Diamond Geezer Explained

Genre:Crime drama
Creator:Caleb Ranson
Starring:David Jason
Gary Whelan
Stephen Wight
Network:ITV
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Num Series:2
Num Episodes:4
List Episodes:
  1. Episode list
Executive Producer:David Jason
David Reynolds
Producer:Menzies Kennedy
Runtime:90 mins. (including advertisements)
Company:ITV Productions
Theme Music Composer:Ray Russell

Diamond Geezer was a British television crime drama, broadcast on ITV between 20 March 2005 and 23 April 2007.[1] Created by Caleb Ranson, the series stars David Jason as jewel thief and professional con man Des. One series of the programme was broadcast. A second series was not commissioned due to falling viewing figures, and Jason filming the first full series of A Touch of Frost since 2002.

Background

Initially broadcast as a one-off special, Diamond Geezer was commissioned for a full series of three episodes following strong viewing figures and critical acclaim. The first episode sees Des (David Jason), a long-serving prison inmate, trying to persuade a first time offender to join forces with him in his new big scam. The episode was broadcast on 20 March 2005 to an audience of nearly 10 million viewers.[2] The three-part second series began broadcast on 9 April 2007, but did not live up to expectation, with the final episode barely scraping 4 million viewers, down from 6.2 million viewers for the first episode before finally ceasing operations for good on 23 April 2007. All four episodes were later broadcast in the United States under the title Rough Diamond.

Cast

Recurring cast

Episode list

Pilot (2005)

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Series 1 (2007)

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Jason to return as 'Diamond Geezer'. Digital Spy. 9 September 2006.
  2. Web site: Weekly top 30 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018) | BARB.
  3. Web site: Weekly top 30 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018) | BARB.