Diamonds (British TV series)

Diamonds is a British television drama produced by ATV for ITV in 1981.[1]

Diamonds
Written byJohn Brason
StarringJohn Stride
Hildegard Neil
Simon Ward
Theme music composerJack Purnell
David Lindup
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producerDavid Reid
ProducerJohn Cooper
Running time50 minutes
Production companyATV
Original release
NetworkITV
Release9 September (1981-09-09) –
2 December 1981 (1981-12-02)

Created by John Brason, the series was set amongst the exclusive world of diamond merchants, Coleman and Sons, in London and lasted for thirteen episodes.[2]

Cast edit

Episodes edit

# Title Directed by Written by Original air date (UK)
1"Rough Stone"John CooperJohn Brason9 September 1981 (1981-09-09)
2"A Debt To Be Paid"John CooperJohn Brason16 September 1981 (1981-09-16)
3"The Kremer Claim"John CooperJohn Brason23 September 1981 (1981-09-23)
4"Gamblers"John CooperJohn Brason30 September 1981 (1981-09-30)
5"Homecoming"John CooperJohn Brason7 October 1981 (1981-10-07)
6"The Other Kind"John CooperJohn Brason14 October 1981 (1981-10-14)
7"A Taste of the Orient"Don LeaverJohn Brason21 October 1981 (1981-10-21)
8"Middle Game"Don LeaverJohn Brason28 October 1981 (1981-10-28)
9"Implosion"David FosterJohn Brason4 November 1981 (1981-11-04)
10"My End is My Beginning"David FosterJohn Brason11 November 1981 (1981-11-11)
11"Consider Thy Job, Servant"John CooperJohn Brason18 November 1981 (1981-11-18)
12"House of Cards"John CooperJohn Brason25 November 1981 (1981-11-25)
13"Ace in the Hole"John CooperJohn Brason2 December 1981 (1981-12-02)

References edit

  1. ^ Evans, Jeff (2011). The Penguin TV Companion (4th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 267. ISBN 9780241952917.
  2. ^ Rogers, Dave (1988). The ITV Encyclopedia of Adventure. London: Boxtree. pp. 192–193. ISBN 1852832177.

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