Band of Gold

TV Series
1995–1997
4h 50m

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Ruth Gemmell and Cathy Tyson in Band of Gold (1995)

In Bradford, England, several desperate streetwalkers team up to run the business for themselves. They must deal with competition, mobsters, moralists, psychos and cops, but at least now the... Read allIn Bradford, England, several desperate streetwalkers team up to run the business for themselves. They must deal with competition, mobsters, moralists, psychos and cops, but at least now they have each other and a plan.In Bradford, England, several desperate streetwalkers team up to run the business for themselves. They must deal with competition, mobsters, moralists, psychos and cops, but at least now they have each other and a plan.

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Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 2 nominations total

Episodes18

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Trivia
Along with ITV stablemate Cracker and a few others, this was one of the most popular British dramas of the 1990s.

Crazy credits
In the first series, the credits are accompanied by a shortened version of the song "Love Hurts" sung by actress Barbara Dickson, who played Anita Braithwaite.

Connections
Featured in Drama Trails: 'Jewel in the Crown' to 'Band of Gold' (2008)

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9/10

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Band of Gold is a misleading title for a drama set amid the sordid world of street prostitution in the back streets of Bradford in the North of England. The series is up with the best of British drama with memorable characters achingly realistically portrayed. But there is one notable drawback. The first episode is so brilliantly written and involving with an ending sensational enough to leave me breathless that everything following is something of an anticlimax and the end of the series is certainly rather a let down.

But even at its worst Band of Gold is better than most of what passes for drama on TV today. See it if you get the chance.