Looking for Clancy

1975 · Ended · 1 season · 5 episodes · Drama · United Kingdom

Creator Richard Beynon · Channel BBC Two · Starring Robert Powell, Keith Drinkel, John Blythe

Frank Clancy goes from penniless working-class idealist in the 1930s to superstar journalist and editor in the London of the swinging '60s — but at what cost to his integrity?
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Episodes

5 episodes · May 1975 – June 1975
  1. Episode 1: 1. Part 1May 24, 1975 · 50 min
    Born in London's East End ten years before the General Strike, Frank Clancy and Dick Holt are boyhood friends. As they grow up they are both determined to make their way to the top in Fleet Street.
  2. Episode 2: 2. Part 2May 31, 1975 · 50 min
    In the 1930s, Clancy, in dire need of money, is given a job by a right-wing politician — who has a secret agenda.
  3. Episode 3: 3. Part 3June 7, 1975 · 50 min
  4. Episode 4: 4. Part 4June 14, 1975 · 50 min
  5. Episode 5: 5. Part 5June 21, 1975 · 50 min
    Holt has discovered evidence of an atrocity committed by American troops in Vietnam — can he persuade Clancy to publish the story when no one else will?

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Film and series details

EPISODE LENGTH
50 minutes
FIRST AIRED
May 24, 1975
LAST AIRED
June 21, 1975
PRODUCTION COMPANY
BBC

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