The Grand is just a British television drama series 1998. It place in a resort in Manchester and was written by Russell T Davies. There are two series: eight episodes in the show were aired April 1997 to 3 May 1997 and ten in the second show in 30 January 1998 on 2-3 April 1998. Russell T Davies wrote all 18 episodes. The throw comprised Susan Hampshire, Julia St. John, Tim Healy, Michael Siberry, Stephen Moyer and Mark McGann. The two series were first novelised by Catrin Collier, under the penname Katherine Hardy.