Extremely Dangerous

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Extremely Dangerous is a classic fugitive thriller, starring SEAN BEAN (Sharpe, Bravo Two Zero, GoldenEye). Convicted of the shocking and gruesome slaughter of his wife and young daughter, Neil Byrne jumps off a speeding train and escapes into the night, leaving behind only his guards and a paperback novel, Patagonia, whose margins are full of inscrutable shorthand markings. As Byrne is forced undercover, taking on former acquaintances of a ruthless organised crime syndicate and evading capture by their mobs, the police and sinister government agencies, we begin to learn more details of his crime, and the significance of the missing paperback. Protested innocence seems an irrelevance as unseen masters use Byrne and his pursuers as expendable pawns in a chilling battle to protect deeper, darker secrets....

This fugitive tale, which follows a haunted man through his past and present, is about the love of family, the thrills of a forbidden affair and the violence and intrigue of a world beyond the law.

The action takes place in Manchester and London where our hero has to take on the forces of Organised Crime and of the corrupt Secret Security Service and must avoid capture by the Police before he can discover those guilty of murder and theft and so prove his innocence.

Written by Murray Smith (Paradise Club, Bulman) and produced by Malcolm Craddock (Sharpe, A Life for a Life) the series will also star Juliet Aubrey (Middlemarch, Unknown Soldier) and Tony Booth.

Filming began on June 14, 1999 for 8 weeks in London and Manchester. The director is Sallie Aprahamian (The Lakes, City Central, Casualty). Extremely Dangerous is a 4 x 1 hour thriller for the UK's ITV Network.

Trivia: Road Tech's offices at Shenley Hall featured prominently in Extremely Dangerous. During his pursuit of the truth, Neil Byrne visits Shenley Hall (renamed St Jude's Hospice), to try to get information from a dying man. Scenes were filmed over a two day and night period at the front and back of the building, reception and their training office, which was transformed into a private hospital room. More info here at Road Tech's website.

Click here for an exclusive behind the scenes look at filming Extremely Dangerous in Manchester. Click here to read Sean's thoughts on playing Neil Byrne, and for more pictures. Click here to read the production notes. Click here to read an episode-by-episode plot synopsis. Click here to read a report by Tony Dawe, ED's sound technician. Click here to read the Extremely Dangerous Press Archives.   Click on the thumbnails to see larger pictures.

PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS: Sean Bean .................Neil Byrne Juliet Aubrey .............Annie Fleming Tony Booth ................Palmer Ralph Brown................Joe Douglas Rao ...............Elgin Ron Donachie ..............Gebbert Alex Norton................Wallace John Biggins...............Manson

PRODUCTION CREDITS Produced by ...............Northwestone Films/Picture Palace ...........................Malcolm Craddock & Michael Foster Associate Producer.........Averil Brennan Directed by ...............Sallie Aprahamian Written by ................Murray Smith Design.....................Chris Townsend Camera.....................Peter Middleton Sound .....................Tony Dawe Makeup.....................Kezia De Winne Costumes...................Sarah Lubel Transmission dates.........ITV (UK) ...........................Nov 11, 18, 25 and Dec 2, 1999

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