For Dennis Markham, Labour MP and anti-nuclear campaigner, it is the end of a career. To Nick Mullen, ace reporter for the popular press, it's just another story.
For the British Government it's a profound relief.
But when Vernon Bayliss, distinguished journalist, a colleague of Nick's and an old friend of Dennis Markham, dies in unexplained circumstances, Nick senses a bigger story.
The trail leads from a borstal break out, via an American air base in East Anglia, to the well -upholstered confines of a London club.
But who is trying to cover up what and why?
The price of truth is high But the cost could be the DEFENCE OF THE REALM
The cover shows Gabriel Byrne as Nick Mullen in DEFENCE OF THE REALM
An ENIGMA Production
Directed by David Drury
Produced by Lynda Myles and Robin Douet
Executive Producer David Puttnam
Starring Gabriel Byrne, Denholm Elliot and Greta Scacchi
For the British Government it's a profound relief.
But when Vernon Bayliss, distinguished journalist, a colleague of Nick's and an old friend of Dennis Markham, dies in unexplained circumstances, Nick senses a bigger story.
The trail leads from a borstal break out, via an American air base in East Anglia, to the well -upholstered confines of a London club.
But who is trying to cover up what and why?
The price of truth is high But the cost could be the DEFENCE OF THE REALM
The cover shows Gabriel Byrne as Nick Mullen in DEFENCE OF THE REALM
An ENIGMA Production
Directed by David Drury
Produced by Lynda Myles and Robin Douet
Executive Producer David Puttnam
Starring Gabriel Byrne, Denholm Elliot and Greta Scacchi
Used availability for Jack Osborne Easton's Defence of the Realm
Hardback Editions
December 1985 : UK Hardback
Paperback Editions
December 1985 : UK Paperback