TV series
The Standard
1978 · 1 season
A measured, talky workplace drama about saving a struggling newspaper, with low-key tension and a lived-in Scottish flavour.
- Created by
- Peter May
- Starring
- Patrick Malahide, Colette O'Neil, Neil Stacy
- Overview
- The Standard is a television series. Produced by BBC Scotland in 1978, it was shown on BBC1. The series dealt with an ailing Scottish newspaper - the eponymous Standard - and the attempts to reverse its declining fortunes by its team of journalists and administrators. Only one series of thirteen episodes was made. The series starred Patrick Malahide, Colette O'Neil, Tom Watson and Neil Stacy.
- How it feels
- Earnest, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Work, media, ambition, class
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
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- Created by
- Peter May
- Starring
- Patrick Malahide, Colette O'Neil, Neil Stacy
