Summer's Lease | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | Summer's Lease by John Mortimer |
Directed by | Martyn Friend |
Starring | John Gielgud Susan Fleetwood Rosemary Leach |
Composer | Nigel Hess |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 |
Production | |
Producer | Colin Rogers |
Running time | 55 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Two |
Release | 1 November 22 November 1989 | –
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Summer's Lease is a British television drama series which aired in four parts on BBC2 in 1989.[1] It is based on John Mortimer's novel of the same title, adapted by the author. John Gielgud won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance and the soundtrack, composed by Nigel Hess was awarded the Television and Radio Industries Club award for best television theme.