Framed (TV series)
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Framed is a British television crime drama series, created and written by acclaimed author Lynda La Plante, adapted from her novel of the same name.[1] The four-part series, broadcast on ITV, ran from 27 November to 18 December 1992 and followed police officer Lawrence Jackson (David Morrissey), who whilst on holiday in Spain, bumps into career criminal Eddie Myers (Timothy Dalton), who was known to have been involved a bank robbery committed several years ago, but was never caught. The officer who investigated the original case, Jimmy McKinnes (Timothy West) assigns Jackson to go undercover and live with Myers in an attempt to finally bring him to justice.[2]
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Genre | Crime drama |
Written by | Lynda La Plante |
Directed by | Geoffrey Sax |
Starring | Timothy Dalton Timothy West David Morrissey Annabelle Apsion Penélope Cruz Trevor Cooper James Findleton Barry Findleton Rowena King Sheila White |
Ending theme | "The Great Pretender" — The Platters |
Composer | Nick Bicât |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original languages | English Spanish |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers | Brenda Reid Delia Fine |
Producer | Guy Slater |
Cinematography | Barry McCann |
Editors | Jim Howe Graham Walker |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies | Anglia Television A&E Network Television Tesauro Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 27 November (1992-11-27) – 18 December 1992 (1992-12-18) |
Annabelle Apsion co-stars as Susan Jackson, Larry's long-suffering wife who has an affair whilst Larry is working on the case, and Penélope Cruz stars as Lola Del Moreno, one of Myers' girls who has been protecting him during his time living in Spain. For its broadcast in the United States, the series was edited down into one, feature-length special, of just 120 minutes long.[3] It removed most of the first episode, which was filmed in Spain, and various scenes of Morrissey and Apsion from the other episodes. The series was remade in the United States in 2002, starring Rob Lowe and Sam Neill in the title roles.[4]
The series was produced by Anglia Television, in association with A&E Network Television and Tesauro Productions. The complete series was released on DVD on 16 January 2006.[5]