The final episode of the first series ended with Lytton being beaten up by a fascist gang.
The second series is set three months later. Lytton has recovered and written a manuscript for a novel. He does not look forward to returning to the newspaper but he does get back to his desk.
Wayne Monroe makes his first appearance in the series. The new Australian owner of the newspaper played by John Stride. Monroe has sacked all the older staff members, he wants the young cavalier types working for him. Lytton feels duty bound to speak up for the experienced old hacks.
Lytton also investigates the death of a government official at the request of his widow who was once an old flame of his. It was suicide but Lytton digs deep to find out what led to it. He finds conflicting accounts of the dead man's persona. He had been involved in luring a technology firm to make satellite dishes in Britain. He was also friendly with the head of a modeling firm that had no modelling contracts. As a character states, he was pimping for Britain.
As in the first series, there is very little of Lytton involved in any vicious or spiteful gossip. It is left to Henry Field to write about the latest health scare on Princess Diana. Lytton goes for true journalism and we get an inkling of a new television world entering Britain. That of Satellite dishes.
The second series is set three months later. Lytton has recovered and written a manuscript for a novel. He does not look forward to returning to the newspaper but he does get back to his desk.
Wayne Monroe makes his first appearance in the series. The new Australian owner of the newspaper played by John Stride. Monroe has sacked all the older staff members, he wants the young cavalier types working for him. Lytton feels duty bound to speak up for the experienced old hacks.
Lytton also investigates the death of a government official at the request of his widow who was once an old flame of his. It was suicide but Lytton digs deep to find out what led to it. He finds conflicting accounts of the dead man's persona. He had been involved in luring a technology firm to make satellite dishes in Britain. He was also friendly with the head of a modeling firm that had no modelling contracts. As a character states, he was pimping for Britain.
As in the first series, there is very little of Lytton involved in any vicious or spiteful gossip. It is left to Henry Field to write about the latest health scare on Princess Diana. Lytton goes for true journalism and we get an inkling of a new television world entering Britain. That of Satellite dishes.
