Genre Crime drama Theme music composer Ray Russell Country of origin United Kingdom | Created by Caleb Ranson Composer(s) Ray Russell | |
Starring David Jason
Gary Whelan
Stephen Wight | ||
Diamond Geezer is a British television crime drama, broadcast on ITV1 between March 20, 2005 and April 23, 2007. Created by Caleb Ranson, the series stars David Jason as jewel thief and professional con man Des. Two series of the programme were broadcast. A third series was not commissioned due to falling viewing figures, and Jason filming the first full series of A Touch of Frost since 2002.
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Background
Initially broadcast as a one-off special, Diamond Geezer was commissioned for a full series of three episodes following strong viewing figures and critical acclaim. The first episode sees Des (David Jason), a long-serving prison inmate, trying to persuade a first time offender to join forces with him in his new big scam. The episode was broadcast on March 20, 2005, to an audience of nearly 10 million viewers. The three part second-series began broadcast on April 9, 2007, but did not live up to expectation, with the final episode barely scraping 4 million viewers, down from 6.2 million viewers for the first episode. All four episodes were later broadcast in the United States under the title Rough Diamond.