A Zenith Productions Drama Production for Carlton Television and ITV 1994 - 1995
SEASON ONE
Doing The Business
5th January 1994
Director : Charles McDougall
Script : Terry Johnson
Cast : Leslie Grantham (Mick Raynor), Robert Carlyle (Detective Constable Trevor Preston), Malcolm Storry (Detective Superintendent Travis), Andrew Tiernan (Billy Pink), Oliver Parker (Peter Smithers) and John Vine (Andrew Deniston).
Publicity : Leslie Grantham is used to playing non-conformists. So his new role, as maverick cop Mick Raynor in the six-part drama 99-1 (Wednesday ITV), should cover familiar territory. "Raynor makes the rules up as he goes along," says Grantham. "But when he's told to stop bending the rules or take the flak, he can't believe it - he's putting the bad guys away. Then he's approached by a high-ranking cop (Commander Oakwood, played by Robert Stephens) and blackmailed into going undercover". Grantham describes the laconic thriller as a cross between Man In A Suitcase (starring a bounty hunter) and The Fugitive. "Raynor doesn't make arrests every week. He wants the gangsters with knighthoods - the politicians who are laundering the money. He's after the big fish". (Radio Times, January 1, 1994).
Synopsis : "When I was a copper," says undercover agent Mick Raynor, "it was ninety-nine per cent boredom to one per cent terror. I always preferred the one per cent". In fact he's still in the force, posing as a bent ex-policeman in order to gain information on the complex web of organised crime and high-level corruption in Britain. Raynor is played by Leslie Grantham, and his controller Commander Oakwood by Robert Stephens, in a six-part thriller starting tonight. It was written by Terry Johnson (Insignificance), and producer Steve Clark-Hall says of 99-1 that it is "a laconic thriller set in the no-man's land where the underworld meets the establishment".
Hard Sell
12th January 1994
Director : Charles McDougall
Script : Terry Johnson
Cast : Leslie Grantham (Mick Raynor), Andrew Tiernan (Billy Pink), Peter Caffrey (Craig Napier), Lee Ross (Phil Mitchell), Lee Whitlock (Blink), David Barrass (Burn) and Joseph Alessi (Sharp).
Synopsis : Ex-cop Mick Raynor is ordered by Commander Oakwood to infiltrate the criminal underworld, but first he must undergo a series of tests which stretch his nerves and his conscience to the limit.
Trust Me
19th January 1994
Director : Terry Johnson
Script : Terry Johnson
Cast : Leslie Grantham (Mick Raynor),Sharon Duce (Ronnie), Henry Goodman (Loman), Colin Stinton (Hanson), Oengus MacNamara (Boyle), Malcolm Storry (Detective Sergeant Travis), Adam Meggido (Andrew), Emma Parish (Beth), Andrew Tiernan (Billy Pink), Peter Caffrey (Craig Napier), Lee Ross (Phil Mitchell), Lee Whitlock (Blink) and David Barrass (Burn).
Synopsis : In his dangerous undercover mission to gather information on organised crime, Raynor is forced by Commander Oakwood to exploit a past lover and blackmail an American diplomat into smuggling arms for terrorists.
Where The Money Is
26th January 1994
Director : Terry Johnson
Script : Barbara Cox
Cast : Leslie Grantham (Mick Raynor), Derek Newark (George Hicks), Liza Walker (Alannah), Michael Coles (Larry Glass), Martin Beaumont (Steve), James Smith (Massingham), Elizabeth Bennett (Betty), Steven Emerson (Jackson) and Rachael Weaver (Sandra).
Synopsis : Raynor acts as bodyguard to an escaped bank robber, whose ex-parters are pursuing him for their share of the loot.
Quicker Than The Eye
2nd February 1994
Director : Ian Knox
Script : Terry Johnson
Cast : Leslie Grantham (Mick Raynor),Christopher Fulford (Tate), Ken Hutchison (Ellis), Julie Graham (Lisa), Alain Debray (Badin), Alan Ross (Godard), Geoffrey Sharp (Irving), Fraj Imami (Victor), Nicholas Powell (Tom) and Sophie Stanton (Tracey).
Synopsis : Undercover agent Mick Raynor views for the favours of a ruthless drugs baron with his vindictive lieutenant, Tate. Framed by Tate, Raynor devises an ingenious confidence trick to outwit them both and save himself.
The Cost Of Living
9th February 1994
Director : Ian Knox
Script : Terry Johnson
Cast : Leslie Grantham (Mick Raynor), Andrew Tiernan (Billy Pink), Christopher Fulford (Tate), Julie Graham (Lisa), Stevie Jolly (Lee), Ralph Inneson (Brian), Nick Bartlett (Wayne), Francis McGee (Balaclava) and Clare Owen (Connie).
