The Grand
1997
📺 2 Seasons
🎬 18 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 60 min/episode
Drama
The Grand is a British television drama series first broadcast on ITV in 1997–1998. It was written by Russell T Davies and set in a hotel in Manchester in the 1920s.
There are two series: eight episodes in the first series were broadcast from 4 April 1997 to 23 May 1997 and ten in the second series from 30 January 1998 to 3 April 1998. All 18 episodes were written by Russell T Davies. The cast included Susan Hampshire, Julia St. John, Tim Healy, Michael Siberry, Stephen Moyer and Mark McGann.
The two series were novelised by Catrin Collier, under the pen name Katherine Hardy.
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Seasons
Season 1
There is a jubilant mood at Manchester's Grand Hotel when John and Sarah Bannerman hold an extravagant party to celebrate its re-opening. However, the atmosphere soon changes when the book keeper commits suicide and confesses to defrauding the hotel out of thousands of pounds. John's brother Marcus is prepared to help the Bannerman's out of their difficult financial situation, but only if Sarah is prepared to sleep with him.
Season 2
Marcus helps Stephen in his new business venture: a night club. Ruth's staunch grandmother arrives and creates friction at the Hotel. Meanwhile things heat up between Sarah and Marcus.
Cast
Network
ITV1