Anything More Would Be Greedy

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Anything More Would Be Greedy
Genre Comedy drama
Written by Malcolm Bradbury
Directed by Rodney Bennett
Starring
Narrated by Simon Cadell
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerJohn Rosenberg
Production locations Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Running time51 minutes (including adverts)
Production company Anglia Television
Original release
Network ITV
Release26 July (1989-07-26) 
30 August 1989 (1989-08-30)

Anything More Would Be Greedy is a six-part television comedy-drama miniseries was written and created by Malcolm Bradbury and directed by Rodney Bennett, this series was produced by Anglia Television for the ITV Network, first aired on ITV from 26 July to 30 August 1989. The drama was narrated by Simon Cadell and it stars Martin Wenner, Sharon Holm, Alison Sterling, Robert Bathurst, Tessa Peake-Jones, Matthew Marsh and Christopher Benjamin. The series begins as the story of a group of Cambridge students and their lives in the ten years following their graduation.

Contents

Cast

Episodes

  1. "Enigma Variations" (26 July 1989) [1]
  2. "Trading Favours" (2 August 1989) [2]
  3. "Playing Games" (9 August 1989) [3]
  4. "Realizing Assets" (16 August 1989) [4]
  5. "Second Term" (23 August 1989) [5]
  6. "Georgian Silver" (30 August 1989) [6]

Filming locations

The television series was set in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

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