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Headhunters | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Doug Lucie |
Written by | Doug Lucie |
Directed by | Simon Langton |
Starring | James Fox Francesca Annis James Fleet Eleanor David Andrew Woodall |
Composer | Patrick Gowers |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 3 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Bill Bryden |
Producer | Andy Park |
Production locations | London, England, UK |
Cinematography | Ken Westbury |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Production company | BBC Scotland |
Original release | |
Network | BBC1 |
Release | 16 January – 30 January 1994 |
Headhunters is a British television drama miniseries, written and created by Doug Lucie, that first broadcast on BBC1 on 16 January 1994, and ran for three weeks on Sunday nights. [1] The series, directed by Simon Langton, stars James Fox as Simon Hall is a partner in a firm of recruitment consultants. Troubles at work and at home lead him to question the values and morality of the business in which he has been so successful. [2]
The series co-starred Francesca Annis, James Fleet, Eleanor David and Andrew Woodall.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | "The Golden Hello" | Simon Langton | Doug Lucie | 16 January 1994 | |
Simon Hall is a head-hunter, and the best in the business. If the price is high enough, he can poach the most powerful businessmen and land them on the payroll of their rivals. The go-between's rewards are high: a town house, a country cottage, a beautiful wife and two children at boarding school. But Hall's life is falling apart. His wife, Sally, is forging her own career as a "sex and shopping" novelist and thinking of leaving home. And the trail of suffering that he's left in his professional life seems to be catching up with him. [3] | |||||
2 | "Maradona Land" | Simon Langton | Doug Lucie | 23 January 1994 | |
Hall is trapped in an agony of self-doubt as his misgivings about himself and his profession take a firmer grip on his psyche. Things get even worse when a business associate whom he has always considered more unscrupulous than himself, accuses him of causing terrible suffering to the people whose companies he raids. Hall's wife Sally is too wrapped up in her burgeoning fame to be concerned, but his young colleagues are becoming increasingly worried about his state of mind. [4] | |||||
3 | "Right as Rain" | Simon Langton | Doug Lucie | 30 January 1994 | |
When Sally Hall arrives home with her children, she finds the house wrecked and her husband Simon in a desperate state. Does he have either the inner toughness or the desire to make it in the headhunting game? [5] |