Hot Money

Hot Money
Caroline Quentin and Kate Williams as Bridget Watmore and Molly Stern
Genre Crime drama
Written by Neil McKay
Directed by Terry Winsor
Starring Caroline Quentin
Gerard Horan
Kate Williams
Georgia Mackenzie
Jay Simpson
Melanie Hill
Cliff Parisi
Composer(s) Colin Towns
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 1
Production
Executive producer(s) Jeff Pope
Producer(s) Jeremy Phillips
Cinematography John Daly
Editor(s) Edward Mansell
Running time 90 minutes
Production company(s) Granada Television
Release
Original network ITV
Picture format 16:9 (576i)
Audio format Stereo
Original release
  • 12 December 2001 (2001-12-12)

Hot Money is a British television crime drama film, written by Neil McKay and directed by Terry Winsor, first broadcast on ITV on 12 December 2001.[1] Inspired by the Loughton incinerator thefts, the film stars Caroline Quentin as Bridget Watmore, a cleaner at the Bank of England who hatches a plot "for impoverished workers to pinch cash" before it is incinerated.[2] The film was commissioned by ITV in January 2001, as one of two new projects to star Quentin, with the other, Blood Strangers, following in 2002. Nick Elliott, then controller of drama at ITV, described Quentin as being "...very good at playing very ordinary women."[3] Filming began in February 2001.[3]

The film received a 44% audience share between 9pm and 11pm, where it was screened against a Panorama investigative special programme on BBC One.[4] Consolidated figures revealed the film drew 9.62 million viewers on its debut broadcast.[5] Reception by newspaper critics ranged from "inadequate script" (Daily Mail; Daily Telegraph) to "thrilling comedy caper" (Mirror).[6] In 2008, the film was remade in the United States under the title Mad Money, starring Diane Keaton as Bridget, Katie Holmes as Jackie, Queen Latifah as Nina, and Ted Danson as Don. Lindsay Lohan was initially cast to play Jackie, but was replaced due to a lack of completion bond.[7]

Plot

Hot Money tells the story of three workers at the Bank of England incinerating plant in Essex. The trio, led by Bridget (Caroline Quentin), hatch a plan to steal thousands of pounds by stashing the notes in their underwear.[8][9]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Hot Money - ITV TV Classics". Itv.com. 2007-05-03. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  2. ↑ "First night: Hot Money". The Guardian. London. 2001-12-13.
  3. 1 2 Hodgson, Jessica (2001-01-11). "More ITV drama for Quentin". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  4. ↑ Deans, Jason (2001-12-13). "Hot Money makes off with millions". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  5. ↑ http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-top-30/
  6. ↑ "Hot Money". The Guardian. London. 2001-12-13. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  7. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0951216/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv
  8. ↑ "Stealing from the Bank of England". New Strait Times. Google Books. 2002-10-20. p. 19. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  9. ↑ Paterson, Peter (2001-12-13). "Anyone for tenners?". The Daily Mail. The Free Library. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
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