizio Schaurek in Trieste, Italy to a Czech father, Frantisek Schaurek, and an Irish mother Eileen (sister of James) Joyce, Paddy Joyce was an Irish actor of British stage, film and television...
Director
Piers Haggard
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