The Gravy Train Goes East. Image shows from L to R: Michael Spearpoint (Ian Richardson), Hans-Joachim Dorfmann (Christoph Waltz), Gianna Melchiori (Anita Zagaria)
The Gravy Train Goes East
- TV sitcom / comedy drama
- Channel 4
- 1991
- 4 episodes (1 series)
Satire surrounding a former soviet state's attempts to come in from the cold. Stars Christoph Waltz, Ian Richardson, Jacques Sereys, Anita Zagaria, Jeremy Child and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2
Dorfmann's naïvety is exposed once more as both the Slakan President, and the mysterious Galina, seduce him; and a series of shady figures take him for drives around the city. Meanwhile Villeneuve's plotting continues, and he reveals to Gianna a dossier of gossip on Spearpoint...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 4th November 1991
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 65 minutes
Cast & crew
| Christoph Waltz | Hans-Joachim Dorfmann |
| Ian Richardson | Michael Spearpoint |
| Jacques Sereys | Jean-Luc Villeneuve |
| Anita Zagaria | Gianna Melchiori |
| Jeremy Child (as Jeremy Childs) | Felix Steadiman |
| John Dicks | Larson Parson |
| Henry Goodman | Ivo Tankic |
| Janek Lesniak | Lazlo |
| Roger Lloyd Pack | Ferenc Plitplov |
| Cecile Paoli | Galina Vitali |
| James Villiers | Penhurst |
| Francesca Annis | Katya Princip |
| Trevor Peacock | Father Wanko |
| Sandor Szabo | Professor Rom Rom |
| Andras Balint | Coy |
| Frigyes Hollosi | Grigor |
| Zsuzsa Manyai | Vera |
| Mark Rogerson | Reporter |
| Timea Jahusz | Angelika |
| Iago Jones | British Foreign Secretary |
| Malcolm Bradbury | Writer |
| James Cellan Jones | Director |
| Victor Glynn | Executive Producer |
| Andrew Warren | Executive Producer |
| Dickie Bamber | Associate Producer |
| Barry Peters | Editor |
| Jozsef Romvary | Production Designer |
| Chris Townsend | Production Designer |
| Joyce Nettles | Casting Director |
| Elemer Ragalyi | Director of Photography |
| Emma Porteous | Costume Designer |
| John Keane | Composer |
| Peter Bennett | 1st Assistant Director |
| Peter Barbalics | 1st Assistant Director |