For the Greater Good - Season 1

First aired: 3/20/1991 3 episodes

Three politicians attempt to reform the British prison system. However, their efforts are undermined when the tabloid press exposes their private lives.

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Episodes

1. Member

Aired: 3/20/1991

Campaigning Tory backbencher Dr Peter Balliol MP finds himself in a crisis of choice between ambition, conscience and a questionable private life.

2. Mandarin

Aired: 3/27/1991

When a high-flying civil servant discovers a dangerous conspiracy at the Home Office, she must choose between loyalty to her leader and leaking to the press.

3. Minister

Aired: 4/3/1991

Home Secretary Charles Truman has to weigh up the dictates of conscience against the survival of his career.