Grushko (1994)

2h 41m
Running Time

March 24, 1994
Release Date

Grushko (1994)

2h 41m
Running Time

March 24, 1994
Release Date

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Network & Production Companies
BBC

Plot.

A restaurant is fire-bombed, a TV journalist and a member of a local mafia are murdered, and a valuable statuette is stolen. Yevgeni Grushko is Head of the Mafia Investigations Division of the local police force, facing new challenges as the internicine gang rivalries escalate towards war on the streets.

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Cast & Crew.

Jonathan Earp

Jonathan Earp

Focus Puller

Valeri Yurkevich

Valeri Yurkevich

Art Direction

Eddie Dougall

Eddie Dougall

Boom Operator

Pat Boxshall

Pat Boxshall

Sound Editor

Sheila Trezise

Sheila Trezise

Casting Director

Tony Britten

Tony Britten

Music

Eduard Artsikhovsky

Eduard Artsikhovsky

Production Manager

Pamela Walden

Pamela Walden

Production Coordinator

Tatiana Petrenko

Tatiana Petrenko

Assistant Editor

Peter Jolly

Peter Jolly

Sound Editor

Katherine Whiteley

Katherine Whiteley

Casting Assistant

Ernest Vincze

Ernest Vincze

Director of Photography

Boris Pavlov-Silvanskiy

Boris Pavlov-Silvanskiy

First Assistant Director

Danny Longhurst

Danny Longhurst

Sound Editor

Nicky Lund

Nicky Lund

Producer

Cathy Doubleday

Cathy Doubleday

Script Supervisor

Don Springall

Don Springall

Gaffer

Michael Craig

Michael Craig

Production Accountant

Alison Lumb

Alison Lumb

Script Editor

Sergei Gurevich

Sergei Gurevich

Co-Producer

Mark Forstater

Mark Forstater

Executive Producer

Ellen Pinchuk

Ellen Pinchuk

Production Coordinator

Lidiya Kryukova

Lidiya Kryukova

Costume Designer

Peter Brayham

Peter Brayham

Stunt Coordinator

Details.

Release Date
March 24, 1994

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 41m

Genres

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Wiki.

Grushko is a British television three-part drama series, first broadcast on BBC1 on 24 March 1994. Based on the best-selling novel Dead Meat by Philip Kerr, the series stars Brian Cox as Colonel Yevgeni Grushko, the tough-minded Head of the Mafia Investigation Division of the St. Petersburg Police, as he investigates the murder of a TV journalist which threatens to spark gang warfare.

With Stephen McGann, Donald Sumpter, Andy Serkis, and Amanda Mealing amongst the main cast, the series was scripted by Kerr alongside screenwriter Robin Mukherjee. It was panned upon release, particularly by The Independent, in particular for its lack of authenticity and certain passages of inaudible dialogue. The title sequence was designed by Bob Cosford, who uses a typographic logo to evoke the implied menace of the Russian trucks in the opening scene.

Production archives confirm the series was first commissioned in August 1991, initially in four parts. It was later suggested that instead of individual episodes, the production could air as a one-off drama; it was eventually decided that Grushko would be a three-part series. Philip Kerr had been in the process of writing a second series when the first went to air; however, due to poor ratings, the BBC decided not to pursue a second run.

A tie-in novel with images from the series was issued by Arrow Books in 1994. The series has to date not been released on any form of home media.

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