Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.
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Paul Shelley
Ralph Michael
Sally Osborne
Vivien Merchant
BBC 1 trailer 5th October 1980 leading into a tale of 2 cities