Nicholas Quinn, a former Treasury official, is the new chairman of an investment bank called Kendrick Maple, a company that is in need of modernising. The managing director is long-standing employee Bruce Morton and he is outraged by Quinn's attempt to modernise. Between them is young, high-flyer Greg Hayden, who often acts as a mediator.
Nicholas Quinn, the new chairman of Kenrick Maple, decides that the bank needs a new culture of trust and openness.An investor uses astrology to make his investments. Bruce asks Greg Hayden to arrange a meeting for him with a member of Clay's team, Rebecca Parsons. Clay may be in trouble. After Clay plots Bruce and Nicholas's astrological charts, he pleads with Nicholas and Bruce for one of them to leave the bank. Nicholas asks Bruce to go to Birmingham for a meeting with a Latvian Trade Delegation the following afternoon. Nicholas contacts Delphina, a hypnotist, and convinces her to hypnotize Clay without his knowledge.
"An Act of Defiance"
29 April
Greg Hayden is on the phone to his girlfriend, Lisa, who is in London for the weekend. He is anxious for Nicholas to approve the Strategy Review, but, when Nicholas returns from a Stress Management seminar, he makes many changes to the Strategy Review. Bruce sees Greg changing his shirt in the office, and learns that Lisa is over from New York. Bruce tries to persuade Nicholas to call off an investigation about sex in the office. Nicholas assumes Bruce is the guilty party. Nicholas questions Natalie, his new temp, about work relationships; so she thinks he is talking about sex with him, and is horrified.
"The Devil Is In The Detail"
6 May
Bruce Morton arrives for work at the bank, happy to hear from Greg that Nicholas Quinn is in his office. Bruce is angry about a new trader reporting system that Nicholas has introduced. A successful trader, Mary Mansfield, tells Nicholas at the lunch that she has made £46 million for the bank. Bruce questions Brian Wallis, head of Trading, about Mary's trading. She is a quant analyst whom Brian allowed to do a little trading to get a feel for it. Nicholas asks Professor Donnelly to check over Mary's transactions. Donnelly tells Nicholas that Mary has made a loss of £83 million.
"The Poacher"
13 May
Bruce tells Greg that he is expecting some emails from their Far East Traders. They are addressed to him using the joke nickname "Monkey Balls." Greg tells him that Nicholas has installed computer software that is acting up, and people have to send faxes, rather than e-mails. Needing to fill the post of head of Eurobonds, Nicholas decides to employ the services of a head-hunter, Christabel Webster.
"The Challenge"
20 May
Bruce takes over as chairman of Kenrick Maple, while Nicholas is away at a European Banking Conference for four days. Bruce tells Greg that he saw Mike Burchett and Pete Salter skulking in the corridor. Bruce's instinct tells him that Pete and Mike are thinking of leaving the bank and he decides to question Mike. Bruce goes for an evening drink with Mike and is disappointed with what he finds out. Greg tells Bruce that they must stop Pete and Mike from staging a Boardroom coup. Nicholas returns, to be told that Mike has made an important decision.
"Dream Team"
27 May
Emily, the bank's Corporate Affairs spokesperson, has prepared a statement about the repayment of a £30 million loan to the bank, from Michael Calderwood, at the Crastock Group. Stapnall-Phillips, head of Corporate Finance, tries to reassure Bruce and Nicholas that Crastock is not going to collapse. Bruce and Nicholas ask Calderwood to repay the loan, and he agrees. Later, Nicholas and Bruce must ask Calderwood, again, for repayment of the loan. Nicholas is thrilled when Calderwood gives him a goldflute, and invites him and Bruce to his birthday party.
A second series of High Stakes was written and made and was due to air in winter 2001.
DVD releasesedit
The first series and unaired second series was released on DVD in Region 2 (UK) on 14 May 2007, distributed by Acorn Media UK.
