Floodtide
1987
📺 2 Seasons
🎬 13 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 52 min/episode
Drama
Floodtide is a British television crime drama was produced by Granada Television, first broadcast on ITV from 14 June 1987 to 12 February 1988. The series focuses on a dogged inspector's pursuit of a group of cocaine smugglers across Europe and his bid to bring them to justice. A total of thirteen episodes aired over the course of nine months. Co-produced and partly filmed in France, it was one of the first ITV dramas to be co-produced with an international production company. Written by acclaimed The Sweeney scriptwriter Roger Marshall, the series was released on DVD by Network DVD for the first time on 19 July 2010.
Although further series of the programme were planned, lead actor Phillip Sayer was diagnosed with cancer in 1988 and eventually died in 1989. Marshall concluded that it would be wrong to re-cast the part and instead decided to bring the series to a natural close.
Seasons
Season 1
Exton Waite, A British member of Parliment and an old friend of Ramsey's dies from a supposed heart attack while taking cocaine, the reason for his death is kept secret. His body is found by his 24 year old daughter Tessa, a few days later she goes to France to ask Ramsey for help. While there she is followed by a mysterious man who later follows both of them back to England. Ramsey later meets Exton's lover Isobel who lets him know about what really killed Exton Waite.
Season 2
Det. Insp. Brook starts surveillance on leads he picked up from the drug bust. Ramsey is living in France with Dany. They befriend Sara, a young musician who's money has been stolen. Ramsey is livid that she has chosen to be a drug mule.
Cast
Crew
Director
Ric Mellis, Tom Cotter
Production
Granada Television