Diamonds (British TV series)

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Diamonds
Written by	John Brason
Starring	John Stride Hildegard Neil Simon Ward
Theme music composer	Jack Purnell David Lindup
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer	David Reid
Producer	John Cooper
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	ATV
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	9 September (1981-09-09) – 2 December 1981 (1981-12-02)

Diamonds is a British television drama produced by ATV for ITV in 1981.^[1]

Created by John Brason, the series was set amongst the exclusive world of diamond merchants, Coleman and Sons, in London and lasted for thirteen episodes.^[2]

Cast

Frank Coleman – John Stride
Margaret Coleman – Hildegard Neil
Bernard de Haan – Simon Ward
Dora Coleman – Doris Hare
Barry Coleman – Ian McCulloch
Joseph Coleman – Norman Wooland
Catherine Coleman – Shirley Cain
Terry Coleman – William Relton
Elaine Coleman – Briony McRoberts
David Kremer – Michael Culver
Mordecai Kremer – John Barrard
Jennifer Reece – Valerie Testa
Tom Fabricius – Mark Kingston

Episodes

#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date (UK)
1	"Rough Stone"	John Cooper	John Brason	9 September 1981 (1981-09-09)
2	"A Debt To Be Paid"	John Cooper	John Brason	16 September 1981 (1981-09-16)
3	"The Kremer Claim"	John Cooper	John Brason	23 September 1981 (1981-09-23)
4	"Gamblers"	John Cooper	John Brason	30 September 1981 (1981-09-30)
5	"Homecoming"	John Cooper	John Brason	7 October 1981 (1981-10-07)
6	"The Other Kind"	John Cooper	John Brason	14 October 1981 (1981-10-14)
7	"A Taste of the Orient"	Don Leaver	John Brason	21 October 1981 (1981-10-21)
8	"Middle Game"	Don Leaver	John Brason	28 October 1981 (1981-10-28)
9	"Implosion"	David Foster	John Brason	4 November 1981 (1981-11-04)
10	"My End is My Beginning"	David Foster	John Brason	11 November 1981 (1981-11-11)
11	"Consider Thy Job, Servant"	John Cooper	John Brason	18 November 1981 (1981-11-18)
12	"House of Cards"	John Cooper	John Brason	25 November 1981 (1981-11-25)
13	"Ace in the Hole"	John Cooper	John Brason	2 December 1981 (1981-12-02)

References

^ Evans, Jeff (2011). The Penguin TV Companion (4th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 267. ISBN 9780241952917.
^ Rogers, Dave (1988). The ITV Encyclopedia of Adventure. London: Boxtree. pp. 192–193. ISBN 1852832177.

External links

Diamonds at IMDb

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