Firm Friends is a British drama series written and created by Lou Wakefield which was broadcast on ITV from 16 June 1992 to 18 August 1994. The series stars Billie Whitelaw as Rose Gutteridge and Madhur Jaffrey as Jayshree Kapoor. The show was produced by Zenith Entertainment in association with Tyne Tees Television for the ITV network.
| Firm Friends | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Lou Wakefield |
| Directed by | Various |
| Starring | Billie Whitelaw Madhur Jaffrey Zohra Sehgal Michelle Holmes Badi Uzzaman Derek Fowlds |
| Composer | Barrington Pheloung |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Scott Meek |
| Producers | Jeff Rosenblatt (1992) Deirdre Kerr (1994) |
| Production locations | Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK |
| Running time | 52 minutes (including adverts) |
| Production companies | Zenith Entertainment Tyne Tees Television |
| Distributor | ITV Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 16 June 1992 (1992-06-16) – 18 August 1994 (1994-08-18) |
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | Ave. UK viewers (millions) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 4 | 16 June 1992 (1992-06-16) | 7 July 1992 (1992-07-07) | ||
| 2 | 4 | 28 July 1994 (1994-07-28) | 18 August 1994 (1994-08-18) | ||