Chessgame
| Chessgame | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Thriller |
| Written by | John Brason |
| Directed by |
Ken Grieve Roger Tucker |
| Starring |
Terence Stamp Carmen du Sautoy Michael Culver Robin Sachs |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Granada Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original release | 23 November 1983 – 28 December 1983 |
Chessgame is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1983.
Based on a series of novels by Anthony Price, the series dealt with the activities of a quartet of counter-intelligence agents: David Audley (Terence Stamp), Faith Steerforth (Carmen du Sautoy), Nick Hannah (Michael Culver) and Hugh Roskill (Robin Sachs).
One series of six episodes was made.
- The Alamut Ambush
- Enter Hassan
- The Roman Collection
- Digging up the Future
- Flying Blind
- Cold Wargame
The series was rebroadcast as three TV movies in 1986 called The Alamut Ambush, The Deadly Recruits, and The Cold War Killers.
External links
- Chessgame at the Internet Movie Database
- Addenda to CRIME FICTION IV: Anthony Price, Otto Penzler & others.
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