Shooting the Past

Shooting the Past

Photographs that unlock the past... to fight for the future

1999•52m•7.0/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(6)

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.

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Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

January 10, 1999

Last Aired

January 24, 1999

Networks

BBC Two

Created By

Stephen Poliakoff

Trailers & Videos

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Episode 1

E1

Episode 1

Air date: 1999-01-10

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

E2

Episode 2

Air date: 1999-01-17

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

E3

Episode 3

Air date: 1999-01-24

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.

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

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