| Runtime: | 57 minutes |
| Creator: | Malcolm Bradbury |
| Genre: | Crime drama, black comedy |
| Producer: | Sarah Smith |
| Executive Producer: | Jon Plowman |
| Starring: | Alun Armstrong Victoria Carling Sally Phillips Warren Clarke David Ryall Richard Griffiths Rebecca Front Stephen Fry John Bird Reece Shearsmith Patrick O'Kane |
| Composer: | Jonathan Whitehead |
| Theme Music Composer: | Slinkyhead |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Location: | London, England, UK |
| Language: | English |
| Network: | BBC Two |
| Num Series: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 3 |
| Related: | In the Red (1995) Absolute Power |
In the Red is a three-part BBC Two black comedy-crime drama 1998 series featuring Warren Clarke as BBC Reporter George Cragge and Alun Armstrong as Police Superintendent Frank Jefferson, investigating a series of murders of London bank managers, a small political party contesting a by-election, and a plan to overthrow the Director-General of the BBC.
The series was adapted by Malcolm Bradbury from Mark Tavener's novel of the same name (Hutchinson, 1989), which had been inspired by the writer's early experiences working for the BBC and the Liberal Party.[1]
Following the conclusion of the series, the characters of Charles Prentis, played by Stephen Fry, and Martin McCabe, played by John Bird, who also appeared in the radio adaptation of the book (BBC Two, 1995-1999), were featured in their own spin-off series Absolute Power (BBC Radio 4, 2000-2006/BBC Two, 2003-2005), which was also created and written by Tavener.