The Knock
| The Knock | |
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(L to R: The show's main cast in Series Two — Marston Bloom, Enzo Squillino Jr., Steve Toussaint, Caroline Lee Johnson, Malcolm Storry, Alex Kingston, Andrew Dunn and Tracey Whitwell.)
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| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Anita Bronson |
| Written by | Anita Bronson Geoffrey Case Ian Kennedy Martin Steve Trafford Stephen Leather |
| Directed by | Various |
| Starring |
Caroline Lee-Johnson Steve Toussaint Enzo Squillino, Jr. Malcolm Storry Marston Bloom Andrew Dunn Mark Lewis Jones Peter O'Brien Alex Kingston Tracey Whitwell Daniel O'Grady Daniel Brown Sarah Malin Jonathan Kerrigan Michelle Morris Zig Byfield |
| Ending theme | "The Knock" |
| Composer(s) |
Brian Bennett Warren Bennett |
| Country of origin |
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| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 37 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Paul Knight |
| Producer(s) | Phillip Leach |
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| Running time | 75 minutes (w/advertisements) (Series 1-4) 105 minutes (w/advertisements) (Series 5) |
| Production company(s) | Bronson/Knight Productions for LWT |
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| Picture format |
4:3 (1994–97) 16:9 (1999–2000) |
| Audio format |
Mono (1994–96) Stereo (1997–2000) |
| Original release | 10 April 1994 – 11 November 2000 |
The Knock was a British television crime drama, created by Anita Bronson and broadcast on ITV, which portrayed the activities of customs officers from the London City & South Collection Investigation Unit of HM Customs and Excise. The series derived its name from the distinctive "Knock knock knock" command used over the radio to synchronise a raid.
Five series were broadcast from 10 April 1994, until 11 November 2000. The series had a rotating cast, with only a small number of cast members appearing throughout the series' run. The only two cast members to appear in every series were Caroline Lee-Johnson and Steve Toussaint. The series also adopted a number of different formats: while the early series interspersed various storylines and had running plots across the series; later series adopted a multi-part format resulting in two or three cases per series; while the final series adopted a stand-alone week by-week format.
The series was axed in 2001 following poor viewing figures for the final series. This was blamed on the loss of several main cast members, a change in the format and the overall look of the series which changed dramatically following an overhaul by ITV executives in 1999.
The first series consists of seven episodes, and was broadcast from 10 April to 22 May 1994. It was released on DVD on 27 November 2006. The DVD release of the series has become hard to obtain. The series was rebroadcast in Australia for the first time in 2014. This series was repeated on ITV3 on 10 January 2017, 11 January 2017, 12 January 2017, 13 January 2017, 14 January 2017, 17 January 2017 and 18 January 2017.
The second series consists of thirteen episodes, and was broadcast from 28 April to 21 July 1996. It was released on DVD on 27 August 2007. The DVD release of the series has become hard to obtain. The series was rebroadcast in Australia for the first time in 2014. This series was rebroadcast on ITV3 on 19 January 2017, 20 January 2017, 21 January 2017, 24 January 2017, 25 January 2017, 26 January 2017, 27 January 2017, 28 January 2017, 31 January 2017, 1 February 2017, 2 February 2017, 3 February 2017 and 7 February 2017.
The third series consists of seven episodes, and was broadcast from 6 April to 18 May 1997. The series has never been released on DVD, and repeats have been very few and far between. This series was rebroadcast on ITV3 on 8 February 2017, 9 February 2017, 10 February 2017, 14 February 2017, 15 February 2017, 16 February 2017 and 17 February 2017.
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