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Overview

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Director:
Laurence Moody
Writer:
Tony Grounds (writer)
Contact:
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Seasons:
1 | 2 full episode list
Release Date:
6 March 1990 (UK) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery
Tagline:
Playing it safe is not an option. more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Clive Owen: The Hollywood Interview
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 25 September 2009, 11:27 AM, PDT)

Pretty Woman Meets Hunky Guy
 (From New York Post. 15 March 2009, 2:17 AM, PDT)

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Clive Owen - 'nuff said more (4 total)

Cast

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Clive Owen ... Derek Love / ... (20 episodes, 1990-1991)
Simon Shepherd ... Piers Garfield-Ward / ... (15 episodes, 1990-1991)
Leslie Phillips ... James Xavier Blake / ... (14 episodes, 1990-1991)
Susannah Harker ... Joanna Franklyn / ... (13 episodes, 1990-1991)
Peter Vaughan ... Tom Franklyn / ... (12 episodes, 1990-1991)
Ralph Riach ... Willy Stebbings / ... (11 episodes, 1990-1991)
Robert Glenister ... Colin Morris (11 episodes, 1990)
Maureen Glackin ... Lorraine (10 episodes, 1990)
Karen Archer ... Vanessa (9 episodes, 1990-1991)
Matthew Marsh ... Gavin Nichols (9 episodes, 1990)
Stephen Tompkinson ... Markus Warton / ... (9 episodes, 1990)
Cliff Parisi ... Lunchbox (9 episodes, 1990)
Andy Linden ... Dink (9 episodes, 1990)
Paul Barber ... Gerald (9 episodes, 1990)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
UK:55 min (20 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Australia:M

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8 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Clive Owen - 'nuff said, 23 November 2007
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Author: cinnamonbrandy from United Kingdom

Like Harrison Ford, don't we love to watch him win, and don't we love to watch him suffer.

We quite like watching him have a nap, wash a car, or have his lip bitten by prettier girls than us...

As if we weren't being spoiled enough already, there's an ensemble cast that makes you go 'wow, he/she was in this?' about every five minutes before you finally settle down to enjoy it.

There's social commentary to die for - I've yet to see a more succinct analysis of the (tawdry) joys of asset-stripping, or the heady (and extremely dangerous) thrills of teeming and lading.

Now admit it, all my accountant friends out there - you've never seen teeming and lading outside of a textbook or a bad client's ledger books, have you? A series brave enough to educate its audience, and gorgeous enough to keep its audience after admitting it was gonna be educational...

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