Chessgame is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1983.

Chessgame
GenreThriller
Written byJohn Brason
Directed byKen Grieve
Roger Tucker
StarringTerence Stamp
Carmen du Sautoy
Michael Culver
Robin Sachs
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companyGranada Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release23 November (1983-11-23) –
28 December 1983 (1983-12-28)

Based on a series of novels by Anthony Price, the series dealt with the activities of a quartet of counter-intelligence agents: David Audley (Terence Stamp), Faith Steerforth (Carmen du Sautoy), Nick Hannah (Michael Culver) and Hugh Roskill (Robin Sachs).

One series of six episodes was made.

  • "The Alamut Ambush"
  • "Enter Hassan"
  • "The Roman Connection"
  • "Digging up the Future"
  • "Flying Blind"
  • "Cold Wargame"

The series was rebroadcast as three TV movies in 1986 called The Alamut Ambush, The Deadly Recruits, and The Cold War Killers.

The theme music was composed by Christopher Gunning.

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