Capital City (TV series)

For centers of government and politics, see Capital (political). For the fictional city in The Simpsons, see Capital City (The Simpsons).

Capital City
Format	Drama
Starring	Douglas Hodge Jason Isaacs Trevyn McDowell Joanna Kanska
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	23
Production
Location(s)	London
Running time	50 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Original run	26 September 1989 (1989-09-26) – 20 December 1990 (1990-12-20)

Capital City was a television show produced by Euston Films which focused on the lives of investment bankers in London living and working on the corporate trading floor for the fictional international bank Shane-Longman.

Despite its short run in the UK, it was rebroadcast on UKTV Gold as well as a handful of PBS stations in the United States and starred a number of now well known faces.

The music for the series was composed by the Colin Towns and enjoyed some success in its own right.

Recurring Cast and Characters

• Douglas Hodge as Declan McConnachie, primaries desk head trader
• Trevyn McDowell as Michelle Hauptmann, secondaries desk head trader, from Germany on loan to London
• William Armstrong as Max Lubin, financial swaps expert
• Jason Isaacs as Chas Ewell
• Joanna Kanska as Sirkka Nieminen
• John Bowe as Leonard Ansen, head of banking activities
• Rolf Saxon as the American attorney Hudson Talbot the Third
• Saira Todd as Hillary Rollinger, assistant to Michelle on the secondaries desk, graduated from Cheltenham
• Emily Bolton as Sylvia Roux Teng

Availability

The complete Series One of 13 episodes (released 2006) and Series Two of 10 episodes (released July 2007) are available for purchase on DVD at various online shops or High Street retailers.

External links

• Capital City at the Internet Movie Database
• Capital City at the BFI's Screenonline
• Nostalgia Central
• Off the Telly