The Lakes (TV series)
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The Lakes is the title of a television drama series in the United Kingdom
, made by the BBC
and created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern
. The Lakes brought writer Jimmy McGovern
and actor John Simm
a great deal of critical praise in 1997. Following a particularly dry period for British TV
drama, the show's realistic characterisations and their painfully honest decisions hit audiences hard. Simm plays Danny Kavanagh; a twenty-something trapped in a life of compulsive gambling, theft and being on the dole in Liverpool
. On a whim he heads north to the Lake District
. He expects to find the countryside quietude where his hidden poetical leanings might find a home, but instead gets caught up in a community like any other. Lies, temptation and tragedy beset every household just as much as the big city. As time races by, Danny's link to the Lakes becomes an exercise in torment when the eyes of blame fall easily upon him after the accidental deaths of three schoolgirls. Stoking the flames of a series of secondary explosions in waiting are a pair of affairs, one adulterous, the other complicated by religion.
In the far longer sequel series that came two years later, these back-stories would come to the fore. Although exploring Danny's tortured soul might have been the obvious continuation, instead an almost Hitchcockian murder scenario occupies far more screen time, with series two showing much more of the black humour only fleetingly evident in series one. This second series received very mixed reviews, with most critics disappointed by its departure from the realism of series one into high melodrama and very contrived plots. Another point of contention was that McGovern had much less input into the writing of what were essentially his characters and situations, resulting in deviations from their consistency from the first series.
) and Lucy Archer (Kaye Wragg). In Series One, Danny is a compulsive gambler and philanderer, who escapes from the dole queues in Liverpool
to live in the Lake District
. He meets and marries local girl Emma Quinlan and they move back to Liverpool, until Emma is driven home by Danny's gambling. Danny follows, gets a job looking after a rowing boat concession and starts to patch up his relationship with Emma, who now has a daughter. Danny rejects unsubtle advances from attention-seeking Lucy Archer, who determines to gain revenge. When three schoolgirls are drowned in a boating accident when Danny is on the phone to the bookies, Lucy lies to implicate Danny. Danny is unwilling to tell the truth as he has promised to stop gambling. The community looks for someone to blame, but Lucy is exposed as a liar in the subsequent inquest after phone call records provide Danny with an alibi. In Series two, Lucy is raped by three locals but only Danny Kavanagh, enduring the claustrophobic hostility of the Quinlan family home, can testify as a witness, at odds with the village, his wife and her family.
TV drama
careers of many of the cast.
and The Ullswater Hotel, Glenridding
. The lake is Ullswater
.
and David Blair.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, made by the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern
Jimmy McGovern
Jimmy McGovern is a BAFTA award-winning English television scriptwriter from Liverpool.-Early career:McGovern started his career working on Channel 4's soap opera Brookside in 1982, tackling many social issues such as unemployment.-Successes:...
. The Lakes brought writer Jimmy McGovern
Jimmy McGovern
Jimmy McGovern is a BAFTA award-winning English television scriptwriter from Liverpool.-Early career:McGovern started his career working on Channel 4's soap opera Brookside in 1982, tackling many social issues such as unemployment.-Successes:...
and actor John Simm
John Simm
John Simm is an English stage and screen actor. In recent years he is best known for his roles as Sam Tyler in the detective drama Life on Mars and as The Master in the revival of the science fiction series Doctor Who, but he has also starred in many highly acclaimed award-winning television...
a great deal of critical praise in 1997. Following a particularly dry period for British TV
British television
Public television broadcasting started in the United Kingdom in 1936, and now has a collection of free and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channelsTaking the base Sky EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of...
drama, the show's realistic characterisations and their painfully honest decisions hit audiences hard. Simm plays Danny Kavanagh; a twenty-something trapped in a life of compulsive gambling, theft and being on the dole in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
. On a whim he heads north to the Lake District
Lake District
The Lake District, also commonly known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous not only for its lakes and its mountains but also for its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth...
