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Release Date:
8 September 1997 (UK) more
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A complex, moving story of life in the big bad city, in this case London. The tragic, senseless, futile murder of a beautiful young woman... more
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3 wins & 4 nominations more
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Cast

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David Morrissey ... Shaun (8 episodes, 1997)
Saira Todd ... Claire (8 episodes, 1997)

Phil Daniels ... Gary Rickey (8 episodes, 1997)
Ace Bhatti ... Zahid (8 episodes, 1997)
Ellen Thomas ... Florrie (8 episodes, 1997)

Freddie Annobil-Dodoo ... Marcus (8 episodes, 1997)
Caroline Harker ... Vicky (8 episodes, 1997)
Diane Parish ... Janet (7 episodes, 1997)

Lesley Manville ... Hilary (7 episodes, 1997)
Sandra Voe ... Annie (7 episodes, 1997)
Rachel Power ... Helen (7 episodes, 1997)
Frances Shergold ... Frances (7 episodes, 1997)
Sam Kelly ... Bernard (6 episodes, 1997)
Tim Woodward ... Ken (6 episodes, 1997)

Treva Etienne ... Lloyd (6 episodes, 1997)
Tilly Vosburgh ... Gabby (6 episodes, 1997)
Ruth Sheen ... Alice (5 episodes, 1997)
Jeillo Edwards ... Aunt Gaynor (5 episodes, 1997)
Gabriel Woodward ... Sam (5 episodes, 1997)
Sean Gallagher ... Alan (4 episodes, 1997)
Annette Badland ... Brenda (4 episodes, 1997)

Razaaq Adoti ... Chris (4 episodes, 1997)
Badi Uzzaman ... Shahid (4 episodes, 1997)
Paul Jesson ... Lake (4 episodes, 1997)

Gabrielle Jourdan ... Jemma (4 episodes, 1997)
Andrew Rajan ... Hafiz (4 episodes, 1997)
Robert Morgan ... Shaw (4 episodes, 1997)
Jack Beazley ... Darren (4 episodes, 1997)
May Woodward ... Chelsea (4 episodes, 1997)
Ellie Shergold ... Page (4 episodes, 1997)
David Calder ... Werner (3 episodes, 1997)
Joe Dixon ... Eylot (3 episodes, 1997)

John Light ... Kurt (3 episodes, 1997)
David Allister ... Psychiatric Consultant (3 episodes, 1997)

Emily Hamilton ... Tina (2 episodes, 1997)
Jan Harvey ... Julie (2 episodes, 1997)
Peter Gunn ... Len (2 episodes, 1997)
Fleur Mould ... Sally (2 episodes, 1997)
Kate Lock ... WPC (2 episodes, 1997)
Leslie Schofield ... Claire's Father (2 episodes, 1997)
Philip Bretherton ... Straun (2 episodes, 1997)
David Dixon ... Nelson (2 episodes, 1997)
Kevin Squelch ... Carp (2 episodes, 1997)
Ian Good ... Chef de Cuisine (2 episodes, 1997)
Peter Halliday ... Solicitor (2 episodes, 1997)
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55 min (8 episodes)
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Gary Rickey: I like you, Bridget. I think we can do business. Do you do the business? more

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out on DVD!!!, 24 May 2005
Author: david-1907

As the producer of Holding On I can now confirm that the BBC are at last issuing the whole drama as a 3-disc DVD set in the UK summer 2005. Please tell your friends. Go out and buy! I don't know how heavily it will be publicised. Thanks to those who lobbied if that's what made it happen. They do listen eventually. Everyone who worked on it is very proud of it and now it can have a life beyond the one transmission it received in September 1997 (slightly overshadowed by the death of a certain princess I remember!) Will there ever be a drama of such ambition again on British TV? And who'd have guessed that David Morrissey would end up opposite Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct 2?

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