''Making News'' is a

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication Media (communication), medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of Transmission (telecommunications), television tra ...

drama set in the world of

journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (pro ...

produced by

Thames Television Thames Television, commonly simplified to just Thames, was a Broadcast license, franchise holder for a region of the British ITV (TV network), ITV television network serving Greater London, London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until th ...

for the ITV network. A pilot episode, entitled 'Making News', was screened on 9 May 1989 as part of Thames' anthology series ''Storyboard''. The pilot was developed into a series of six episodes transmitted the following year.

Cast

*Clive Arrindell – Alex Hendry * Tom Cotcher – Eddie Fraser *

Bill Nighy William Francis Nighy (; born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. Nighy started his career with the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool and made his London debut with the Royal National Theatre starting with '' The Illuminatus!'' in 1977. There he g ...

– Sam Courtney *

Gawn Grainger Gawn Grainger (born 12 October 1937) is a British actor, playwright and screenwriter. Early life Some sources indicate he was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 12 October 1937. He is the son of Charles Neil Grainger and his wife Elizabeth (née Gal ...

– Pelham Beecher * Paul Darrow – George Parnell * Nichola McAuliffe – Carrie Vernon * Annie Lambert – Jill Wycombe *

Alphonsia Emmanuel Alphonsia Emmanuel (born 7 November 1956) is a British actress known for her appearances in House of Cards, '' Under Suspicion'' (1991), ''Peter's Friends'' (1992) and '' Still Crazy'' (1998), among other films. She was a member of the Royal Shak ...

– Anita Markham * Tony Osoba – Freddie * Ian Bleasdale – Ron *

Charlotte Attenborough Charlotte Isabel Attenborough (born 29 June 1959) is a British stage, film and television actress known for her appearances in ''Jane Eyre'' (1996) and ''Jeeves and Wooster'' (1991, 93). She is the daughter of Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim ...

– Lucy Trent

Episode list

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* ITV television dramas 1990 British television series debuts 1990 British television series endings 1990s British drama television series Television series about journalism Television shows produced by Thames Television English-language television shows {{UK-tv-prog-stub