A Killing on the Exchange

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]

A Killing on the Exchange
TV tie-in novel
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Paul Ableman
Directed by	Graham Evans
Starring	John Duttine Gavan O'Herlihy Tim Woodward Lesa Lockford Siân Phillips Charlie Dore Kenneth Farrington Jaye Griffiths Kim Thomson Joss Ackland Adam Blackwood
Theme music composer	Richard Harvey
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	John Rosenberg
Cinematography	Spencer Chapman
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	Anglia Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	6 March (1987-03-06) – 10 April 1987 (1987-04-10)

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

• John Duttine as Det. Supt. Lance Thorne
• Gavan O'Herlihy as Dan Maitland
• Tim Woodward as John Field
• Lesa Lockford as Millicent Thorne
• Siân Phillips as Isobel Makepeace
• Charlie Dore as Grace Field
• Kenneth Farrington as Mr. Morrison
• Jaye Griffiths as Diana
• Kim Thomson as Kate MacRenny
• Joss Ackland as Sir Max Sillman
• Adam Blackwood as Sgt. Ballantyne
• Yvonne Bonnamy as Nina Novotny
• Laura Venn as Evey Field

Episodes

Episode	Title	Written by	Directed by	Original airdate
1	"Episode 1"	Paul Ableman	Graham Evans	6 March 1987 (1987-03-06)
2	"Episode 2"	Paul Ableman	Graham Evans	13 March 1987 (1987-03-13)
3	"Episode 3"	Paul Ableman	Graham Evans	20 March 1987 (1987-03-20)
4	"Episode 4"	Paul Ableman	Graham Evans	27 March 1987 (1987-03-27)
5	"Episode 5"	Paul Ableman	Graham Evans	3 April 1987 (1987-04-03)
6	"Episode 6"	Paul Ableman	Graham Evans	10 April 1987 (1987-04-10)