Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 731 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; widescreen (16:9) format, Dolby Digital stereo. |
Note |
Originally broadcast on British television. |
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DVD special features include interviews with David Hayman, Victoria Smurfi (About a Boy). with guest stars Charles Dance, Gemma Jones, Bert Cross, Tim McInnerny, and Simon Callow. |
Performer |
Skeletons keep turning up cast: David Hayman, Kate Buffery, Dorian Lough, Dermot Crowley, Simon Callow. |
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After a young mother gets abducted cast: David Hayman, Kate Buffery, Dorian Lough, Jacqueline Tong, Tim McInnerney, Con O'Neill. |
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Back in uniform cast: David Hayman, Victoria Smurfit, Charles Dance, Ben Cross, Neve McIntosh, Georgia Mackenzie. |
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A beautiful young woman cast: David Hayman, Victoria Smurfit, Colin Salmon, Dorian Lough, Frances Barber, Stephen Moore. |
Note |
Skeletons keep turning up originally broadcast on television in 2001 ; After a young mother gets abducted originally broadcast on television in 2002 ; Back in uniform originally broadcast on television in 2003 ; A beautiful young woman originally broadcast on television in 2004. |
Audience |
Not rated, contains graphic scenes. |
Summary |
Explores the bitter internal rivalries among police investigators, the political pressures of high-profile cases, and the legal maneuverings of defense attorneys and prosecutors. Police probe an abandoned house concealing multiple murders, a dysfunctional family with a deeply troubled musical prodigy, the mysterious disappearance of a well-connected woman, and a shadowy sex club for London's elite. |
Note |
Special features: Interviews with David Hayman, Victoria Smurfit, and Colin Salmon; text description of the Criminal Investigation Department; and Lynda La Plante biography. |
Contents |
Volume V: Skeletons keep turning up / produced by Lynda La Plante ; written by Lynda La Plante ; directed by Aisling Walsh (ca. 198 min.) -- Volume VI: After a young mother gets abducted / produced by Lynda La Plante ; written by Lynda La Plante ; directed by Ferdinand Fairfax (ca. 198 min.) -- Volume VII: Back in uniform / produced by Lynda La Plante and Peter McAleese ; written by Lynda La Plante ; directed by Charles Beeson (ca. 194 min.) -- Volume VIII: A beautiful young woman / produced by Lynda La Plante and Chris Clough ; written by Lynda La Plante ; directed by Paul Unwin (ca. 141 min.). |
Local Note |
WHPLDVD |
Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Police -- England -- Drama.
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Crime -- England -- Drama.
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Public prosecutors -- England -- Drama.
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Bed and breakfast accommodations -- England -- London -- Drama.
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Mothers and daughters -- England -- London -- Drama.
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Sex offenders -- England -- Drama.
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Eyewitness identification -- England -- Drama.
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Disappeared persons -- England -- Drama.
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Sex industry -- England -- Drama.
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Criminal behavior -- England -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- England -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery television programs.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Made-for-TV movies.
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Added Author |
Hayman, David, 1950-
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Buffery, Kate.
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Lough, Dorian.
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Crowley, Dermot.
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Callow, Simon, 1949-
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Tong, Jacqueline, 1951-
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McInnerny, Tim.
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O'Neill, Con.
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Smurfit, Victoria, 1974-
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Dance, Charles.
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Cross, Ben.
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McIntosh, Neve.
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Mackenzie, Georgia, 1973-
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Salmon, Colin.
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Barber, Frances, 1958-
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Moore, Stephen, 1937-
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La Plante, Lynda.
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Walsh, Aisling.
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Fairfax, Ferdinand.
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Mcaleese, Peter.
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Beeson, Charles.
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Clough, Chris, 1951-
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Unwin, Paul, 1957-
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La Plante Productions (Firm)
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Acorn Media (Firm)
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Added Title |
Trial and retribution. Set 2 |
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Trial & retribution (Television program)
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ISBN |
9781621721208 |
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1621721205 |
Standard No. |
054961212095 |
Music No. |
AMP-2120 Acorn Media |
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