He Knew He Was Right
Following the success of his award-winning adaptation of Anthony Trollope's
The Way We Live Now, Andrew Davies brings a surprising,
new perspective in his reworking of Trollope's searing novel, He Knew
He Was Right.
"This is an unusual Trollope," says Davies. "A dark and edgy portrait
of a marriage in trouble which feels startlingly modern - it's Trollope's
take on the Othello story.
"Most 19th-century novels tend not to deal with marriage at all. Here,
an apparently ideal marriage goes disastrously wrong. The audience will
recognise all sorts of ways the conflict develops. The behaviour of
the couple is the sort we see today in divorce courts and read about
in tabloid newspapers."
Oliver Dimsdale stars as Louis Trevelyan, a young
man who refuses to believe his wife is not having an affair; Laura
Fraser is his spirited, independent wife, Emily; Christina
Cole plays her sister, Nora, who has to choose between marrying
for love or for money; and Stephen Campbell Moore is
Hugh Stanbury, who competes against the odds for Nora's hand in marriage.
The drama also features Bill Nighy, Anna Massey,
Geraldine James, Geoffrey Palmer,
Ron Cook and Patsy Palmer.
The drama is complemented by The Two Lives Of Anthony Trollope,
a drama-documentary narrated by Stephen Fry.
Passer By
Late one night, radiographer Joe Keyes is travelling home by train
when he sees a young girl, Alice, being chatted up by two men.
When the banter becomes threatening, Joe is unsure whether or not to
intervene. When he reaches his station, he glances across at Alice,
who seems to be appealing for his help. Now he faces a dilemma: should
he stay on the train and get involved or get off and go home?
Joe chooses home. His decision has terrible consequences for Alice,
Joe's wife Helen, and his two children - but most of all for his own
sense of self.
Joe is played by James Nesbitt, Alice by Emily
Bruni and Helen by Siobhan Finneran.
Passer By is written by Tony Marchant and directed
by David Morrissey.
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55 Degrees North
Don Gilet and Dervla Kirwan join
forces in this new drama series set amidst the hustle and bustle of
the streets of Newcastle.
Gilet plays Detective Nicky Cole, a diligent London policeman shunned
by his colleagues after he blows the whistle on a corrupt senior police
officer.
Transferred to Newcastle to work the nightshift, Nicky has few friends
but forms a bond with Claire Maxwell (Kirwan), a lawyer with the Crown
Prosecution Service.
From Timothy Prager, the writer of Dalziel & Pascoe
and Two Thousand Acres Of Sky, 55 Degrees North is an action-packed
blend of drama and dry humour.
The cast also includes Andrew Dunn, George
Harris, Christian Rodska, Darren Morfitt,
Michael Hodgson, Emma Cleasby and
Mark Stobbart.
Waking The Dead
Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Claire
Goose, Holly Aird and Wil Johnson
return to 91Èȱ¬ ONE for a new series of the highly-acclaimed Waking The
Dead.
Using advanced techniques in forensic science, the Met's crack squad
of experts gets under the skin of more tough "cold cases" to discover
the truth.
But the team of devoted professionals must often take risks in order
to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Among the cases under scrutiny is the abduction of two young children,
who were later separated and illegally placed with childless families.
As the case unravels, Mel (Goose) finds herself becoming emotionally
involved, and confides in her colleagues that she too was adopted as
a child.
Murphy's Law
James Nesbitt returns as Detective Tommy Murphy.
A Jack the Ripper-style serial killer is preying on London's homeless
and Murphy goes undercover as a down-and-out in order to get close to
the killer.
In other stories, Murphy helps a young mother, who is being discredited
in the press, uncover the truth about her son's death; investigates
tension within a police drug squad with an unparalleled arrest record;
and tries to discover the reasons for a young nun's suicide in a closed-order
convent.
The series is written by Colin Bateman. It also stars
Del Synnott as Carter and Claudia Harrison
as DI Annie Guthrie, with guest appearances by Sir Anthony Sher,
Mark Benton, Claire Skinner, Amanda
Ryan and Cal Macaninch.
May 33rd
Lia Williams stars as Ella, a young woman whose disturbing and tortured
upbringing forces her into a living nightmare.
May 33rd is an exploration of the consequences of repeated ritual abuse,
seen through the eyes of a young woman whose personality has fragmented
into five different identities.
While trying to escape her "family" - a small group of relatives and
friends who have abused her since childhood - Ella visits an osteopath
to relieve her physical pains.
But when osteopath Edward applies pressure to certain parts of her
body she withdraws into her different personalities.
Edward is played by Soren Byder.
May 33rd, a fictional drama based on extensive research, is written
by Guy Hibbert (No Child Of Mine).
Cutting It
Births, haircuts and marriages - Sarah Parish, Jason
Merrells, Ben Daniels and Angela Griffin
all return in a new series of Debbie Horsfield's popular
hairdressing drama series, which is currently filming in Manchester.
Viewers were left shocked when both Allie and Ruby announced they were
pregnant in the final episode of the last series.
Allie is unaware that her lover, Finn, has had a vasectomy and is unlikely
to be the father of her baby; her pregnancy is the result of a brief
fling with ex-husband, Gavin.
With mother and daughter both pregnant by Gavin, how long can the secret
remain under wraps?
To make matters worse, Mia turns up in Manchester to declare what at
first appears to be a ceasefire with ex-husband Finn - but the situation
soon descends into something more sinister…
Allie is played by Sarah Parish, Ruby by Lucy
Gaskell, Gavin by Jason Merrells, Finn by
Ben Daniels, Darcey by Angela Griffin,
Sydney by Sian Reeves and Mia by Amanda Holden.
New Tricks
Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda
Redman and Dennis Waterman star as an unlikely
team of crack detectives in New Tricks.
Gerry Standing (Waterman), Jack Halford (Bolam) and Brian Lane (Armstrong)
have long since handed over their badges, but their hunger to get a
result is as strong as ever.
Brought back to the Met by Superintendent Sandra Pullman (Redman),
they use their experience - and some unconventional methods - to investigate
unsolved crimes.
Murder and suicide at a golf club, the killing of a young peace protester,
and art fraud in The Queen's collection are among the cases tackled
in the series.
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