. He expects to find the countryside quietude where his hidden poetical leanings might find a home, but instead gets caught up in a community like any other. Lies, temptation and tragedy beset every household just as much as the big city. As time races by, Danny's link to the Lakes becomes an exercise in torment when the eyes of blame fall easily upon him after the accidental deaths of three schoolgirls. Stoking the flames of a series of secondary explosions in waiting are a pair of affairs, one adulterous, the other complicated by religion.
In the far longer sequel series that came two years later, these back-stories would come to the fore. Although exploring Danny's tortured soul might have been the obvious continuation, instead an almost Hitchcockian murder scenario occupies far more screen time, with series two showing much more of the black humour only fleetingly evident in series one. This second series received very mixed reviews, with most critics disappointed by its departure from the realism of series one into high melodrama and very contrived plots. Another point of contention was that McGovern had much less input into the writing of what were essentially his characters and situations, resulting in deviations from their consistency from the first series.
Overview
The core of both series is the relationship between Danny Kavanagh (John SimmJohn Simm
John Simm is an English stage and screen actor. In recent years he is best known for his roles as Sam Tyler in the detective drama Life on Mars and as The Master in the revival of the science fiction series Doctor Who, but he has also starred in many highly acclaimed award-winning television...
) and Lucy Archer (Kaye Wragg). In Series One, Danny is a compulsive gambler and philanderer, who escapes from the dole queues in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
to live in the Lake District
Lake District
The Lake District, also commonly known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous not only for its lakes and its mountains but also for its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth...
. He meets and marries local girl Emma Quinlan and they move back to Liverpool, until Emma is driven home by Danny's gambling. Danny follows, gets a job looking after a rowing boat concession and starts to patch up his relationship with Emma, who now has a daughter. Danny rejects unsubtle advances from attention-seeking Lucy Archer, who determines to gain revenge. When three schoolgirls are drowned in a boating accident when Danny is on the phone to the bookies, Lucy lies to implicate Danny. Danny is unwilling to tell the truth as he has promised to stop gambling. The community looks for someone to blame, but Lucy is exposed as a liar in the subsequent inquest after phone call records provide Danny with an alibi. In Series two, Lucy is raped by three locals but only Danny Kavanagh, enduring the claustrophobic hostility of the Quinlan family home, can testify as a witness, at odds with the village, his wife and her family.
Reception
The series was critically acclaimed when first broadcast, but often controversial, due to its hard-hitting portrayal of an immoral English sub-culture, and scenes of sex and violence. The Lakes was the springboard for the BritishUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
TV drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
careers of many of the cast.
The Kavanaghs
- John SimmJohn SimmJohn Simm is an English stage and screen actor. In recent years he is best known for his roles as Sam Tyler in the detective drama Life on Mars and as The Master in the revival of the science fiction series Doctor Who, but he has also starred in many highly acclaimed award-winning television...
as Danny Kavanagh - Kate Fitzgerald as Mam
- Arthur KellyArthur KellyArthur Kelly is a British actor who played Monkey Gibbons in Coronation Street and Geoff Wright in Brookside, he has also been in Z-Cars, Juliet Bravo, Play for Today, Bergerac, The Bill, Boon, Between the Lines, Love Hurts, Stay Lucky, Grange Hill, A Touch of Frost, Pie in the Sky, Heartbeat, The...
as Dad
The Quinlans
- Emma CunniffeEmma CunniffeEmma Cunniffe is a British film, stage and television actress.Her television credits include The Lakes , "Biddy" in a TV adaptation of Great Expectations, All the King's Men, Clash of the Santas, alongside Robson Green and Mark Benton, an ITV adaptation of Appointment with Death, Clocking Off ,...
as Emma Kavanagh, Danny's wife - Mary Jo RandleMary Jo RandleMary Jo Randle is a British actress. She played Jo Morgan in The Bill from 1993 to 1995 and she played Bernie Quinlan in The Lakes.Randle has also been seen in Holby City, Victoria Wood As Seen On TV, The Royal, Casualty, Doctors, Heartbeat, Inspector Morse, Dalziel and Pascoe, Bad Behaviour, Wire...
as Bernie Quinlan, Emma's devout Catholic mother - Paul CopleyPaul CopleyPaul Mackriell Copley is an award-winning English actor and voice-over artist.-Early life:Copley was born in Denby Dale, West Yorkshire, and grew up beside a dairy farm there. His father, Harold, was involved with local amateur dramatic productions, as were the rest of his family...
as Peter Quinlan, Emma's pent-up, unsophisticated father - James ThorntonJames Thornton (actor)James Thornton is an English actor and Voice-over artist.-Early life and career:Thornton was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He starred in the BBC One police series Holby Blue and currently appears as John Barton in the British soap opera Emmerdale...
as Pete Quinlan, Emma's pent-up, unsophisticated brother - Jessica Perry as Annie Quinlan, Bernie and Peter's youngest child
- Tony RohrTony RohrTony Rohr is a British/Irish actor who played Granddad in The Lakes, Solomon Featherstone in Middlemarch, he has also been in The Bill, The Long Good Friday, McVicar, Softly, Softly, Crown Court, Casualty, Lovejoy, I Hired a Contract Killer, Cracker, The Vet, Father Ted, Waking the Dead, and Hustle...
as Grandad, Bernie Quinlan and Sheila Thwaite's father - Caitlin Frain as Samantha Kavanagh, Danny and Emma's daughter
The Archers
- Elizabeth BennettElizabeth Bennett (actress)Elizabeth Bennett is a British actress.Bennett has appeared in several British TV series, including The Sandbaggers, The Bill, The Lakes, Chef!, The Duchess of Duke Street and Heartbeat. She played "Enid Thompson" in the British situation comedy Home to Roost, and played "Enid Tompkins" in the US...
as Doreen Archer, the stuck-up hotelier - Nicholas Day as Cecil Archer, Doreen's downtrodden husband
- Kaye Wragg as Lucy Archer, the Archers' manipulative and provocative daughter
The Hotel staff
- Charles DaleCharles DaleCharles Dale is a Welsh actor who is well known for playing Dennis Stringer in Coronation Street, Gary "Chef" Alcock in The Lakes and Clive Eustace in The Eustace Bros.....
as Gary Alcock aka "Chef", a well-endowed sexual predator and potential psychopath - Elizabeth Berrington as Ruth Alcock, Chef's wife
- Matt BardockMatt BardockMatthew Arthur "Matt" Bardock in Coulsdon, Surrey is an English actor.-Early life:Bardock attended Woodcote High School in Coulsdon, Surrey, where he was a keen drummer, and was a member of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain before training at the Guildhall School of drama-Career:Bardock...
as Albie, chirpy CockneyCockneyThe term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations. Geographically and culturally, it often refers to working class Londoners, particularly those in the East End...
suffers from premature ejaculationPremature ejaculationPremature ejaculation is a condition in which a man ejaculates earlier than he or his partner would like him to. Premature ejaculation is also known as rapid ejaculation, rapid climax, premature climax, or early ejaculation.... - Justin BradyJustin BradyJustin Brady is a British actor who is best known for playing Billy in The Lakes, James Dewar in Peak Practice, a paramedic in Holby City and he has guest starred in Shameless.- Source :...
as Billy Jennings - Marshall LancasterMarshall LancasterMarshall Lancaster is a British actor. He has appeared in many television dramas, including Coronation Street, Holby City, The Lakes and Family Affairs, but is probably best known for playing DC Chris Skelton in the BBC time-travel police dramas, Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes.Lancaster is a...
as Ged Hodgson - Lee OakesLee OakesLee Oakes is an English actor best known for his role as Munch Wilkinson in the British comedy Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and as Kev in the British television series After You've Gone a fellow builder and best mate of Jimmy Venables portrayed by Nicholas Lyndhurst.Oakes is...
as Tharmy, with a crippling stutter - Robin Laing as Joey, always speaks in the third personGrammatical personGrammatical person, in linguistics, is deictic reference to a participant in an event; such as the speaker, the addressee, or others. Grammatical person typically defines a language's set of personal pronouns...
