Capital City

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Capital City
Format	Drama
Starring	Douglas Hodge Jason Isaacs Trevyn McDowell Joanna Kanska
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	23
Production
Location(s)	London
Running time	50 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Original run	26 September 1989 – 20 December 1990

Capital City was a television show produced by Euston Films which focused on the lives of investment bankers in London living and working on the corporate trading floor for the fictional international bank Shane-Longman.

Despite its short run in the UK, it was rebroadcast on UKTV Gold as well as a handful of PBS stations in the United States and starred a number of now well known faces.

The music for the series was composed by the Colin Towns and enjoyed some success in its own right.

[edit] Recurring Cast and Characters

Douglas Hodge as Declan McConnachie, a star trader
Trevyn McDowell as Michelle Hauptmann, a trader from Germany on loan to London
William Armstrong as Max Lubin
Jason Isaacs as Chas Ewell
Joanna Kanska as Sirkka Nieminen
John Bowe as Leonard Ansen
Rolf Saxon as the American attorney Hudson Talbot the Third
Saira Todd as Hillary Rollinger, a new trader

[edit] Availability

The complete Series One of 13 episodes (released 2006) and Series Two of 10 episodes (released July 2007) are available for purchase on DVD at various online shops or High Street retailers.