Faith (British TV series)

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Faith
Genre	Political drama; Thriller
Created by	Simon Burke
Written by	Simon Burke
Directed by	John Strickland
Starring	Michael Gambon; Susannah Harker; John Hannah; Amelia Bullmore; Nicholas Gleaves; Keith Allen
Ending theme	"Crazy" by Seal
Composer	John Keane
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producer	Ted Childs
Producer	Colin McKeown
Production locations	London, England, UK
Cinematography	Peter Fearon
Editor	John Parker
Running time	100 minutes
Production company	Central Independent Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	7 September –; 8 September 1994

Faith is a two-part British thriller political drama series written by Simon Burke and directed by John Strickland, first broadcast on ITV between 7 and 8 September 1994. The programme stars Michael Gambon as Peter Moreton, Susannah Harker as Holly Moreton and John Hannah as Nick Simon.^[1]^[2] The programme was broadcast over two nights for Wednesday and Thursday. Faith was released on DVD in United States on 8 November 2005 by Koch Vision.^[3]

This miniseries was produced by Central Independent Television for the ITV network.

Plot[edit]

Peter Moreton, a high-ranking government official, scrambles to keep his secret style hidden from the world when his daughter purposely leaks his affair to a reporter she is dating. Nick Simon is the high-level reporter caught between his love for Holly Moreton, the daughter of Peter Moreton and his desperation to keep his job and land the biggest story of his career.

Cast[edit]

Michael Gambon — Peter Moreton
John Hannah — Nick Simon
Susannah Harker — Holly Moreton
Amelia Bullmore — Ros
Nicholas Gleaves — Andy Morgan
Keith Allen — Jeff Wagland
Connie Booth — Pat Harbinson
Jeremy Bulloch — David Reckitt
Fraser James — Steve Maher
Grace Boyle — Faith Simon
Gemma Jones — Jane Moreton
Ken Livingstone — Himself
Struan Rodger — Matthew Sheridan
Robin Weaver — Helena Reckitt
Carole Nimmons — Gillian Reckitt
Louis Mahoney — Dr. Jacques
Nicola Walker – Sallie Grace

Episodes[edit]

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Part 1"	John Strickland	Simon Burke	7 September 1994 (1994-09-07)
Nick Simon (John Hannah), a journalist for a Sunday newspaper, is struggling to bring his up his daughter, Faith (Grace Boyle), and keep his job. Enticed out on a blind date, he meets and falls for Holly Moreton (Susannah Harker), daughter of Tory MP, Peter Moreton (Michael Gambon). Moreton's name is linked with a Government scandal concerning illegal arms sales, and Nick discovers there is a further scoop to be investigated, but it may damage his relationship with Holly.
2	2	"Part 2"	John Strickland	Simon Burke	8 September 1994 (1994-09-08)
Now jobless, broke and alone. Nick Simon is still no closer to obtaining proof of Moreton's illicit affair. But flickering through photos of the weekend, he and Holly spent together at Moreton's country cottage, the true identity of Moreton's lover suddenly becomes clear.

References[edit]

^ "ITV Studios - Faith". ITV Studios.
^ "Faith (1994)". BFI.org. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017.
^ "Faith". Amazon.com. 8 November 2005. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

External links[edit]

Faith at IMDb

[1] "ITV Studios - Faith". ITV Studios.

[2] "Faith (1994)". BFI.org. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017.

[3] "Faith". Amazon.com. 8 November 2005. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

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