The Edge of Darkness is a brooding show about a murky world. It sees the lives, economics, and politics of rural Yorkshire through a smudged, green-tinged lens. It hears buzzing florescent lights, groaning air conditioners, tea kettles boiling in empty homes, and silence. Sometimes, it lets us listen to a baleful electric guitar moan and wail.

Ronnie Craven works in that murky world. He sees corruption. He listens as the authorities discourage him from investigating a mining union's odd elections results. He hears his boss tell him that it would be best if he let his colleagues look into h... read the rest.