6.2 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin United Kingdom Running time 1 hour (including ads) Original network ITV Final episode date 25 November 1989 Number of episodes 13 Language English | 6.2/10 IMDb No. of episodes 13 Production company(s) Central First episode date 2 September 1989 Network ITV Genre Drama Cast Marc Zuber, Ingrid Lacey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Original release 2 September – 25 November 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saracen trailer for episode 1
Saracen is a 1989 British television drama series. Made for ITV by Central Television, it starred Christian Burgess and Patrick James Clarke in the title roles. 13 episodes were made which were shown throughout the autumn of 1989.
Contents
Series history
The series was created by Ted Childs and Chris Kelly. In the pilot episode, the action concentrated on SAS Major David Barber (played by Stephen Hattersley) who resigns his commission after being forced to undertake a badly-planned hostage rescue. He was Headhunted by private security company Saracen Systems and is partnered up with an Australian ex-Army sergeant Jack Carne (John Walton). From the regular series, the entire main cast had been replaced with one exception all the lead characters remained but now played by different actors: Michael Byrne as Ansell, John Bennett as Nugent and Ingrid Lacey was the female lead.
Drama series about Saracen Systems, London's elite private security company, which also operated abroad, usually Africa, but could only carry firearms when on foreign missions.
This was a glossy, expensive film production, perhaps intended to bring back the success of previous ITV action drama like The Professionals.
Reception
It was not a success
DVD release
Network DVD released the full 13-part series on DVD as a 4-disc set on 7 June 2010.<