The Grand
The Grand is a British television drama series first broadcast on ITV in 1997–1998. It was written by Russell T Davies and set in a hotel in Manchester in the 1920s. There are two series: eight episodes in the first series were broadcast from 4 April 1997 to 23 May 1997 and ten in the second series from 30 January 1998 to 3 April 1998. All 18 episodes were written by Russell T Davies. The cast included Susan Hampshire, Julia St. John, Tim Healy, Michael Siberry, Stephen Moyer and Mark McGann. The two series were novelised by Catrin Collier, under the pen name Katherine Hardy.
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- Cast:
- Julia St. John , Mark McGann , Michael Siberry , Susan Hampshire , Rebecca Callard , Tim Healy , Ifan Meredith , Naomi Radcliffe , Camilla Power
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Marcus helps Stephen in his new business venture: a night club. Ruth's staunch grandmother arrives and creates friction at the Hotel. Meanwhile things heat up between Sarah and Marcus.
When Stephen's army comrade is shot, the Hotel's reputation is at risk when Stephen and Collins try to help out. Lynne makes her stage debut.
Ruth suffers a miscarriage but decides to keep it a secret through fear of losing Marcus. Meanwhile, Sarah continues to live a life of turmoil as her relationship with her husband becomes more distant and her desire for Marcus grows stronger.
John feels betrayed when he discovers the truth behind Sarah and Marcus' relationship. Jeffries comes back and Kate believes the Hotel is haunted.
live receives a promotion but there is a difficult time ahead for him when a homosexual theatre impresario stays at the hotel and he is forced to confront some uncomfortable home truths. Meanwhile Stephen gets engaged to Christina.
When Esme goes into partnership with Marcus, not everyone is pleased by the venture and she receives dangerous threats. Christina cancels her engagement to Stephen, and on the staff day out he finds that he still has feelings for Kate.