TV series

Edge of Darkness

1985 · 1 season

A brooding, cerebral thriller that burrows under your skin with its mix of political paranoia and ghostly grief.

Tagline: A thriller for the nuclear age.
Overview: Environmental activist Emma Craven is murdered in front of her father, local police inspector Ronald Craven. Investigating the death leads him through a haunting revelation of the murkiness of British nuclear policy of the 1980s.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Conspiracy, grief, corruption, power
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Full breakdown

Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: conspiracy
grief
corruption
power
environment
Places: countryside
big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild