MIT: Murder Investigation Team was a British police

Police

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 procedural drama series produced by the ITV

ITV

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 network as a spin-off from the long running series, The Bill

The Bill

The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...

. The series is based around the investigations of a London

London

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 Murder Investigation Team

Murder Investigation Team

Murder/Major Investigation Teams are the specialised homicide squads of the Metropolitan Police in London, England. Forming part of the Homicide and Serious Crime Command, itself part of the Specialist Crime Directorate, there is one MIT for each Borough Operational Command Unit...

, and is closely styled after the American series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...

, CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....

 and CSI: NY

CSI: NY

CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...

. The first series debuted on 3 May 2003, and ran for eight episodes. After a two year hiatus, a second series of four 90-minute episodes aired in 2005. The MIT abbreviation was removed from the international broadcasts to avoid confusion with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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. The first series was filmed with the working title Think Murder.

Connections with The Bill

The first episode of series one featured the team investigating the drive-by shooting of one of The Bill's most popular characters, Sgt. Matthew Boyden. Several members of The Bill

The Bill

The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...

's cast also appeared in the episode. DC Eva Sharpe (Diane Parish

Diane Parish

Diane Parish is a British actress best known for her role as Denise Johnson in the BBC Soap EastEnders and DC Eva Sharpe in The Bill.-Career:...

) joined the show for the second series, transferring from The Bill

The Bill

The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...

s CID team. Like The Bill

The Bill

The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...

, the series was filmed in the London Borough of Greenwich

London Borough of Greenwich

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 and locations included the Former Woolwich

Woolwich

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 campus of the University of Greenwich

University of Greenwich

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.

Production

The first series consisted of eight one-hour episodes. Produced by Tom Cotter

Tom Cotter

Tom Cotter is an American comedian. He has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show and Last Comic Standing. In 2003, Cotter filmed his own half-hour special for Comedy Central. Cotter has won several comedy competitions. In 1994, he won Seattle's International Stand-Up...

, the series starred Samantha Spiro

Samantha Spiro

Samantha Spiro is an Olivier Award-winning English actress. She is known for portraying Barbara Windsor in the stage play Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick and the television film Cor, Blimey!, and DI Vivien Friend in M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team.-Background:Born in Mill Hill, Spiro grew up...

, Lindsey Coulson

Lindsey Coulson

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, Richard Hope

Richard Hope (actor)

Richard Hope is a British actor.-Career:Born in Kettering and brought up in Norfolk, Mr. Hope attended Oakham School in Rutland from 1967–1971 and trained at the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain from 1972 - 1976. He is a member of the National Youth Theatre Association and an Associate...

 and Steven Pacey

Steven Pacey

Steven Pacey is an English actor, best known for his role as Del Tarrant in the third and fourth seasons of the sci-fi series Blake's 7....

, with guest appearances from Gary Kemp

Gary Kemp

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 and Paul Bown

Paul Bown

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. A second series consisting of four ninety-minute episodes was commissioned and filmed, and although the series was shown in Australia

Australia

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 in February 2005, it's British broadcast was delayed until July 2005. In September 2005, The Sun

The Sun (newspaper)

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 reported that ITV would not be commissioning another series.

Cast

Character	Actor	Series
DCI Malcolm Savage	Steven Pacey Steven Pacey Steven Pacey is an English actor, best known for his role as Del Tarrant in the third and fourth seasons of the sci-fi series Blake's 7....	1
DCI Anita Wishart	Meera Syal Meera Syal Meera Syal MBE is a British comedienne, writer, playwright, singer, journalist, producer and actress. She rose to prominence as one of the team that created Goodness Gracious Me and became one of the UK's best-known Indian personalities portraying Sanjeev's grandmother, Ummi, in The Kumars at No...	2
DI Vivien Friend	Samantha Spiro Samantha Spiro Samantha Spiro is an Olivier Award-winning English actress. She is known for portraying Barbara Windsor in the stage play Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick and the television film Cor, Blimey!, and DI Vivien Friend in M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team.-Background:Born in Mill Hill, Spiro grew up...	1
DI Trevor Hands	Michael McKell Michael McKell Michael McKell is an English actor and singer/songwriter.- Television career :He is best known for appearing in two British soap operas, Doctors, in which he played Dr...	1-2
DS Rosie McManus	Lindsey Coulson Lindsey Coulson Lindsey Coulson is an English actress, best known for her role as Carol Jackson in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.- Career :...	1-2
DS Barry Purvis	Richard Hope Richard Hope (actor) Richard Hope is a British actor.-Career:Born in Kettering and brought up in Norfolk, Mr. Hope attended Oakham School in Rutland from 1967–1971 and trained at the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain from 1972 - 1976. He is a member of the National Youth Theatre Association and an Associate...	1-2
DS Jim Daws	Howard Ward	1
DC Patrick Lincoln	Andrew Somerville	1
DC Scott Granger	Joe Shaw Joe Shaw (actor) Joe Shaw is an English actor.He is probably most well known for his role as officer Dominic McAllister in the ITV drama series Bad Girls and his minor role in the film Junk. He is the son of actor Martin Shaw....	1
DC Jed Griffiths	Will Mellor Will Mellor William "Will" Mellor is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Jambo Bolton in Hollyoaks, Gaz Wilkinson in comedy, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps...	2
DC Simon Tait	Abhin Galeya Abhin Galeya Abhin Galeya is British actor who played Police Constable Arun Ghir in the ITV1 police drama The Bill.He has recently completed filming Cleanskin , playing one of the lead roles in the terrorist thriller starring Sean Bean, Charlotte Rampling, James Fox, Michelle Ryan and Tuppence...	2
DC Eva Sharpe	Diane Parish Diane Parish Diane Parish is a British actress best known for her role as Denise Johnson in the BBC Soap EastEnders and DC Eva Sharpe in The Bill.-Career:...	2
Dr John Cornell	Richard Huw	1
Dr Fergus Gallagher	Vincenzo Pellegrino Vincenzo Pellegrino Vincenzo David Pellegrino is an English actor who was in hospital drama Casualty from 1997-1999. He played Derek Sunderland, a porter.After leaving Casualty, he worked in Where the Heart is....	1
Dr Charles Renfield	Hugh Sachs Hugh Sachs Hugh Sachs is an English actor, best known for his performance in Benidorm , My Family and The Catherine Tate Show.His film credits include: The Libertine, Like Minds, Love, Honour and Obey, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, and Amazing Grace.He also appeared in My Family as Ben Harpers 'gay stalker'...	2

Episodes

Series 1 (2003)

1. "Moving Targets" (May 3, 2003)
2. "Daddy's Little Girl" (May 10, 2003)
3. "Rubbish" (May 17, 2003)
4. "Reading, Writing & Gangbanging" (May 24, 2003)
5. "Red Heads" (May 31, 2003)
6. "Lambs To The Slaughter" (June 7, 2003)
7. "Models & Millionaires" (June 14, 2003)
8. "The Bigger The Lie" (June 21, 2003)

Series 2 (2005)

1. "Phone Tag" (July 11, 2005)
2. "Viper's Nest" (July 18, 2005)
3. "Professional" (July 25, 2005)
4. "Sexual Tension" (August 1, 2005)