Referencesedit
Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
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For the 2011 British television game show see High Stakes game show This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources High Stakes TV series news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message High Stakes is a British sitcom starring Richard Wilson that aired in 2001 It was written by Tony Sarchet The second series remains unaired High StakesOpening Tiles of High StakesGenreSitcomStarringRichard WilsonJack ShepherdJason O MaraCountry of originUnited KingdomNo of series1 plus 1 unaired No of episodes6 plus 6 unaired ProductionRunning time30 minutesOriginal releaseNetworkITVRelease22 April 2001 04 22 27 May 2001 2001 05 27 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Episodes 4 DVD releases 5 References 6 External linksPlot editNicholas Quinn a former Treasury official is the new chairman of an investment bank called Kendrick Maple a company that is in need of modernising The managing director is long standing employee Bruce Morton and he is outraged by Quinn s attempt to modernise Between them is young high flyer Greg Hayden who often acts as a mediator Cast editRichard Wilson as Bruce Morton Jack Shepherd as Nicholas Quinn Jason O Mara as Greg HaydenEpisodes editTitle Airdate Overview Soulmates 22 April Nicholas Quinn the new chairman of Kenrick Maple decides that the bank needs a new culture of trust and openness An investor uses astrology to make his investments Bruce asks Greg Hayden to arrange a meeting for him with a member of Clay s team Rebecca Parsons Clay may be in trouble After Clay plots Bruce and Nicholas s astrological charts he pleads with Nicholas and Bruce for one of them to leave the bank Nicholas asks Bruce to go to Birmingham for a meeting with a Latvian Trade Delegation the following afternoon Nicholas contacts Delphina a hypnotist and convinces her to hypnotize Clay without his knowledge An Act of Defiance 29 April Greg Hayden is on the phone to his girlfriend Lisa who is in London for the weekend He is anxious for Nicholas to approve the Strategy Review but when Nicholas returns from a Stress Management seminar he makes many changes to the Strategy Review Bruce sees Greg changing his shirt in the office and learns that Lisa is over from New York Bruce tries to persuade Nicholas to call off an investigation about sex in the office Nicholas assumes Bruce is the guilty party Nicholas questions Natalie his new temp about work relationships so she thinks he is talking about sex with him and is horrified The Devil Is In The Detail 6 May Bruce Morton arrives for work at the bank happy to hear from Greg that Nicholas Quinn is in his office Bruce is angry about a new trader reporting system that Nicholas has introduced A successful trader Mary Mansfield tells Nicholas at the lunch that she has made 46 million for the bank Bruce questions Brian Wallis head of Trading about Mary s trading She is a quant analyst whom Brian allowed to do a little trading to get a feel for it Nicholas asks Professor Donnelly to check over Mary s transactions Donnelly tells Nicholas that Mary has made a loss of 83 million The Poacher 13 May Bruce tells Greg that he is expecting some emails from their Far East Traders They are addressed to him using the joke nickname Monkey Balls Greg tells him that Nicholas has installed computer software that is acting up and people have to send faxes rather than e mails Needing to fill the post of head of Eurobonds Nicholas decides to employ the services of a head hunter Christabel Webster The Challenge 20 May Bruce takes over as chairman of Kenrick Maple while Nicholas is away at a European Banking Conference for four days Bruce tells Greg that he saw Mike Burchett and Pete Salter skulking in the corridor Bruce s instinct tells him that Pete and Mike are thinking of leaving the bank and he decides to question Mike Bruce goes for an evening drink with Mike and is disappointed with what he finds out Greg tells Bruce that they must stop Pete and Mike from staging a Boardroom coup Nicholas returns to be told that Mike has made an important decision Dream Team 27 May Emily the bank s Corporate Affairs spokesperson has prepared a statement about the repayment of a 30 million loan to the bank from Michael Calderwood at the Crastock Group Stapnall Phillips head of Corporate Finance tries to reassure Bruce and Nicholas that Crastock is not going to collapse Bruce and Nicholas ask Calderwood to repay the loan and he agrees Later Nicholas and Bruce must ask Calderwood again for repayment of the loan Nicholas is thrilled when Calderwood gives him a gold flute and invites him and Bruce to his birthday party A second series of High Stakes was written and made and was due to air in winter 2001 DVD releases editThe first series and unaired second series was released on DVD in Region 2 UK on 14 May 2007 distributed by Acorn Media UK References 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