A Killing on the Exchange is a six-part British television crime drama series, first broadcast on 6 March 1987, that aired on ITV.[1] The series was written by Paul Ableman and produced by Anglia Television.[2]

The series also starred Tim Woodward, Siân Phillips, Kenneth Farrington, Jaye Griffiths, Kim Thomson and Joss Ackland in supporting roles. A tie-in novel, also written by Paul Ableman, was published on 19 February 1987.[3] Notably, the series has never been released on DVD.

Premise

The series centres on the ambitious, flinty City of London Detective Superintendent Lance Thorne (John Duttine), who is called in to investigate the murder of merchant banker Charles Makepeace (Michael Gough), a top financier whose death uncovers a web of deceit and double dealing in the high-flying world of banking and international finance, where jealousy and lust are rife amongst the suspects. Among the suspects are two young bankers - Londoner John Field and Dan Maitland, the privileged son of a billionaire American banker.

Cast

Episodes

EpisodeTitleWritten byDirected byOriginal airdate
1"Episode 1"Paul AblemanGraham Evans6 March 1987 (1987-03-06)
2"Episode 2"Paul AblemanGraham Evans13 March 1987 (1987-03-13)
3"Episode 3"Paul AblemanGraham Evans20 March 1987 (1987-03-20)
4"Episode 4"Paul AblemanGraham Evans27 March 1987 (1987-03-27)
5"Episode 5"Paul AblemanGraham Evans3 April 1987 (1987-04-03)
6"Episode 6"Paul AblemanGraham Evans10 April 1987 (1987-04-10)

References

  1. ^ "Itvstudios".
  2. ^ "A Killing on the Exchange Part 1 (1987)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018.
  3. ^ A Killing on the Exchange: Amazon.co.uk: Ableman, Paul: 9780586073285: Books. ASIN 0586073280.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Killing_on_the_Exchange
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