Capital (UK TV series) Capital (UK TV series) Capital is a three-part British television adaptation of John Lanchester’s novel "Capital". The series was written by Peter Bowker, directed by Euros Lyn and produced by Matt Strevens for Kudos Film & Television Company. The first episode was broadcast on BBC One on 24 November 2015. The story centres on a fictional Pepys Road in South London (although there are two actual Pepys Roads in South London - namely in Raynes Park and New Cross) and the lives of people with connections to it. Once an ordinary residential area, the value of each house in the
BBC television drama late 1970s, spearheaded by the 1978 launch of the popular school-set drama series "Grange Hill". Created by Liverpudlian dramatist Phil Redmond, the intention of the programme was to present issues relevant to children in a realistic manner, showing characters in a modern Comprehensive school and concentrating on the issues facing children in such schools. The series was a huge success, and in 1989 a similar programme, "Byker Grove", set in a youth club, was launched by the BBC's North-Eastern arm and screened on Children's BBC. From the 1990s onwards, in common with BBC programming in other genres, children's drama has