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| The Diamond Brothers: South by South-East | |
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_-_Title_Card.png) Title card of The Diamond Brothers (1991) | |
| Genre | Detective Comedy Action (narrative) |
| Written by | Anthony Horowitz |
| Directed by | Anthony Horowitz |
| Theme music composer | Michael Storey |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Stephen Bayly Linda James Nigel Pickard Harry de Winter (IDTV) Hetty Krapels (IDTV) |
| Producer | Richard Turner |
| Production locations | London, England The Netherlands |
| Running time | 23-24 minutes |
| Production companies | Red Rooster IDTV AVRO |
| Original release | |
| Network | TVS |
| Release | 26 March – 30 April 1991 |
| Related | |
| The Diamond Brothers | |
South by South East is a 1991 British six-part detective series broadcast on ITV written and directed by Anthony Horowitz and starring Dursley McLinden, Colin Dale and Monique van de Ven. [1] It is based on the third book of the Diamond Brothers series, South by South East (1991). The series was broadcast as part of the CITV block on Tuesday afternoons at 4:30pm. The plot and title is a spoof of Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 film, North by Northwest.
Synopsis edit
Tim Diamond, the world's worst private detective, lives in a flat above his office in Camden Town with his fourteen-year-old brother Nick. One day, a mysterious client, by the name of Jake McGuffin, enters their office and explains that he is an MI6 agent working with the Dutch secret service to stop a contract-killer called Charon from murdering a Russian diplomat and that he being chased by two henchmen and needs to make a call. Since their phone had been cut off, he offers Tim fifty pounds for his overcoat so that he can make it to a telephone box without being seen.
Later on, Nick, the sharper of the two brothers, spots that McGuffin had left his hotel room key on the desk. The two brothers rush down the alley to the telephone box but find a bullet has gone through McGuffin. As a loud train passes on the flyover, McGuffin mutters his final words to Tim.
Their investigation into Charon leads them wanted by the police for bank robbery, handcuffed and held at gunpoint by a hotel manager, machine-gunned by a bi-plane in a cornfield, chased by two armed henchmen and being hunted by the world's deadliest assassin.
Production edit
South by South East was intended as a sequel to the 1988 film, Just Ask for Diamond based on the first Diamond Brothers' novel published two years prior, The Falcon's Malteser (1986). There had been a second novel published the following year, Public Enemy Number Two (1987), however it is considered that some of the plot was too violent and impractical to film. It is not clear whether the series is an adaptation of the book South by South-East (1991), or vice versa. The series was produced by Red Rooster Films and IDTV, being sponsored by TVS and AVRO.
Ron Burrage, a Hitchcock lookalike, made an inconspicuous appearances in every episode.[2] The exterior of Tim's office and flat was filmed above Chalk Farm station on The London Underground, near Camden Town. In a Radio Times article, Jenny Agutter stated she was invited to play her role, as she had given a 'very favourable review' of Just Ask For Diamond.[3]
The series contains many references to numerous Hitchcock films: the bi-plane, hotel lift and auction scenes were inspired by North by Northwest, the nine-fingered assassin was based on Professor Jordan from The 39 steps, and the scene in which Tim and Nick handcuffed in the guesthouse mirrors the stairs scene from Psycho.
