Harry

1993–1995 · Ended · 2 seasons · 20 episodes · Drama · United Kingdom

Creator Joy Spink · Channel BBC One · Starring Michael Elphick, Ian Bartholomew, Julie Graham

Harry is a television drama series produced by Union Pictures for the BBC, and shown on BBC1 between 18 September 1993 and 12 April 1995. The programme follows a journalist called Harry Salter, who ran a news agency in the English town of Darlington.
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Episodes

12 episodes · April 1993 – December 1993
  1. Episode 1: 1. First StrikeSeptember 18, 1993 · 50 min
    Harry Salter was once a Fleet Street high-flier: he got the stories, he got the expense account and he got drunk. But now he lives on his wits running a Darlington news agency. His first task: investigate a death framed like suicide and track down a rogue tattooist.
  2. Episode 2: 2. Time Like ThisSeptember 25, 1993 · 50 min
    Earlier in his career, Salter reached features editor status on Fleet Street, before the drink took hold. Now he's sniffing out stories for his agency. In this time, a routine patrol with the motorway police uncovers a dramatic incident.
  3. Episode 3: 3. Thought InvigorationOctober 2, 1993 · 50 min
    A trio of graverobbers think they've struck lucky until an antiques expert enlightens them. Meanwhile, Salter anxiously awaits the arrival of an old friend.
  4. Episode 4: 4. Tooth to ClawOctober 9, 1993 · 50 min
    Salter's fictional colleagues feature when an ex-army officer is murdered on his patch. He goes off in hot pursuit of the IRA suspects, intent on selling the story to the national papers, but discovers that the real villain is somewhat nearer home.
  5. Episode 5: 5. Seeing BirthdaysOctober 16, 1993 · 50 min
    Jonathan takes his video camera to cover a sick child's birthday party, which escalates into a hostage situation. Meanwhile, Salter is contacted by the sinister owner of a champion fighting dog.
  6. Episode 6: 6. Waiting for the DayOctober 23, 1993 · 50 min
    Salter could go to jail for what he did at the scene of a siege, but insists on dealing with the problem in his own way.
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  1. Episode 7: 7. ClamouringOctober 30, 1993 · 50 min
    Darlington's fearless newshounds stumble across the perfect tabloid shocker this week when Salter, just out of prison, sees a man breaking down a door with an axe. But this turns out to be even more juicy than the average Mad Axeman story, for the door in question belongs to a 'glamour' photographer who has been producing pornographic pictures of local girls.
  2. Episode 8: 8. OutshinedNovember 6, 1993 · 50 min
    With an important Italian client to impress, Salter turns to invention. At the same time, he has an exclusive interview with a local football hero, but how can he make him sound interesting?
  3. Episode 9: 9. Dealing with the DevilNovember 20, 1993 · 50 min
    Nothing more than a conventional Sunday-paper tribute would seem to be called for, as far as the news agency is concerned. But a visit to ex-reporter Dan Finch raises the ghost of a 15-year-old murder trial with Masonic entanglements.
  4. Episode 10: 10. Pointless SituationsNovember 27, 1993 · 50 min
    During a surprise party to celebrate the broadcast of Jonathan's Video Diary, he gives Salter some bad news, which causes bad feeling all round. But Salter is soon on the trail of a financial scandal involving a local employer.
  5. Episode 11: 11. Out of the Black: Part 1April 12, 1993 · 50 min
    A surgeon appeals for help, but Salter's hot on the trail of a much bigger story — so big he's prepared to ditch his crew to follow his lead to London and abroad.
  6. Episode 12: 12. Out of the Black: Part 2December 11, 1993 · 50 min
    Salter goes out with a real scoop, causing a disgraced MP to resign, earns plaudits and more work from his Fleet Street masters, and manages to upset his wife and staff back at the agency.

Credits

Film and series details

EPISODE LENGTH
50 minutes
FIRST AIRED
September 18, 1993
LAST AIRED
April 12, 1995
PRODUCTION COMPANY
BBC

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