- Samantha SeagerSamantha SeagerSamantha Seager is a British born actress from Atherton, near Wigan, England who played the role of Jodie Morton in the soap opera Coronation Street....
as Julie
The Thwaites
- Elizabeth RiderElizabeth RiderElizabeth Rider is an English actress best known for her recurring role as DI Lynette Driver in the BBC soap opera, Doctors, which she has appeared in 2009 and often from 2010.-Career:...
as Sheila Thwaite, Bernie's sister - David WestheadDavid WestheadDavid Westhead is a British actor. He is notable as having been a member of the regular cast of Criminal Justice, Life Begins, The Lakes and The Time of Your Life...
as Arthur Thwaite, Sheila's husband - Jenna Scruton as Paula Thwaite, their daughter
The Fishers
- Kevin DoyleKevin Doyle (actor)Kevin Doyle is a British actor. He is known for playing as John Parr in the TV series The Lakes and for playing the Crawley's servant Joseph Molesley in the TV series Downton Abbey, as well as many other roles.-Stage:...
as John Fisher, a schoolteacher who has been driven mad by his adulterous wife - Clare HolmanClare HolmanClare Margaret Holman is an English actress, perhaps most famous for her role of forensic pathologist Dr. Laura Hobson in the television series Inspector Morse and Lewis.-Acting:...
as Simone Fisher, wife of the schoolteacher and one of the many women who succumb to Chef's large manhood - Annabelle ApsionAnnabelle ApsionAnnabelle Apsion is an English actress, best known for playing Monica Gallagher in the hit television comedy-drama Shameless, which she played intermittently between 2004 and 2006, before becoming a regular cast member for the show's fourth series in 2007. She left the show in 2008 in order to...
as Beverly, Simone's sister - Note: John and Simone's surname was Parr in series one
The Kilbrides
- Barbara Wilshere as Dr Sarah Kilbride, hiding her lesbian past from her husband
- Robert MorganRobert MorganRobert Knight Morgan was a United States Air Force colonel and pilot, from Asheville, North Carolina, and the commander of the B-17 Flying Fortress Memphis Belle during World War II.-Biography:...
as Charles Kilbride, Sarah's husband - Amanda MealingAmanda MealingAmanda Jane Mealing is a British actress best known for playing Connie Beauchamp in the BBC One medical drama series Holby City.-Early life:...
as Jo Jo Spiers, the lesbianLesbianLesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
teacherTeacherA teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
who replaces John Parr. Used to have an affair with Sarah Kilbride
Others
- Robert PughRobert PughRobert Pugh is a Welsh film and television actor.Pugh was born in Cilfynydd and graduated from Rose Bruford College in 1976. In 2007, he co-starred alongside Genevieve O'Reilly and Geraldine James in ITV1 drama The Time of Your Life, where he played a parent whose 36-year-old daughter was...
as Father Matthew, the repressed parish priest - Anthony NewleyAnthony NewleyAnthony George Newley was an English actor, singer and songwriter. He enjoyed success as a performer in such diverse fields as rock and roll and stage and screen acting.-Early life:...
as the Bishop - Bob MasonBob Mason (actor)Bob Mason was a British actor who played Terry Bradshaw in Coronation Street and Sergeant Eddie Slater in The Lakes...
as Sergeant Slater, the local bobby - Sally RogersSally RogersSally Rogers is an English actress currently best known for her role as Detective Constable / Sergeant Jo Masters in ITV's The Bill....
as Juliet Bray, owner of the boatyard - Joel Phillimore as Thomas Alcock, Chef's Son
Location
The series was principally filmed in and around PatterdalePatterdale
Patterdale is a small village and civil parish in the eastern part of the English Lake District in the Eden District of Cumbria, and the long valley in which they are found, also called the Ullswater Valley....
and The Ullswater Hotel, Glenridding
Glenridding
Glenridding is a village located at the southern end of Ullswater, in the English Lake District. The village is popular with mountain walkers who can scale England's third highest mountain, Helvellyn, and many other challenging peaks from here. The village has ample accommodation including two...
