Clive Owen before he was famous, nursing hangovers and solving murders in '90s London grime.
Season 1 • Episode 5
LatestSharman is approached by a bank manager who wants to find out who is using his bank to launder counterfeit money.
Sharman is a television series starring Clive Owen, based on the "Nick Sharman" books written by London based author Mark Timlin. Nick Sharman is a disillusioned, down-at-heel private investigator. An instinctive loner with a shady past, he can also be charming, quick-witted, determined and, despite his faults, he has an undeniable attraction for many of the women he encounters.
Acting
Owen's raw, hungry pre-fame performance — all wounded swagger.
Production
Sweaty, neon-soaked London that doesn't exist anymore.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Clive Owen's first leading TV role, shot years before Croupier made him the thinking person's action hero.
The Nick Sharman novels were part of a wave of British crime fiction rejecting Agatha Christie coziness for bruised-rib realism — think early Ian Rankin with more saxophone solos.
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