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The Guardians (1971)

The Guardians poster
Directed by
Derek Bailey, Robert Tronson
Genre
science fiction television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 13 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a dystopian near-future Britain, a group of people form a secret organization to resist a totalitarian government. The series follows their efforts to fight back and the moral compromises they make.

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What happens

The Guardians is a television political thriller series of 13 60-minute episodes made by London Weekend Television and broadcast in the UK on the ITV network (with the exception of Ulster Television) between 10 July 1971 and 2 October 1971. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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