Making News

For the US TV series, see Making News: Texas Style and Making News: Savannah Style.

Making News
Genre	Drama
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	Thames Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	16 January (1990-01-16) – 19 February 1990 (1990-02-19)

Making News is a British television drama set in the world of journalism produced by Thames Television for the ITV network, and that aired between 16 January to 19 February 1990.

A pilot episode, entitled 'Making News', was screened on 9 May 1989 as part of Thames' anthology series Storyboard. The pilot was developed into a series of six episodes transmitted the following year.

Cast

• Clive Arrindell – Alex Hendry
• Tom Cotcher – Eddie Fraser
• Bill Nighy – Sam Courtney
• Gawn Grainger – Pelham Beecher
• Paul Darrow – George Parnell
• Nichola McAuliffe – Carrie Vernon
• Annie Lambert – Jill Wycombe
• Alphonsia Emmanuel – Anita Markham
• Tony Osoba – Freddie
• Ian Bleasdale – Ron
• Charlotte Attenborough – Lucy Trent
• Derek Benfield[1] - Philip Baxter

Episode list

Episode number	Title	Written by	Directed by	Original airdate
1	"Doing Time"	Michael Aitkens	William Brayne	16 January 1990 (1990-01-16)
2	"The Border Limo"	Keith Dewhurst	Herbert Wise	23 January 1990 (1990-01-23)
3	"Conspiracy"	Michael Aitkens	Graham Theakston	30 January 1990 (1990-01-30)
4	"Line of Fire"	Brian Finch	Terry Marcel	5 February 1990 (1990-02-05)
5	"Three Kinds of Poison"	Alan Smithie	Sharon Miller	12 February 1990 (1990-02-12)
6	"Yes, We Have No Secrets"	Kieran Prendiville	William Brayne	19 February 1990 (1990-02-19)

References

1. "Making News (1990)".

External links

• Making News at IMDb
• Making News at epguides.com