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The Franchise Affair

1988 – 1988 · BBC One
1 seasons · 6 episodes
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A schoolgirl who has been missing for weeks returns home covered in bruises. She says two women kidnapped her, held her captive in an isolated house and beat her. Taken by the police to the house she described, she identifies it and the mother and daughter who live there. They call in a lawyer, who has only days to find evidence that will break the girl's story.

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A schoolgirl who has been missing for weeks returns home covered in bruises. She says two women kidnapped her, held her captive in an isolated house and beat her. Taken by the police to the house she described, she identifies it and the mother and daughter who live there. They call in a lawyer, who has only days to find evidence that will break the girl's story.

SERIES CAST

Patrick Malahide
Robert Blair
Joanna McCallum
Marion Sharpe
Rosalie Crutchley
Mrs Sharpe
Alex Jennings
Nevil Bennet
David Ellison
Inspector John Hallam
Miranda Bell
Miss Tuff
James Garbutt
Mr Heseltine
Penelope Nice
Mrs Wynn
Created by James Andrew Hall

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Status
Ended
Type
Miniseries
First aired
Sep 25, 1988
Original language
EN
Production
BBC
Country
GB

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