First broadcast 19h July 2011.

1956. Bel Rowley and Freddie Lyon, BBC reporters and best friends, apply to join a new current affairs program. Meanwhile, Freddie is asked to investigate a murder.

Ben Whishaw ... Freddie Lyon
Joshua McGuire ... Isaac Wengrow
Nick Caldecott ... Johnny - Newsreader
Vanessa Kirby ... Ruth Elms
Andrew Scott ... Adam Le Ray
Romola Garai ... Bel Rowley
Anna Chancellor ... Lix Storm
Jamie Parker ... Peter Darrall
Burn Gorman ... Thomas Kish
Juliet Stevenson ... Lady Elms
Jason Watkins ... George Hemmings
Tim Pigott-Smith ... Lord Elms
Colin Spaull ... Newsagent
Amie Francis ... Cloakroom Girl
Robert Demeger ... Malcolm Lyon
Anton Lesser ... Clarence Fendley
Dominic West ... Hector Madden
John Bowe ... Douglas Owen
Andy Gathergood ... Police Officer
Julian Rhind-Tutt ... Angus McCain
Nicholas Woodeson ... Professor Beckett
Lisa Greenwood ... Sissy Cooper
Paul Chahidi ... Ron
Oona Chaplin ... Marnie Madden
Ken Bones ... Wallace Sherwin
Gintare Beinoraviciute ... Student
Elliott Crossley ... Wedding Guest
Filippo Delaunay ... Cameraman
Jensen Freeman ... Newsreader / Party Guest
Kostas Katsikis ... Vision Mixer
Ben Lloyd-Hughes ... Ralph Sherwin