The Jump (1998)

Genre

drama, crime

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An ex-con agrees to help a Mafia wife plan her husband's escape from prison after he is sent there for a violent armed robbery. The series follows their risky plot and the dangerous people involved.

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What happens

The Jump is a four-part British television crime drama, written by Adrian Hodges and adapted from the 1995 novel by Martina Cole, that first broadcast on ITV on 6 September 1998. The series stars Adrian Dunbar as Alan Cox, an ex-con who offers to help Mafia wife Donna Brunos (Susan Vidler) to spring her husband George (Jonathan Cake) from prison after he is put behind bars for a brutal armed robbery. John Light, Sue Johnston, Michael Angelis and Peter Birrel also star in principal roles. The Jump was first released on VHS on 26 January 2000, before being Region 2 DVD in the United Kingdom on 13 March 2006 via Network, in a double pack with the television adaptation of Cole's novel Dangerous Lady. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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