| Chessgame | |
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| Genre | Thriller |
| Written by | John Brason |
| Directed by | Ken Grieve Roger Tucker |
| Starring | Terence Stamp Carmen du Sautoy Michael Culver Robin Sachs |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Granada Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 23 November – 28 December 1983 |
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Chessgame is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1983.
Based on a series of novels by Anthony Price, the series dealt with the activities of a quartet of counter-intelligence agents: David Audley (Terence Stamp), Faith Steerforth (Carmen du Sautoy), Nick Hannah (Michael Culver) and Hugh Roskill (Robin Sachs).
One series of six episodes was made.
- "The Alamut Ambush"
- "Enter Hassan"
- "The Roman Connection"
- "Digging up the Future"
- "Flying Blind"
- "Cold Wargame"
The series was rebroadcast as three TV movies in 1986 called The Alamut Ambush, The Deadly Recruits, and The Cold War Killers.
The theme music was composed by Christopher Gunning.