The Accountant
- TV comedy drama
- BBC One
- 1989
- 1 episode
Comedy about a Jewish accountant who is co-opted into the Italian Mafia. Stars Alfred Molina, Tracie Hart, Georgia Mitchell, Clive Panto, David Graham and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 1989
- Channel
- BBC 1
- Episodes
- 1
- Stars
- Alfred Molina, Tracie Hart, Georgia Mitchell, Clive Panto, David Graham, Ivano Staccioli, Fintan McKeown, Nadio Fortune and more
- Writer
- Geoffrey Case
- Director
- Les Blair
- Producer
- Paul Knight
- Company
"Why are the Mafia taking such an interest in my son's barmitzvah? I'm Lionel Ellerman, an accountant from Edgware. All I did was trace a small debt for my mad friend Bernie from Manchester. Naples for a holiday is fine but not with a sack over my head and a gun pointing at me..."
Additional details
- Also known as
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- Screen One: The Accountant
- Production setting
- Studio
- Picture
- Colour
- Soundtrack
- Incidental music composed by Carl Davis.
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Sunday 24th September 1989 at 9:05pm on BBC One
- Episode length
- 95 minutes