The British miniseries Sharman was an outgrowth of the one-off special The Turnaround (1995), about a family wiped out by paid assassins. The man assigned to solve the case, tough private detective Nick Sharman, proved popular enough with viewers to warrant a show all his own. Clive Owen was seen as Nick Sharman in the subsequent series' four 90-minute episodes. Sharman was seen in Britain courtesy of ITV in 1996.