The Jump | |
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Genre | Crime drama |
Created by | Martina Cole |
Written by | Adrian Hodges |
Directed by | Richard Standeven |
Starring | |
Composer | Ray Russell |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
Production | |
Executive producer | Lavinia Warner |
Producer | Margaret Mitchell |
Cinematography | John Daly |
Editor | Richard Milward |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies | Warner Sisters Productions Central Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 6 September 27 September 1998 | –
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The Jump is a four-part British television crime drama, written by Adrian Hodges and adapted from the 1995 novel by Martina Cole, that first broadcast on ITV on 6 September 1998. The series stars Adrian Dunbar as Alan Cox, an ex-con who offers to help Mafia wife Donna Brunos (Susan Vidler) to spring her husband George (Jonathan Cake) from prison after he is put behind bars for a brutal armed robbery.
John Light, Sue Johnston, Michael Angelis and Peter Birrel also star in principal roles. The Jump was first released on VHS on 26 January 2000,[1] before being Region 2 DVD in the United Kingdom on 13 March 2006 via Network, in a double pack with the television adaptation of Cole's novel Dangerous Lady.[2]