Sharman (1995)
- Original title
- The Turnaround
- Directed by
- Suri Krishnamma
- Genre
- crime, drama, thriller, tv movie
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 5 episodes
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A private detective works cases in South London. He deals with seedy police and dangerous criminals. The story unfolds through a series of feature-length episodes.
noirishgrittytenseearthyatmosphericlow-keycynical
What happens
Sharman is a British television crime drama series, based on the Nick Sharman books by London-based author Mark Timlin, that first broadcast on 5 April 1995. Broadcast on ITV, the series stars Clive Owen in the title role of Sharman, a private detective operating out of a private office in South London. The series began in the form of a pilot, based on the novel The Turnaround, before being developed into four further feature-length stories, each based upon one of Timlin's novels; only the final episode, "Pretend We're Dead", differs from the plot of the original novel; aside from the final scene, the remainder of the plot is an original composition by writer Mick Ford. Aside from Owen, the series featured two other regular cast members in the form of John Salthouse, who appears as Detective Inspector Jack Robber, a seedy but cunning police officer; and Roberta Taylor who appears as Aggie, Sharma's secretary. Guest cast featured in the series include the likes of Ray Winstone, Keith Allen, and Samantha Janus, who is also pictured on the series DVD cover, despite only appearing in a single episode. The Turnaround was first released on VHS in 1995, before the entire series, was released on DVD via Network on 1 October 2012. Timlin's novels were also reprinted to feature images of Clive Owen on the cover. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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