The Knock is a British television crime drama, made by Anita Bronson and broadcast on ITV, describing the activities of customs officers from London City & Unit of Investigation of South Collection of HM Customs and Excise. This series gets its name from the command " Knock knock knock " used on the radio to synchronize attacks.
Five series aired from April 10, 1994, until November 11, 2000. The series has a rotating player, with only a small number of cast members performing throughout the run series. Only two cast members appearing in each series are Caroline Lee-Johnson, Trevor Byfield and Steve Toussaint. The series also adopts a number of different formats: while the initial series is interspersed with various storylines and has run plots throughout the series; the series then adopts a multi-part format that produces two or three cases per series; while the last series adopted a weekly stand-alone week format.
The series was fired in 2001 after seeing a bad number for the last series. It is blamed on the loss of some of the leading actors, changes in format and overall appearance of the series that changed dramatically after being overhauled by ITV executives in 1999.
Video The Knock
Cast
Starring
Guest cast
- Anthony Valentine as George Webster (Series 1--2)
- Ian Burfield as Tommy Maddern (Series 1--2)
- Oliver Tobias as Allan De Montfort (Series 2)
- Alan Gear as Swedish Sea Captain (Series 2-3)
- John Vine as Jeffrey Faulds (Series 2)
- Lenny McLean as Eddie Davies (Series 2--3)
- Colin Baker as Desmond Dewhurst (Series 3)
- Dennis Waterman as John Danson (Series 3)
- Fiona Dolman as Anna Ransley (Series 3)
- Michael Brandon as Greg Taylor (Series 4)
- Bryan Marshall as Frankie Johnson (Series 4)
- Cherie Lunghi as Toni Maxwell (Series 4)
- Rik Mayall as Simon Reid (Series 5)
- Steve John Shepherd as Rick Foster (Series 5)
- Martine McCutcheon as Jenny Foster (Series 5)
- David Threlfall as Barry Connery (Series 5)
- Gillian Taylforth as Anne Gilbraith (Series 5)
- Danny Webb as John Gilbraith (Series 5)
Maps The Knock
Episode
Series 1 (1994)
The first series consists of seven episodes, and aired from April 10 to May 22, 1994. It was released on DVD on November 27, 2006. The release of this DVD series became difficult to obtain. The series is reproduced in Australia for the first time in 2014. The series is repeated on ITV3 on January 10, 2017, January 11, 2017, January 12, 2017, January 13, 2017, January 14, 2017, January 17, 2017 and January 18, 2017.
Series 2 (1996)
The second series consists of thirteen episodes, and aired from 28 April to 21 July 1996. The album was released on DVD on August 27, 2007. This DVD series release is becoming hard to come by. The series was re-aired in Australia for the first time in 2014. The series was relaunched at ITV3 on January 19, 2017, January 20, 2017, January 21, 2017, January 24, 2017, January 25, 2017, January 26, 2017, January 27, 2017, January 28 2017, January 31, 2017, February 1, 2017, February 2, 2017, February 3, 2017 and February 7, 2017.
Series 3 (1997)
The third series consists of seven episodes, and aired from 6 April to 18 May 1997. The series has never been released on DVD, and the repetition has been very few and far. The series is republished on ITV3 on February 8, 2017, February 9, 2017, February 10, 2017, February 14, 2017, February 15, 2017, February 16, 2017 and February 17, 2017.
Series 4 (1999)
The fourth series consists of six episodes, and aired from January 7 to February 11, 1999. This series is the last to feature many original cast members, including Enzo Squillino, Jr. and Andrew Dunn; and also the last series to feature multi-part stories (in this case, two stories from three episodes each). The series has never been released on DVD, and although the repetition has been very few and far, the series is repeated in full from 13-20 June 2016, in ITV3. The series was relaunched on ITV3 on February 21, 2017, February 22, 2017, February 23, 2017, February 24, 2017, February 28, 2017 and March 1, 2017.
Series 5 (2000)
The fifth series consists of four episodes, and aired from 21 October to 11 November 2000. The series underwent a major overhaul on the production and casting teams; with Caroline Lee-Johnson, Steve Toussaint and Daniel Brown, only three cast members will return. The format of the series is also very different, featuring four stand-alone stories, with extended running time of up to 105 minutes per episode, with advertisements. A new theme song and title order were also introduced. The series has never been released on DVD, and although the repetition has been very few and far, the series is repeated full from June 21-24, 2016 in ITV3. The series was relaunched on ITV3 on March 2, 2017, March 3, 2017, March 9, 2017 and March 10, 2017.
References
External links
- Knock on IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
0 Comments