Shooting the Past

Shooting the Past

Photographs that unlock the past... to fight for the future

Limited Series 1999 · 3 eps · ★ 7.3 · Drama

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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.

Created by Stephen Poliakoff

Network: BBC Two

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