The Brief (TVS)
| The Brief | |
|---|---|
| Developed by | TVS Television |
| Starring |
Ray Lonnen Isobel Black |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | James Gatward |
| Producer(s) | Rex Firkin |
| Running time |
60 minutes (including adverts) |
| Distributor | Disney |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original release | 26 June – 18 September 1984 |
The Brief is a British drama series produced for ITV by Television South (TVS) at its Southampton studios.[1]
The thirteen episodes were broadcast between 26 June and 18 September in 1984.[2]
Ray Lonnen played the role of barrister Lucas Hellier, who goes to Germany to defend a British soldier accused of defecting to the East. Other notable characters included Hellier's wife Samantha (Isobel Black) and his mistress Annika Newman (Sabine Postel).
The series was mostly written by Roy Jenkins, produced by Rex Firkin and executive produced by James Gatward. The directors were Frank Cox, Richard Martin, John Frankau and Mike Gibbon.
The Brief has never been repeated or released on DVD. This is possibly due to ongoing rights issues after the production company, TVS, dropped out of the ITV network in 1992 and subsequently went through a number of take-overs. This problem affects the majority of the TVS programme archive as much of the original production paperwork and sales documentation has been lost during the intervening years.