Floodtide (1987)
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 2 seasons, 13 episodes
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A police inspector chases a group of cocaine smugglers across Europe. He is determined to arrest them and bring them to justice.
investigativemethodicalgrittytenseearnestgroundedpersistentserious
What happens
Floodtide is a British television crime drama produced by Granada Television, first broadcast on ITV from 14 June 1987 to 12 February 1988. The series follows a police inspector's dogged pursuit of a group of cocaine smugglers across Europe and his bid to bring them to justice. A total of thirteen episodes aired over the course of nine months. Co-produced and partly filmed in France, it was one of the first ITV dramas to be co-produced with an international production company. Written by The Sweeney scriptwriter Roger Marshall. Although further series of the programme were planned, the lead actor Philip Sayer was diagnosed with cancer in 1988 and died in 1989. Marshall concluded that it would be wrong to re-cast the part and instead decided to bring the series to a natural close. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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