Making News

For the US TV series, see Making News: Texas Style and Making News: Savannah Style.

Making News is a British television drama set in the world of journalism produced by Thames Television for the ITV network, and that originally aired between 16 January to 19 February 1990.

Making News
Genre	Drama
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	Thames Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	16 January (1990-01-16) – 19 February 1990 (1990-02-19)

A pilot episode, entitled 'Making News', was originally screened on 9 May 1989 as part of Thames' anthology series Storyboard. The pilot was developed into a series of six episodes transmitted the following year.

Cast

• Clive Arrindell as Alex Hendry
• Tom Cotcher as Eddie Fraser
• Bill Nighy as Sam Courtney
• Gawn Grainger as Pelham Beecher
• Paul Darrow as George Parnell
• Nichola McAuliffe as Carrie Vernon
• Annie Lambert as Jill Wycombe
• Alphonsia Emmanuel as Anita Markham
• Tony Osoba as Freddie
• Ian Bleasdale as Ron
• Charlotte Attenborough as Lucy Trent
• Derek Benfield^[1] as Philip Baxter

Episode list

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Doing Time"	William Brayne	Michael Aitkens	16 January 1990 (1990-01-16)
2	"The Border Limo"	Herbert Wise	Keith Dewhurst	23 January 1990 (1990-01-23)
3	"Conspiracy"	Graham Theakston	Michael Aitkens	30 January 1990 (1990-01-30)
4	"Line of Fire"	Terry Marcel	Brian Finch	5 February 1990 (1990-02-05)
5	"Three Kinds of Poison"	Sharon Miller	Alan Smithie	12 February 1990 (1990-02-12)
6	"Yes, We Have No Secrets"	William Brayne	Kieran Prendiville	19 February 1990 (1990-02-19)