Thirty years since the dramatic and shocking finale of the original series, we follow Kerr Avon back to the events which made him the man he was. The University of Oxford, 2230, and the campus is a hotbed of student protest as Roj Blake s Freedom Party seeks to sweep away a century of corrupt rule. Kerr Avon (Colin Salmon), a young man from the frontier, brilliant, ambitious and naïve, has arrived to make his mark on the future. Working with Professor Ensor (Geoffrey Palmer), the Federation s eminent cyberneticist, Avon has no intention of getting involved in politics he may be naïve but he isn t stupid. But when he meets activist Anna Grant (Keeley Hawes) all bets are off...