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Capital City

Drama · 1989

Last aired: S2 E10, The Wedding · 1990-12-20

Capital City was a television series which focused on the professional and personal lives of a group of investment bankers working in the dealing room at Shane-Longman, a fictional international bank based in the City of London.

Cast

William Armstrong Max Lubin

Douglas Hodge Declan

Jason Isaacs Chas Ewell

Joanna Kanska Sirkka Nieminen

Trevyn McDowell Michelle Hauptmann

Rolf Saxon Hudson J. Talbot

John Bowe Leonard Ansen

Anna Nygh Hannah Burgess

RL Richard LeParmentier Lee Wolf

DH Denys Hawthorne James Farrell

JP Joanna Phillips-Lane Wendy Foley

Briony Glassco Gail

Dorian Healy Jimmy Destry

EB Emily Bolton Sylvia Roux Teng

ST Saira Todd Hilary Rollinger

Season 2

Season 1 Season 2

E1 Toxic Waste Syndrome 1990-10-18 · 50 min Sirkka investigates a corporate client's background and her passionate reaction brings her into serious conflict with her colleagues and the Bank's executives.

E2 Swami's in Town 1990-10-25 · 50 min Michelle and her new assistant, Hilary, are puzzled by a client who balks at making a profit, and Max is surprised to find that Sylvia - the new Head Trader - believes that his job is not essential to the Bank.

E3 The Gnome From Zurich 1990-11-01 · 50 min The beautiful Claudine – an old friend of Declan's – persuades him into a deal he soon regrets. Michelle is unsympathetic as he gets into more and more difficulty, but the Bank softball match gives her the chance to help him out.

E4 Shoes on the Wrong Feet 1990-11-08 · 50 min Lee Wolf travels to Prague to complete a multi-million dollar deal but his acquiescence in a colleague's questionable arrangements gets him into difficulty.

E5 Ethical Investments 1990-11-15 · 50 min Hilary's job is threatened when Sylvia tries to convince the Bank's executives that they need staff cuts. The deal which might save her looks like it's going wrong. Sirkka faces a personal trauma on her own.

E6 Head Hunting 1990-11-22 · 50 min Declan and Michelle are having a difficult time. Declan wonders whether things would be better if they did not work together. As it happens, he is approached by another bank but he is unsure why.

E7 Strange Attractors 1990-11-29 · 50 min Hudson unwillingly introduces his friend, Danny, to the trading floor. Danny is an expert in chaos theory, and starts giving good advice. Sylvia is impressed and thinks Danny should be part of the team. Michelle and Hilary get involved with a deal for an attractive tycoon. For Michelle, it's just business, but Hilary hopes it might be more.

E8 Strange Fruits 1990-12-06 · 50 min Hudson is embroiled in a difficult issue. The childminder has left and Hudson's mother – visiting from the United States – is standing in and looking after his son. Inevitably there's friction. Sirkka finds that she has to look closely at her relationship with her friend, Yolande.

E9 A Wolf in Wolf's Clothing 1990-12-13 · 50 min Contrary to the image he projects at the Bank, Lee Wolf is a gambler and an unlucky one. His debts put his job and his personal life in jeopardy. He has to pull off something big to survive. While things get worse for Wolf, however, they get better for Declan and Michelle, who have a big decision to make.

E10 The Wedding 1990-12-20 · 50 min Sylvia saddles Hilary and Chas with an unsaleable issue and won't accept that the problem has been caused by her. Hilary's attempts to sort things out are complicated by the fact that everyone at the Bank is off to the wedding of the year.

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