Shooting the Past
Shooting the Past
1999
1 Season
7.0
Drama

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.

Episodes

Episode 1
E1Jan 10, 19991h 10m

Episode 1

The staff of the Fallon Photo Library and Collection are left reeling when their new American owners decide to break up the archive and sell off the cherished Man Ray photographs. Archivist Oswald Bates is determined to fight to the end.

Episode 2
E2Jan 17, 199952m

Episode 2

Marilyn has a week to find a buyer, for the collection of photographs, on the condition that Oswald leaves the building and not come back. No buyer is able to take an archive of this size. Oswald decides to take drastic action.

Episode 3
E3Jan 24, 19991h

Episode 3

Marilyn arrives just in time to save Oswald's suicide but he is in a deep coma. With time running out and Anderson wavering the team work on a photo montage about a lost family secret. Anderson changes his mind, saving the archive.

Top Cast

Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall

Oswald Bates

Lindsay Duncan

Lindsay Duncan

Marilyn Truman

Liam Cunningham

Liam Cunningham

Christopher Anderson

Billie Whitelaw

Billie Whitelaw

Veronica

Emilia Fox

Emilia Fox

Spig

Arj Barker

Arj Barker

Garnett

Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis

Styeman