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Created by
  
Roy Clarke

No. of episodes
  
8

First episode date
  
12 April 1991

Number of episodes
  
8

Genre
  
Comedy

8.1/10
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Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

Running time
  
50 minutes

Network
  
BBC

Program creator
  
Roy Clarke

Directed by
  
Brian Parker David Penn

Starring
  
Gwen Taylor James Cosmo Philip Martin Brown

Cast
  
Gwen Taylor, Philip Martin Brown, James Cosmo

Similar
  
The Bass Player and the Blonde, Potter, The Wanderer, Rosie, The Magnificent Evans

The Sharp End was a 1991 British television comedy drama starring Gwen Taylor, James Cosmo and Philip Martin Brown. It was written by Roy Clarke and directed by Brian Parker and David Penn, and ran for eight episodes on BBC1 from 12 April 1991. The programme was filmed on location in Stoke-on-Trent.

Taylor took the leading role of Celia Forrest, a recent widow who had decided to take on the running of her late husband's Debt Collection Agency. However, her decision to do this was much to the displeasure of her more ruthless business rival (Martin Brown), who tried everything in his power to close her business down.

James Cosmo also starred as Carmichael, an illiterate hermit who was hired by Forrest as her assistant. He spent much of the series riding around on a pushbike with a tape recorder on which Forrest would record instructions of his tasks for the day.

The duo managed to keep the company running, but the series was less successful, and was cancelled after one season.

References

The Sharp End Wikipedia