Civvies (TV series)

Civvies
GenreCrime drama
Thriller
Written by
Directed by
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producer
  • Lynda La Plante
Producer
  • Ruth Caleb
Production location
  • United Kingdom
Running time50 minutes
Production company
Original release
Network
Release22 September (1992-09-22) 
27 October 1992 (1992-10-27)

Civvies is a six-part thriller first broadcast on BBC1 from 22 September to 27 October 1992. The series was written by Lynda La Plante - her first writing contribution for the BBC, after being poached by the BBC following the success of Prime Suspect. The series focuses on Frank Dillon (Jason Issacs), a former Army soldier who finds life outside the army tougher than being in it - and slowly falls under the power of east end gangster Barry Newman (Peter O'Toole), who is looking to hire a trained hitman. The complete series was released on DVD on 3 June 2013 by Acorn Media UK.