Grafters was a British drama–comedy programme originally broadcast in the UK on ITV from 27 October 1998 to 20 December 1999 for 16 episodes over two series.
| Grafters | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy drama |
| Created by | Michael Chaplin |
| Starring | Dan "Grafter" McEnergy Robson Green Stephen Tompkinson Darren Morfitt Emily Joyce Marian McLoughlin Will Parker Neil Stuke Carli Norris Stephen Boxer Lesley Vickerage David Westhead Katherine Wogan Berwick Kaler |
| Theme music composer | Robert Lockhart |
| Composers | Robert Lockhart (Series 1) Ray Russell (Series 2) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Simon Lewis Susan Hogg Sandra Jobling |
| Producer | Helen Gregory |
| Production locations | London, England, UK (Series 1) Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK (Series 2) |
| Production company | Granada Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 27 October 1998 (1998-10-27) – 20 December 1999 (1999-12-20) |
Grafters relates the lives of the Purvis brothers Joe (Robson Green) and Trevor (Stephen Tompkinson), who along with their younger cousin Simon (Darren Morfitt) run a successful building business.
The show regularly received ratings of over 9 million viewers[1] and at the time was among ITV's most popular drama series.
Entertainment One has released the complete series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time. Season 1 was released on 17 July 2007,[2] while season 2 was released on 4 December 2007.[3]
Shock Entertainment released the complete series on DVD in Australia on 12 January 2009.[4] Series 1 & 2 will be released on Region 2 on 26 February 2018.