Sleepers
- TV comedy drama
- BBC Two
- 1991
- 4 episodes (1 series)
A four-part comedy-thriller by John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch, starring Nigel Havers and Warren Clarke. Also features Joanna Kanska, David Calder, Michael Gough, Christopher Rozycki, Richard Huw and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2 - The Net Tightens
The past lives of Jeremy Coward, investment banker, and Albert Robinson, brewery shop steward, are catching up with them. Meanwhile, MI5 and the CIA are perplexed by the sudden increase in KGB activity in the UK.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 17th April 1991
- Time
- 9:25pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 50 minutes
Cast & crew
| Nigel Havers | Jeremy Coward |
| Warren Clarke | Albert Robinson |
| Joanna Kanska | Nina Grishina |
| David Calder | Victor Chekhov |
| Michael Gough | Andrei Zorin |
| Christopher Rozycki | Oleg Petrovski |
| Richard Huw | Igor Kostov |
| Alan David | K1 |
| William Chubb | George Wetherby |
| Angus MacInnes | Bill Sullivan |
| Ricco Ross | Karl Richfield |
| Annie Hulley | Sandra Robinson |
| Candida Gubbins | Alison |
| Jane Nash | Serena |
| Andrzej Borkowski | Doctor |
| Tara Moohan | Sharon Robinson |
| Ian Taylor | Gary Robinson |
| Spencer Ridgway | Wayne Robinson |
| Patrick Moore | Policeman |
| Barbara Young | Elsie |
| Paul Maxwell | Barrington Cabot |
| Robert Austin | Alan West |
| Patrick Godfrey | Magistrate |
| Bob Whittaker | Television Reporter |
| Max Harvey | Angler |
| James Quinn | Desk Sergeant |
| Anthony Schaeffer | Police Inspector |
| William Sleigh | Man in Shop |
| Sally Spencer-Harris | Estate Agent |
| Alan Palmer | Special Branch Detective |
| Colin Meredith | Detective |
| Trevor Nelson | D.S.S. Officer |
| John Flanagan | Writer |
| Andrew McCulloch | Writer |
| Geoffrey Sax | Director |
| Caroline Gold | Producer |
| Verity Lambert | Executive Producer |
| Michael Wearing | Executive Producer |
| Ann Faggetter | Associate Producer |
| Paul Tothill | Editor |
| Grenville Horner | Production Designer |
| Marilyn Johnson | Casting Director |
| Laura Ergis | Costume Designer |
| Remi Adefarasin | Director of Photography |
| Jan Sewell | Make-up Designer |
| David Dundas | Composer |
| Rick Wentworth | Composer |
| Rob Evans | 1st Assistant Director |