▁ 1 9 7 8 . ▁ ▁Sum mary ▁ ▁The ▁series ▁is ▁set ▁in ▁a ▁d yst op ian ▁future ▁in ▁which ▁Britain ▁is ▁under ▁the ▁g rip ▁of ▁the ▁Home ▁Office ' s ▁Public ▁Control ▁Department ▁( P CD ), ▁a ▁ty ran n ically ▁opp ress ive ▁b ureau c racy ▁r iding ▁rough sh od ▁over ▁the ▁population ' s ▁civil ▁libert ies . ▁ ▁Dub bed ▁" N in ete en ▁E ight y - F our ▁plus ▁six " ▁by ▁its ▁cre ator , ▁Wil fred ▁Gre atore x , ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁stars ▁Edward ▁Wood ward ▁as ▁journalist ▁Jim ▁K yle , ▁Robert ▁Lang ▁as ▁the ▁powerful ▁P CD ▁Controller ▁Herbert ▁Sk ardon , ▁Barbara ▁K ell erman ▁as ▁Deput y ▁P CD ▁Controller ▁Del ly ▁L omas , ▁John ▁Sav ident , ▁Y v onne ▁Mitchell ▁( in ▁her ▁last ▁role ), ▁Lisa ▁H arrow , ▁Tony ▁Do yle , ▁Michael ▁Nap ier ▁Brown , ▁and ▁C live ▁Swift . ▁ ▁Two ▁series , ▁of ▁eight ▁episodes ▁each , ▁were ▁produced ▁and ▁broadcast ▁on ▁BBC 2 ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 8 . ▁The ▁series ▁was ▁never ▁repeated ▁but ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁DVD ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁Two ▁novel is ations ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁scripts ▁were ▁released ▁in ▁paper back ▁by ▁the ▁publish er ▁S phere ; ▁Wil fred ▁Gre atore x ' s ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁and ▁Wil fred ▁Gre