Centrepoint (TV series)

Centrepoint is a four-part British television thriller, written by Nigel Williams and directed by Piers Haggard, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 8 October 1990. The series, which loosely retells the story of Hamlet, is set in London’s Docklands at the time of its commercial development, and stars Jonathan Firth as Roland Wareing, whose father Nick has been missing for several years, presumed dead. However, when a mysterious telephone caller suggests that Nick may not be dead after all, Roland sets out to discover the truth behind the disappearance.[1]

Centrepoint
Genre	Thriller
Written by	Nigel Williams
Directed by	Piers Haggard
Starring	Jonathan Firth Murray Head Cheryl Campbell Bob Peck John Shrapnel Abigail Cruttenden
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producers	Franco Rosso Joanna Smith
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Channel Four Film Rosso Productions
Release
Original network	Channel 4
Picture format	4:3 (576i)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	8 October (1990-10-08) – 29 October 1990 (1990-10-29)

The series initially broadcast at 10:00pm on Mondays for four consecutive weeks, although was later re-edited from four episodes into two and rebroadcast on 9 and 16 May 1992.[2] The series was described by Broadcast magazine as “an expensive fiasco in which ambition far outstretched ability”, and was listed among the worst programmes ever broadcast on Channel 4 in a press pack issued to celebrate the channel's 20th Anniversary in 2002.[3] Subsequently, the series remains commercially unreleased on either VHS or DVD.