. The lake is Ullswater
Ullswater
Ullswater is the second largest lake in the English Lake District, being approximately nine miles long and 0.75 miles wide with a maximum depth of slightly more than ....
.
DVD release
Released as a 4-disc set in 2003. Series 1, episode 1 has commentaries by John SimmJohn Simm
John Simm is an English stage and screen actor. In recent years he is best known for his roles as Sam Tyler in the detective drama Life on Mars and as The Master in the revival of the science fiction series Doctor Who, but he has also starred in many highly acclaimed award-winning television...
and David Blair.
Episodes
| Season- Story |
Writer | Director | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-1 | Jimmy McGovern Jimmy McGovern Jimmy McGovern is a BAFTA award-winning English television scriptwriter from Liverpool.-Early career:McGovern started his career working on Channel 4's soap opera Brookside in 1982, tackling many social issues such as unemployment.-Successes:... |
David Blair | Compulsive gambler Danny arrives in a small Lake District village and gets a job working under a tyrannical, sex-mad chef in a hotel. He loses the job after making local girl Emma pregnant, and takes charge of hiring out boats. But then there’s a tragic accident while he’s phoning in a bet. |
| 1-2 | Jimmy McGovern Jimmy McGovern Jimmy McGovern is a BAFTA award-winning English television scriptwriter from Liverpool.-Early career:McGovern started his career working on Channel 4's soap opera Brookside in 1982, tackling many social issues such as unemployment.-Successes:... |
David Blair | Despite’s Danny's efforts, three schoolgirls have drowned in the lake and the angry villagers make him the scapegoat. |
| 1-3 | Jimmy McGovern Jimmy McGovern Jimmy McGovern is a BAFTA award-winning English television scriptwriter from Liverpool.-Early career:McGovern started his career working on Channel 4's soap opera Brookside in 1982, tackling many social issues such as unemployment.-Successes:... |
David Blair | The funerals take place and Danny tries to discover the truth behind the tragedy, but he’s not helped by the lies of Lucy Archer. Bernie Quinlan’s passion for Father Matthew grows. |
| 1-4 | Jimmy McGovern Jimmy McGovern Jimmy McGovern is a BAFTA award-winning English television scriptwriter from Liverpool.-Early career:McGovern started his career working on Channel 4's soap opera Brookside in 1982, tackling many social issues such as unemployment.-Successes:... |
David Blair | Everyone gets to hear Chef having sex with Lucy. The inquest is held with Danny in the dock, putting a strain on his relationship with Emma. The passion between Bernie and Father Matthew boils over. |
| 2-1 | Jimmy McGovern Jimmy McGovern Jimmy McGovern is a BAFTA award-winning English television scriptwriter from Liverpool.-Early career:McGovern started his career working on Channel 4's soap opera Brookside in 1982, tackling many social issues such as unemployment.-Successes:... |
Bill Anderson | Danny is contemplating suicide after being made to feel an outcast after admitting to his wife Emma that he had been gambling again. John Fisher can no longer cope with his wife's affairs and he bludgeons her to death in the bath. |
| 2-2 | Jimmy McGovern Jimmy McGovern Jimmy McGovern is a BAFTA award-winning English television scriptwriter from Liverpool.-Early career:McGovern started his career working on Channel 4's soap opera Brookside in 1982, tackling many social issues such as unemployment.-Successes:... |
Bill Anderson | The forbidden passion between Father Matthew and married parishioner Bernie Quinlan is about to erupt. Parr is struggling to summon up the courage to dispose of his wife's body when his sister-in-law Beverly turns up. |
| 2-3 | Joe Ainsworth Joe Ainsworth Joe Ainsworth is an award-winning scriptwriter. He has written 150+ episodes of now defunct soap opera Brookside. He has also written for the Lakes, Mayo, Merseybeat and Holby City. His episode of Holby City, titled "Past Imperfect" won a BAFTA award for best continuing drama... |
