In this royally good British thriller, ambitious newsman Nick Mullen, played by then-newcomer Gabriel Byrne, latches on to a Profumoesque exposé, and a prominent Labour MP (Ian Bannen) resigns.

There's a story bigger than Watergate ripe for the writing but can Mullen survive to tell the tale? Director David Drury keeps the plot on a tight rein. The excellent Byrne is edged out by Denholm Elliott as a dandruffed, alcoholic war horse of the newsroom