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Killer (TV series)

television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ106153115 ↗
Source-derived summary

Killer is a British television series which was originally broadcast on ITV in 1984. It consisted of three stand-alone episodes, produced by Yorkshire Television.

Episodes

Killer Waiting (17 February 1984) featuring John Thaw and Diane Keen. Directed by Michael Ferguson.

Killer Exposed (24 February 1984) featuring Anthony Valentine and Dearbhla Molloy

Killer Contract (2 March 1984) featuring Edward Woodward and Wanda Ventham

References

Bibliography

Maxford, Howard. Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland, 2018.

Singer, Michael. Film Directors: A Complete Guide. Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated, 1993.

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The public source identifies “Killer (TV series)” as television series. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Killer, series and television.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1984, 2018, 1993—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Killer, series and television providing the first useful test.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q106153115. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1984, 2018 and 1993.

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This entry incorporates text from “Killer (TV series)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.