Shooting the Past
Photographs that unlock the past... to fight for the future
Limited Series 1999 · 3 eps · ★ 7.4 · 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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Timothy Spall Oswald Bates -
Lindsay Duncan Marilyn Truman -
Liam Cunningham Christopher Anderson -
Billie Whitelaw Veronica -
Emilia Fox Spig -
Arj Barker Garnett -
Andy Serkis Styeman
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