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Grafters was a British drama–comedy programme originally broadcast in the UK on ITV from 27 October 1998 to 20 December 1999 for 16 episodes over two series.
Grafters | |
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Genre | Comedy drama |
Created by | Michael Chaplin |
Starring | Robson Green Stephen Tompkinson Darren Morfitt Emily Joyce Marian McLoughlin Will Parker Neil Stuke Carli Norris Stephen Boxer Lesley Vickerage David Westhead Katherine Wogan Berwick Kaler |
Theme music composer | Robert Lockhart |
Composers | Robert Lockhart (Series 1) Ray Russell (Series 2) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 16 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Simon Lewis Susan Hogg Sandra Jobling |
Producer | Helen Gregory |
Production locations | London, England, UK (Series 1) Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK (Series 2) |
Production company | Granada Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 27 October 1998 – 20 December 1999 |
Grafters relates the lives of the Purvis brothers Joe (Robson Green) and Trevor (Stephen Tompkinson), who along with their younger cousin Simon (Darren Morfitt) run a successful building business.
The show regularly received ratings of over 9 million viewers[1] and at the time was among ITV's most popular drama series. It received a 7.6/10 rating on IMDB.[2]
Entertainment One has released the complete series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time. Season 1 was released on 17 July 2007,[3] while season 2 was released on 4 December 2007.[4]
Shock Entertainment released the complete series on DVD in Australia on 12 January 2009.[5] Series 1 & 2 will be released on Region 2 on 26 February 2018.
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