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Harry is a television drama series produced by Union Pictures for the BBC, and shown on BBC1 between 18 September 1993 and 12 April 1995. The programme follows a journalist called Harry Salter, who ran a news agency in the English town of Darlington.
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- E1 First StrikeNext upSep 18, 1993 · 50 min
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Harry Salter was once a Fleet Street high-flier: he got the stories, he got the expense account and he got drunk. But now he lives on his wits running a Darlington news agency. His first task: investigate a death framed like suicide and track down a rogue tattooist.
Guest stars: Tom Hollander (Jonathan), David Roper (Nick), Bill Speed (Desk Sergeant), Paul Copley (Thomas Thomas), Jack McKenzie (Duggan)
- E2 Time Like ThisSep 25, 1993 · 50 min
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Earlier in his career, Salter reached features editor status on Fleet Street, before the drink took hold. Now he's sniffing out stories for his agency. In this time, a routine patrol with the motorway police uncovers a dramatic incident.
Guest stars: Tom Hollander (Jonathan), David Roper (Nick), John Thomson (Royo), Mark Southworth (Stef)
- E3 Thought InvigorationOct 2, 1993 · 50 min
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A trio of graverobbers think they've struck lucky until an antiques expert enlightens them. Meanwhile, Salter anxiously awaits the arrival of an old friend.
Guest stars: Tom Hollander (Jonathan), David Roper (Nick), Bill Speed (Desk Sergeant), Manning Redwood (Frank), Anna Cropper (Mrs Faber)
- E4 Tooth to ClawOct 9, 1993 · 50 min
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Salter's fictional colleagues feature when an ex-army officer is murdered on his patch. He goes off in hot pursuit of the IRA suspects, intent on selling the story to the national papers, but discovers that the real villain is somewhat nearer home.
Guest stars: Tom Hollander (Jonathan), David Roper (Nick), Nicholas Hutchison (Philip Webber), Bill Speed (Desk Sergeant), Neil Finnighan (Ryan)
- E5 Seeing BirthdaysOct 16, 1993 · 50 min
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Jonathan takes his video camera to cover a sick child's birthday party, which escalates into a hostage situation. Meanwhile, Salter is contacted by the sinister owner of a champion fighting dog.
Guest stars: Tom Hollander (Jonathan), Mark Gatiss (Diner Manager), Rachel Ambler (Sal Malyan)
- E6 Waiting for the DayOct 23, 1993 · 50 min
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Salter could go to jail for what he did at the scene of a siege, but insists on dealing with the problem in his own way.
Guest stars: Tom Hollander (Jonathan), David Roper (Nick), Peter Armitage (Monkton)
- E7 ClamouringOct 30, 1993 · 50 min
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Darlington's fearless newshounds stumble across the perfect tabloid shocker this week when Salter, just out of prison, sees a man breaking down a door with an axe. But this turns out to be even more juicy than the average Mad Axeman story, for the door in question belongs to a 'glamour' photographer who has been producing pornographic pictures of local girls.
Guest stars: Tom Hollander (Jonathan), David Roper (Nick)
- E8 OutshinedNov 6, 1993 · 50 min
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With an important Italian client to impress, Salter turns to invention. At the same time, he has an exclusive interview with a local football hero, but how can he make him sound interesting?
Guest stars: Tom Hollander (Jonathan), David Roper (Nick), John Thomson (Royo), Mirella D'Angelo (Alessandra), Flaminia Cinque (Battleaxe)
- E9 Dealing with the DevilNov 20, 1993 · 50 min
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Nothing more than a conventional Sunday-paper tribute would seem to be called for, as far as the news agency is concerned. But a visit to ex-reporter Dan Finch raises the ghost of a 15-year-old murder trial with Masonic entanglements.
Guest stars: Tom Hollander (Jonathan), David Roper (Nick), Trevor Peacock (Dan Finch), Jimmi Harkishin (Sami)
- E10 Pointless SituationsNov 27, 1993 · 50 min
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During a surprise party to celebrate the broadcast of Jonathan's Video Diary, he gives Salter some bad news, which causes bad feeling all round. But Salter is soon on the trail of a financial scandal involving a local employer.
Guest stars: Tom Hollander (Jonathan), David Roper (Nick)
- E11 Out of the Black: Part 1Apr 12, 1993 · 50 min
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A surgeon appeals for help, but Salter's hot on the trail of a much bigger story — so big he's prepared to ditch his crew to follow his lead to London and abroad.
Guest stars: David Roper (Nick), Mick Ford (Archer), Louisa Rix (Margaret Clarke), Ray Lonnen (Editor), Malcolm Stoddard (Malcolm Laird), Helen Ryan (Lady Jenvey), David Begg (Hammond)
- E12 Out of the Black: Part 2Dec 11, 1993 · 50 min
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Salter goes out with a real scoop, causing a disgraced MP to resign, earns plaudits and more work from his Fleet Street masters, and manages to upset his wife and staff back at the agency.
Guest stars: Tom Hollander (Jonathan), David Roper (Nick), Nicholas Hutchison (Philip Webber), Mick Ford (Archer), Louisa Rix (Margaret Clarke), Ray Lonnen (Editor), Caroline Blakiston (Natasha Lee), John Junkin (Mal)
Cast & crew
Created by Joy Spink
Michael Elphick
Ian Bartholomew
Julie Graham
Tom Hollander
Alphonsia Emmanuel
