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Spender is a British television police procedural drama, created by Ian La Frenais and Jimmy Nail, that first broadcast on 8 January 1991 on BBC1. The series, which also starred Nail as the title character, ran for three series between 1991 and 1993, finishing with a feature-length special, The French Collection, broadcast on 29 December 1993. A total of twenty-one episodes were produced. The first and second series were produced by Martin McKeand, while the third and final series was produced by Paul Raphael and Peter McAleese.
Original Release
01/08/1991 on BBC
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jimmy Nail | Freddie Spender / Spender |
Berwick Kaler | Detective Sergeant Dan Boyd / DS Dan Boyd |
Denise Welch | Frances Spender |
Dawn Winlow | Laura Spender |
Lynn Harrison | Kate Spender / Kate |
Peter Guinness | Detective Chief Superintendent Gillespie / DCS Gillespie |
Tony McAnaney | Keith Moreland |
Paul Greenwood | Supt Yelland / Superintendent Yelland |
Brendan P. Healy | Eric |
Mickey Hutton | Spud Tate / 'Spud' Tate |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | The More Things Change | Tuesday, 05 January 1993 |
2 | Kid | Tuesday, 12 January 1993 |
3 | Puck | Tuesday, 19 January 1993 |
4 | Bad Company | Tuesday, 26 January 1993 |
5 | Best Friends | Tuesday, 02 February 1993 |
6 | Retreat | Tuesday, 09 February 1993 |
7 | The French Collection | Wednesday, 29 December 1993 |
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Directors
Roger Bamford, Ian Knox, Mary McMurray, Richard Standeven, Suri Krishnamma, Alan Grint
Writers
Jimmy Nail, Ian La Frenais, Stan Hey, Kenneth Ladd, Niall Leonard, Val McLane
Creators
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jimmy Nail | Freddie Spender / Spender |
Berwick Kaler | Detective Sergeant Dan Boyd / DS Dan Boyd |
Denise Welch | Frances Spender |
Dawn Winlow | Laura Spender |
Lynn Harrison | Kate Spender / Kate |
Peter Guinness | Detective Chief Superintendent Gillespie / DCS Gillespie |
Tony McAnaney | Keith Moreland |
Paul Greenwood | Supt Yelland / Superintendent Yelland |
Brendan P. Healy | Eric |
Mickey Hutton | Spud Tate / 'Spud' Tate |
Laure Killing | Janet Thornton |
Elizabeth Edmonds | Eileen |
David Whitaker | Detective Constable Terry Knowles |
Paul Palance | Man in Restaurant / Man in Dole Queue / Man in Canteen / Bryson |
Peter Jonfield | Chief Inspector Greaves |
Siv Borg | Astrid Moreland |
Tom Bell | Tommy Thornton |
Lena Headey | Emily Goodman |
James Garbutt | George / George Ellis |
Ronan Paterson | Mr. Feeney / John Feeney |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jimmy Nail | Executive Producer |
Eric Fellner | Executive Producer |
Peter McAleese | Producer |
Martin McKeand | Producer |