Release Date

02 Jan, 1994

Runtime

00:30: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

6/1

Synopsis

It's the summer of 1907, and cinema is in its infancy. In a northern industrial town two very different movie moguls are battling for the hearts, minds and purses of the local population. Frank Sheringham is an enterprising filmmaker determined to woo audiences away from the local flea-pit run by the villainous Albert Gold. The whole town becomes involved in the vendetta and three local children are at the eye of the storm.

Original Title

Smokescreen

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Miniseries

02 Jan, 1994

It's the summer of 1907, and cinema is in its infancy. In a northern industrial town two very different movie moguls are battling for the hearts, minds and purses of the local population. Frank Sheringham is an enterprising filmmaker determined to woo audiences away from the local flea-pit run by the villainous Albert Gold. The whole town becomes involved in the vendetta and three local children are at the eye of the storm.

Created By

Actors

Timothy West

Paula Wilcox

Joan Sims

Kate Hardie

Sally Walsh

Maureen Lunt

Crew

Giancarlo Gemin

James Andrew Hall

Jill Green

Anna Home

Robert Lockhart