22 Jan 1990
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
After being released from a mental hospital, a troubled young man tracks down an actress he once had sex with and forces her into captivity, determined to make her part of his life.
The Price
Brutal terror and financial intrigue clash in this stylish, edgy thriller from Channel 4
Geoffrey Carr is a wealthy, key player in Britain's emerging computer industry, and newly married to Frances , a much younger woman, with wilful daughter Clare from a previous marriage. He'll do anything to make them happy, including stretching his finances to buy a Georgian estate in County Wicklow, where Frances grew up. Frank Crossan is an Irish Republican hitman on the run from British authorities. Seeking refuge with old girlfriend Kate, he creates a plan to kidnap a wealthy Brit for a ransom to fund a major arms deal. Their two worlds collide when Frances and Clare are brutally snatched away to a bleak hideaway and taken hostage. Geoffrey initially wants to cave in to the kidnapper's demands “ but nothing is simple when a personal crisis plays out against the forces of political intrigue, high finance and with the eyes of the media on them.
Top Billed Cast
Peter Barkworth Geoffrey Carr
Harriet Walter Frances Carr
Aingeal Grehan Kate
Simon Jones Lansbury
Derek Thompson Frank Crossan
Adrian Dunbar Willy
Hugh Fraser Richard Lefray
Nicholas Jones Andrew
John Kavanagh Kearney
Susanna Reid Clare
David Lyon Simon
Linda Spurrier Margaret
Denys Hawthorne Doherty
Mark Mulholland Watson
Colm Hefferon Garda Twomey
Peadar Lamb O'Hanlon
Ruth Hegarty Eileen
Oliver Maguire McLaughlin
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