The Guardians
Broadcast
10th July 1971
© LWT London Weekend Television
A political thriller set in the near future, imagining Britain run as a brutal police state after social and economic collapse. The paramilitary police, known as The Guardians, are opposed by a bunch of freedom fighters. All ITV regions bar Northern Ireland saw this series of 13 episodes, which starred John Collin, Gwyneth "Mrs McCluskey" Powell, Cyril Luckham, Edward Petherbridge and David Burke. (tx 10/07/71 – 02/10/71)