Diamond Geezer

Diamond Geezer 1
Format	Comedy Drama
Created by	Caleb Ranson
Starring	David Jason Gary Whelan Paul Bown Stephen Wight George Cole Jenny Agutter
Theme music composer	Ray Russell
Composer(s)	Ray Russell
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	4 (List of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Granada Television
Running time	90 Minutes (including advertisements)
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV (ITV1/STV/UTV)
Original airing	20 March 2005

Diamond Geezer is a British television comedy drama written by Caleb Ranson which stars David Jason as a jewel thief and professional con man.

Background

The first series of Diamond Geezer was supposed to be a one off special ITV drama starring David Jason as a long-serving prison inmate trying to persuade a first time offender to join forces with him in his new big scam. It was broadcast on 20 March 2005.

After a successful pilot episode however it was decided that David Jason would reprise his role as Des in a new three-part series, which began on 9 April 2007.

In the US the series was released under the title Rough Diamond.

Diamond Geezer 1

The pilot episode of Diamond Geezer was aired on the 20 March 2005. It starred David Jason as a long-serving prison inmate Des. His character comes across as a frail old man who is honest and open. This gains the respect of most of the inmates and prison guards alike. What they fail to realise is Des's master plan, which is to commit the 'perfect crime' and steal valuable diamonds from fellow inmate and notorious bully Benny. He takes petty theft criminal Phil under his wing to hatch the devious and dangerous plan.

Diamond Geezer 2

Main article: Diamond Geezer 2

The second series premièred on 9 April 2007 and saw a return of David Jason and Stephen Wight as Des and Phil.

Cast

Main Characters

• David Jason - Des
• Gary Whelan - Benny
• Stephen Wight - Phil

Others Alphabetical (From series 1 & 2)

• Reece Andrews - Prison Guard
• Jenny Agutter - Vanessa
• Paul Bown - Guv'nor
• Frank Brunet - Jules
• Nick Burnell - Callow
• George Cole - Gerald
• Linda Duffield - Waitress
• Elly Fairman - Gloria
• Andrew Grainger - Roberts
• Michael Klesic - Russian Security Agent
• Des McAleer - Martins
• Carli Norris - Betsy
• Miranda Pleasence - Miranda
• Ieuan Rhys - Jenx
• Oggie Smith - Russian Security Guard
• Robert Stone - Prison henchman
• Simon Paul Sutton - Denver
• Mary Tamm - Maureen
• Daniel Tatarsky - Boris Pudovnik
• Richard Vanstone - Winters
• Crystal Yu - Ping

Crew

• Music - Ray Russell

External links

• Diamond Geezer at the Internet Movie Database
• Diamond Geezer 1 at the Internet Movie Database
• Article about Diamond Geezer 2