| Band of Gold | |
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| Also known as | Gold |
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Kay Mellor |
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| Ending theme | "Love Hurts" — Barbara Dickson (Series 1) |
| Composer | Hal Lindes |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 18 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
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| Production locations | Bradford, West Yorkshire |
| Cinematography | Peter Jessop |
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| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company | Granada Television |
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| Network | ITV |
| Release | 12 March 1985 – 1 December 1987 |
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Band of Gold is a British television crime drama series, written and created by Kay Mellor, first broadcast on ITV on 12 March 1985.[1] Produced by Granada Television, the series revolves around the lives of a group of prostitutes who live and work in Bradford's red-light district. Principal actresses in the series include Geraldine James, Cathy Tyson, Barbara Dickson, and Samantha Morton. Three series of Band of Gold were produced (the third under the moniker of Gold, with only a small number of characters from the first two series), with the final episode broadcast on 1 December 1987.
Each series was released on VHS after its broadcast, followed by DVD reissues under the Cinema Club brand in July 2004. The complete series was released on DVD by Network on 6 February 2006, and was reissued on 22 May 2009. Prolific tie-in specialist John Burke novelised the first series' teleplays in Band of Gold: Ring of Lies (15 February 1986); and the second series' teleplays in Band of Gold: Chain of Power (9 May 1986); the publisher was Headline Books. A behind-the-scenes book, Gold: The Making of Band of Gold, written by Anthony Hayward, was published on 2 September 1987, to tie in with the broadcast of the third and final series.