Synopsis : Raynor believes that his cover is blown. With his crime boss' girlfriend, he tries to escape, only to launch himself into a series of confrontations and shocking revelations.
Season Two
Stone
5th January 1995
Director : Anthony Simmons
Script : Terry Johnson
Cast : Leslie Grantham (Mick Raynor), Adie Allen (Liz Hulley), Glyn Grain (Assistant Commander Radlett), Trevor Sellers (Detective Inspector Bonham), Phil Pickard (Detective Constable Ebsworth) and Nadia Sawalha (Arabelle).
Synopsis : Raynor swears he's left the world of undercover detection for good, but a new police chief has other ideas.
Dice
12th January 1995
Director : Anthony Simmons
Script : Terry Johnson
Cast : Leslie Grantham (Mick Raynor), Charlie Drake (Freddie Windsor).
Synopsis : On the trail of the stolen booty of an old adversary, undercover cop Mick Raynor organises a "sting" on vicious casino boss Freddie Windsor.
Shooting Party
19th January 1995
Director : Patrick Lau
Script : Jonathan Rich.
Based on a story by Martin Stellman
Cast : Leslie Grantham (Mick Raynor), Michael Jayston (Chauncey), Ron Donachie (Mclaverty), Mark Williams (John Samms), Matthew Wait (Kerrigan) and Tony Hirst (Wilson).
Synopsis : Undercover cop Mick Raynor infiltrates the gun-running organisation of a disturbed Falklands hero, whose mission is to flood the country with cheap Russian weapons.
Kidnap
26th January 1995
Director : Patrick Lau
Script : Jonathan Rich
Cast : Leslie Grantham (Mick Raynor),John Hallam (Mark Wise), Susan Fleetwood (Diane Wellman), Serena Gordon (Serena Wise), David Kennedy (Hamley), Steve Sweeney (Peters), Dominic Grant (Bailey) and Trevor Sellers (Detective Inspector Bonham).
Synopsis : Against his wishes, undercover cop Mick Raynor is ordered by Commander Stone to take part in a kidnap and the target is the daughter of ruthless tycoon Mark Wise.
A Game Of Two Halves
4th February 1995
Director : A J Quinn
Script : Barbara Cox
Cast : Leslie Grantham (Mick Raynor), Kenneth Cope (Ordell), Arabella Weir (Claudia), John Hallam (Mark Wise), Jack Ellis (Lewis), Joseph Alessi (Detective Sergeant Elgin), Ronan Vibert (Loach), Michael Cochrane (Charlwood), Tony Guilfoyle (Smith) and Dominic Grant (Bailey).
Synopsis : Mick Raynor discovers he is having an affair with the target of a ruthless contract killer.
The Lost Ones
11th February 1995
Director : David Penn
Script : Peter Jukes
Cast : Leslie Grantham (Mick Raynor), Joy Elias-Rilwan (Leela), Danny Scheinmann (Karim), Paul Shelley (Rappaport), John Hallam (Mark Wise), Ronan Vibert (Loach), Jack Ellis (Lewis), Dominic Grant (Bailey) and Enid Irvin (Vera).
Synopsis : Undercover cop Mick Raynor has made up his mind to quit. But without money, credit-cards or passport, he finds himself pursued by gangster Mark Wise's hit men.
Quiet Storm
16th February 1995
Director : David Penn
Script : Peter Jukes
Cast : Leslie Grantham (Mick Raynor), Peter Marinker (Captain Osprey), Joy Elias-Rilwan (Leela), Danny Scheinmann (Karim), Stephen Jenn (Yuri Malinkov), Bobby Martino (Arnel), Jay Ibot (Ben), Ronan Vibert (Loach), Constantine Gregory (Sir Marcus Hinchcliffe), Timothy Block (Albertson), Arthur Bostrom (Walker), Christopher Saul (Quentin) and Edward Lyon (Amersham).
Synopsis : Commander Stone accepts Raynor's resignation and arranges passage for him to Canada. But the voyage has hidden perils.
Getting Wise
23rd February 1995
Director : A J Quinn
Script : Julian Jones
Cast : Leslie Grantham (Mick Raynor), John Hallam (Mark Wise), Ronan Vibert (Loach), Dominic Grant (Bailey), Chris Barnes (O'Brien), Billy McColl (Dyer), Glyn Grain (Assistant Commissioner Radlett) and Constantine Gregory (Sir Marcus Hinchcliffe).
Synopsis : Undercover cop Mick Raynor is back from the brink of death, planning a currency robbery - but more than one person is out for his blood.
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