Distribution edit
South by South East was neither released on Home Video nor rebroadcasted after it aired in 1991. Evidence of the series was confirmed by a BFI record[4] of the series as well as a brief mention from Horowitz in the third edition of The Falcon's Malteser. It was considered lost media until images were found online, and later videos began to surface on YouTube. Perhaps why it was never shown again was the poor direction of the series; in an online article of The Telegraph Horowitz stated, “I was a hopeless director, I was no good at all.”[5]
Episode list edit
| No. | Title | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "McGuffin" | Anthony Horowitz | 26 March 1991 | |
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The two brothers are visited by MI6 agent Jake McGuffin, who explains that he and a fellow Dutch agent, 'eighty-six' are working against a nine-fingered assassin, Charon, who plans to kill a Russian diplomat on British soil. Later, the two brothers find him dying in a telephone box and hear his last words - "South by south-east". They go to a police station and meet DCI Snape and his assistant Boyle, but when they return, the telephone box and the body are gone. After a night locked up for wasting police time, the brothers investigate McGuffin's hotel room. When two men search the room, they escape the hotel and get into a taxi. | ||||
| 2 | "Secret Intelligence" | Anthony Horowitz | 2 April 1991 | |
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The cab drives them a backstreet and underground into a secret base. The head of MI6, Mr. Waverly, reveals more about Charon's plan to kill Boris Kusenov, a Russian who is flying to England to buy a painting. The two brothers head back to the taxi, where they are gassed. They wake up in Tim's office and head to his job interview at a bank, where a bomb planted in Tim's briefcase goes off. Wanted for armed robbery, they sprint off. | ||||
| 3 | "Strangers on a Chain" | Anthony Horowitz | 9 April 1991 | |
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On the run, they stay the night in a guesthouse and the next day visit a ticket office and find out that the 'Amstel Ijsbaan', a word written on McGuffin's matchbook, is an ice-rink in Amsterdam. When they get back, the residents see the brothers on the news and they end up being handcuffed and held a gunpoint by the manager. The police arrive, but they escape and make their way to Victoria station. Without time to spare, they jump on a train to Dover and befriend a Dutch woman, Charlotte van Dam. | ||||
| 4 | "Eightysix" | Anthony Horowitz | 16 April 1991 | |
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To avoid the police blockade at Dover, the two brothers jump from the train and walk to Dover. They arrive in Amsterdam and go to the 'Amstel Ijsbaan', an ice rink on McGuffin's matchbook. Here, find agent 'eighty-six' and speak to him in the café, he tells them about the 'Villa de Winter' - Charon's countryside house. The brothers speak to Charlotte by telephone and she tells them to meet her in the Flevoland. They take a bus there and spot a bi-plane, which flies down and opens fire at them. | ||||
| 5 | "The Winter House" | Anthony Horowitz | 23 April 1991 | |
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They hide in a cornfield and the plane flies off. Nick's shoulder has been injured, so they go to a nearby vet. After removing the bullet and cleaning the wound, Dr. Bloem gives them directions to the 'Villa de Winter'. They catch a glimpse of Charon and find a cheque written by Mr. Waverly to Charon. Tim sets off the alarm and Charon's henchmen, Scarface and Ugly, chase them to a nearby windmill. They later arrive at Amsterdam train station but when they spot Charlotte, the henchmen arrive. They all split off and Nick runs into a nearby theatre and he volunteers for the magic box but the magician is replaced by Scarface. | ||||
| 6 | "The Tsar's Feast" | Anthony Horowitz | 30 April 1991 | |
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Scarface tries to kill Nick but MI6 agents burst in and arrest him. The two brothers return to England where Mr. Waverly clears them of their charges. Nick realises that Charon has swapped the auctioneer's hammer for a trigger to a bomb and they rush to Sotheby's. When Kusenov places his final bid on 'The Tsar's Feast' painting, the brothers disrupt the auction and Boyle destroys the painting in an attempt to arrest Nick. Later on, Charlotte arrives at the Diamond brothers' office and reveals she is Charon, however MI6 agents burst in, and arrest her. | ||||
Cast edit
- Dursley McLinden - Herbert Timothy Simple aka Tim Diamond
- Colin Dale - Nicholas Simple aka Nick Diamond
- Monique van de Ven - Charon
- Jenny Agutter - Bank Manager
- Anna Massey - Mrs. Bodega
- Michael Gough - Mr. Waverly
- Ron Burrage - Discreet appearance by
- Michael Feast - Chief Inspector Snape
- Gordon Winter - Boyle
- Michael Howe - Jake McGuffin
- Leo Wringer - Ed
- Tim Faulkner - Taxi Driver (Red)
- Frans de Wit - Bulldog
- Rodney Beddal - Scarface
- Boris Isarov - Boris Kusenov
- David Goudge - Ted
- Ed Bauer - Mr. Marvano
- John Bluthal - Mr. Webber
- Peter Copley - Mr. Ferguson
- Nigel Pegram - Police Commissioner
- Edward Hibbert - Sotheby's Assistant
- Marcia Warren - Mrs. Jackson
- Jonathan Coleman - Mr. Blondini
- Thom Hoffman - Hugo Rushmore
- Jos Fluhr - Dr. Monika Bloem
- John Quentin - Auctioneer
- Sally Faber - Television reporter
References edit
- ^ "The Diamond Brothers: South by Southeast (1990)".
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426673/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm
- ^ "Jenny Gets In On The Act". Radio Times. United Kingdom: BBC Magazines. 1991-03-23. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ^ https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7a8a428a
- ^ Fordy, Tom (February 9, 2021). "The real Ritchie: Dursley McLinden, the Doctor Who actor whose tragic end inspired It's A Sin". www.telegraph.co.uk. The Telegraph. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
External links edit
Category:1991 in British television Category:ITV children's television programmes