Set in a commercial radio station in an enterprise zone called ‘Riverside’, Thin Air involved property development on a massive scale, the disruption and forced exodus of a local community, the stripping away of local authority powers, left-wing activism, designer drugs, media hacks.
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Kate Hardie
Rachel Hamilton
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Nicky Henson
Richard Hellier
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Kevin McNally
Mark Gentian
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Brian Bovell
Joe Jeffries
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James Aubrey
Zac Diamond
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Sam Kelly
Henry Campbell
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Sarah-Jane Morris
Samantha Graham
Clive Merrison
Leonard Draeger
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Robert Pugh
Michael Haig
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Michael Garner
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Cristina Avery
Rose Marie
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Andrew Johnson
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Antonia Bird Director · Peter Busby Writer Sarah Dunant Writer
First release April 8, 1988
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · April 8, 1988
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No release date listed for United States.
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