Stephen Poliakoff
Director
Shooting the Past (1999)
Miniseries
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.
Released Jan. 10, 1999
Episode 52 min
10+
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Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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.
Jan. 10, 1999, midnight
S1E2 - 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.
Jan. 17, 1999, midnight
S1E3 - 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.
Jan. 24, 1999, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 52 min.
Season Runtime: 182 min.
Released: Jan. 10, 1999
Last Air Date: Jan. 24, 1999, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR / 10+
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