Bill Anderson | With flies buzzing round the boot of his car, John is finding it harder to hide his wife's murder from her flirtatious sister. Danny is trying to be a responsible father, but he also wants some fun. Bernie is still troubled by her conscience. Dr Kilbride is called to school to treat a pupil where her former lesbian lover Jo Jo is the new teacher. |
| 2-4 | Joe Ainsworth Joe Ainsworth Joe Ainsworth is an award-winning scriptwriter. He has written 150+ episodes of now defunct soap opera Brookside. He has also written for the Lakes, Mayo, Merseybeat and Holby City. His episode of Holby City, titled "Past Imperfect" won a BAFTA award for best continuing drama... |
Sally Aprahamian | Beverly is still besotted by John and helps him to destroy all the evidence of Simone's murder. Lucy plays with fire when she joins the local lads for a game of pool. Jo Jo wants to restart her relationship with Dr Kilbride. |
| 2-5 | Joe Ainsworth Joe Ainsworth Joe Ainsworth is an award-winning scriptwriter. He has written 150+ episodes of now defunct soap opera Brookside. He has also written for the Lakes, Mayo, Merseybeat and Holby City. His episode of Holby City, titled "Past Imperfect" won a BAFTA award for best continuing drama... |
Sally Aprahamian | Lucy has to decide whether to report her rape by Billy, Ged and Peter, fearing that her previous lies about Danny's involvement in the drownings could count against her. Danny tells Emma that her mother is not as saintly as she tries to make out. |
| 2-6 | Julie Rutterford Julie Rutterford Julie Rutterford is a British film and television screenwriter. She shared a BAFTA Award for Best Short Film with producer Janey de Nordwall and director Brian Percival in 2001 for their film About a Girl... |
Sally Aprahamian | Bernie discovers she is pregnant with Father Matthew's baby. Danny tells Lucy that he knows she was raped. Sergeant Slater's dog Syndrome uncovers something interesting in the lake. |
| 2-7 | William Gaminara William Gaminara William Gaminara is an English actor and screenwriter, best known for playing pathologist Professor Leo Dalton on the television series Silent Witness . His other television credits include Will Newman in Attachments and Dr Andrew Bower in Casualty.Gaminara voiced Dr Richard Locke in the... |
David Moore | John Parr gets his revenge against Chef by kidnapping his son, while the police start to piece together the facts about Simone's murder. Danny is thrown out by the Quinlans when he tells them he will be a witness on behalf of Lucy Archer, against Pete Quinlan and his two co-defendants. Mrs Archer is upset about the backlash that has resulted from her daughter's allegations. Bernie tells Father Matthew about her pregnancy. |
| 2-8 | Jimmy McGovern Jimmy McGovern Jimmy McGovern is a BAFTA award-winning English television scriptwriter from Liverpool.-Early career:McGovern started his career working on Channel 4's soap opera Brookside in 1982, tackling many social issues such as unemployment.-Successes:... |
David Moore | Father Matthew and Bernie visit the Bishop (Anthony Newley) for advice on how to deal with the unwanted baby. Sergeant Slater tries to get the truth out of John. Danny and Lucy talk about their true feelings for each other. |
| 2-9 | William Gaminara William Gaminara William Gaminara is an English actor and screenwriter, best known for playing pathologist Professor Leo Dalton on the television series Silent Witness . His other television credits include Will Newman in Attachments and Dr Andrew Bower in Casualty.Gaminara voiced Dr Richard Locke in the... |
Roberto Bangura | Lucy takes to the stand in court to give her account of the night she was raped. Her evidence reveals to Emma that Danny has been telling her the truth. Peter reacts with fury when he learns of Bernie's affair. Beverly pays a visit to John in jail. |
| 2-10 | Joe Ainsworth Joe Ainsworth Joe Ainsworth is an award-winning scriptwriter. He has written 150+ episodes of now defunct soap opera Brookside. He has also written for the Lakes, Mayo, Merseybeat and Holby City. His episode of Holby City, titled "Past Imperfect" won a BAFTA award for best continuing drama... |
Roberto Bangura | Bernie must choose between Peter and Father Matthew. Danny tries to save his marriage to Emma, in light of Lucy's announcement in court. To his horror, Chef's judgement day arrives as he loses a vital part of his anatomy. |