Shooting the Past

1999 - 1999

Episode 1

10th January 1999

Episode 1

The staff of the Fallon Photo Library and Collection are left reeling when their new American owners decide to break up the archive and sell off the cherished Man Ray photographs. Archivist Oswald Bates is determined to fight to the end.

Episode 2

17th January 1999

Episode 2

Marilyn has a week to find a buyer, for the collection of photographs, on the condition that Oswald leaves the building and not come back. No buyer is able to take an archive of this size. Oswald decides to take drastic action.

Episode 3

24th January 1999

Episode 3

Marilyn arrives just in time to save Oswald's suicide but he is in a deep coma. With time running out and Anderson wavering the team work on a photo montage about a lost family secret. Anderson changes his mind, saving the archive.

Top Cast

Timothy Spall•Lindsay Duncan•Liam Cunningham

Director

Stephen Poliakoff

Writer

Stephen Poliakoff

A US property developer realises that he has a battle on his hands when he tries to renovate a London building containing a vast photographic collection and discovers that the library employees will resort to anything to thwart him.

Watch Providers 🇬🇧

BBC iPlayer

Production Companies

Full Cast

Timothy Spall Image

Timothy Spall

Oswald Bates

Lindsay Duncan Image

Lindsay Duncan

Marilyn Truman

Liam Cunningham Image

Liam Cunningham

Christopher Anderson

Billie Whitelaw Image

Billie Whitelaw

Veronica

Emilia Fox Image

Emilia Fox

Spig

Arj Barker Image

Arj Barker

Garnett

Andy Serkis Image

Andy Serkis

Styeman

Full Crew

Stephen Poliakoff Image

Stephen Poliakoff

Writer

Stephen Poliakoff Image

Stephen Poliakoff

Director

showData