A Killing on the Exchange
A Killing on the Exchange
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A Killing on the Exchange

5.0 / 10
1987
1 season
6 episodes
CrimeDrama

A Killing on the Exchange is a six-part 1987 British crime drama serial produced by Anglia Television for ITV. The plot focuses on the murder of London merchant banker Charles Makepeace, amidst a corporate takeover battle. The investigation, led by DS Lance Thorne, uncovers a web of suspects, including the victim's wife, mistress, and colleagues, all with potential motives related to the merger and personal conflicts.

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The murder of London merchant banker Charles Makepeace takes place amidst a corporate takeover battle. The investigation, led by DS Lance Thorne, uncovers a web of suspects, including the victim's wife, mistress, and colleagues, all with potential motives related to the merger and personal conflicts.

  • Ep 1

    1.Part 1

    06-03-198760m

    Carl Sillmans, a merchant banker firm midway through an expected merger with Dinslow Chemical Industries, is thrown into turmoil when its manager, Charles Makepeace, is found murde...

  • Ep 2

    2.Part 2

    13-03-198760m

    Field and Maitland travel to Dinslow Chemicals after noticing that one of the protesting activists was at a number of companies targeted and suspect he may be a plant. The duo are...

  • Ep 3

    3.Part 3

    20-03-198760m

    Field discovers Mustard's corpse in Tindell's Pond, a nuclear waste dump owned by Charles Tindell. Thorne has learned that Makepeace discovered the illegal practice and reported Ti...

  • Ep 4

    4.Part 4

    27-03-198760m

    Thorne is angry with his wife after her interference sees Roger Tindell go into hiding. And worse is to come as the hunt for his whereabouts threatens the life of his assistant. Wi...

  • Ep 5

    5.Part 5

    03-04-198760m

    Roger Tindell stakes out Thorne's home, but his intentions are not what they think. Thorne also has his own men staking out by Musquat Singh and his assistant Krishna and later dis...

  • Ep 6

    6.Part 6

    10-04-198760m

    Thorne realizes that both Makepeace's mistress Stella Tyson and his wife Isobel could be lying about his marriage proposal to Stella and of the break in to his flat, but both are o...

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