| Yellowthread Street | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Genre | Action • Crime • Thriller |
| Developed by | Ranald Graham |
| Directed by | Roger Cheveley Syd Macartney Gerry Mill Ian Stuttard Tim Dowd |
| Starring | Ray Lonnen Doreen Chan Bruce Payne Robert Taylor Tzi Ma Mark McGann Catherine Neilson |
| Theme music composer | Roger Bellon |
| Opening theme | "Yellowthread Street" |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (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 | Keith Richardson |
| Producer | Ranald Graham |
| Production location | Hong Kong |
| Editor | Paul Martin Smith |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company | Yorkshire Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 13 January – 7 April 1990 |
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Yellowthread Street is a British television police drama, first broadcast in 1990, that focuses on the work of a group of detectives in the Royal Hong Kong Police. Developed and produced by Ranald Graham, the series was loosely based on the novels by William Leonard Marshall. A single season of thirteen episodes was produced by Yorkshire Television and broadcast on ITV from January 13 to April 7, 1990.[1] The series starred Ray Lonnen as principal character Alex Vale, with Bruce Payne, Robert Taylor, Doreen Chan, Tzi Ma, Mark McGann and Catherine Neilson also appearing as detectives in the series.[2]
The series was well received by viewers and critics alike, despite only lasting one season. However, the series also received negative press, with Matters Criminous stating that "The series chiefest goal seemed to have been to explore just how very badly a dramatisation can corrupt and befoul the ideas and characters of a book."[3] The series was also celebrated for the use of state-of-the-art technology involved with the production, including becoming one of the first series on British television with stereo sound.[4] The series has never been released on DVD.[5]
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- ^ TV.com. "Yellowthread Street". TV.com. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "Matters Criminous: Yellowthread Street". matterscriminous.com. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "Yellowthread Street Revisited | Impact Online". Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Yellowthread Street". Do You Remember?. 13 August 2007. Retrieved 2 June 2020.