Lytton's Diary

Series 2

1986 · 6 episodes · 3h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. The End and the Means

   8 Jan 1986 · 30 min

   Lytton returns to his desk at The Daily News after a brutal mugging. He is soon involved in investigating a suicide and a Whitehall scandal helps to get him back into the routine.

2. 2

   2. Rules of Engagement

   15 Jan 1986 · 30 min

   A new journalist at The Daily News is instantly unpopular when it's discovered that her job is owed to the editor's patronage. Lytton sends her in pursuit of a runaway tennis star.

3. 3

   3. The Ancient Regime

   22 Jan 1986 · 30 min

   A famous sex symbol has a change of heart about on-screen nudity and receives a rich and mysterious visitor. Lytton is on the story, but is waylaid by his paper's owner and a mysterious lunchtime appointment.

4. 4

   4. The Miracle Man

   29 Jan 1986 · 30 min

   Lytton investigates why the same well-known faces are always appearing at an American evangelist's healing ceremonies, and is also involved in a confused plan to publish his first novel. The behaviour of the young new editor of The Daily News horrifies him.

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   5. National Hero

   5 Feb 1986 · 30 min

   Duncan Anderson, a revered public figure and a friend of Lytton's, is regarded as just another old fogey by pop columnist Trevor Bates. Meanwhile, Henry is deeply concerned about midnight meetings in a gazebo.

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   6. What a Wonderful Life

   12 Feb 1986 · 30 min

   Lytton is a judge at an international beauty competition gone awry, and finds himself investigating an old friend's financial background. Meanwhile, the paper's owner is planning a technological revolution in Fleet Street.