Buried (TV series)

Buried
Genre	Crime drama
Written by	Jimmy Gardener Robert Jones
Directed by	Morag McKinnon Kenneth Gleenan
Starring	Lennie James Stephen Walters Conor McIntyre Jane Hazlegrove Neil Bell Smug Roberts Neil Fitzmaurice
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Kath Mattock
Producer(s)	Paul Endacott David Gibson
Location(s)	United Kingdom
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	World Productions
Release
Original network	Channel 4
Picture format	16:9
Original release	14 January – 4 March 2003

Buried is a British television drama series, produced by World Productions for Channel 4 and originally screened in 2003. The programme starred Lennie James as Lee Kingley, who is serving a long prison sentence in order to protect a member of his family from a violent criminal. Critically well-received, the programme won the Best Drama Series category at the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs) in 2004. The series has never been released on DVD.

It was suggested midway through the series run that it was unlikely to be recommissioned because of poor ratings. The series averaged just 1 million viewers and an 8% audience share in its 10.35pm Tuesday night slot. A Channel 4 spokesperson said: "It's a good piece of drama, but the audiences haven't been as good as the critical response," the source said.

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