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Aftermath (DCI Banks)
The following is a list of the 32 episodes of the ITV crime drama series ''DCI Banks'', starring Stephen Tompkinson (series 1-5), Andrea Lowe (series 1-5) and Caroline Catz (series 2-5). Five series plus a pilot episode of the series have been broadcast between 27 September 2010 and 5 October 2016. From June 2014, the first series was repeated on ITV Encore. Series overview Episodes Series 1 (2010–11) In January 2010, author Peter Robinson announced that he had signed a joint deal with Left Bank Pictures and ITV to adapt novels from the Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks series for television. Filming of a two-part serial based on the novel ''Aftermath'' was completed in July 2010, with scenes filmed on location in Leeds. ''Aftermath'' aired on ITV on 27 September – 4 October 2010. The two episodes drew a strong average of 6.55 million viewers, twice becoming the fifth most-watched programme on the ITV network that week. Viewer ratings for the pilot were strong enough to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV (TV Network)
ITV is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936). ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, it has been legally known as Channel 3 to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time, BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4. ITV was for four decades a network of separate companies which provided regional television services and also shared programmes between each other to be shown on the entire network. Each franchise was originally owned by a different company. After several mergers, the fifteen regional franchises are now held by two companies: ITV plc, which runs the ITV1 channel, and STV Group, which runs the STV channel. The ITV network is a separate entity from ITV plc, the company that resulted from the merger of Granada plc and Carlton Communications in 2004. ITV plc holds the Channel 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Is The Grave
'' Cold Is the Grave '' is the 11th novel by Anglo-Canadian detective fiction writer Peter Robinson in the Inspector Banks series, published in 2000. It won the 2001 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel, and the Danish Palle Rosenkrantz Award. Adaptations In 2011, an episode of the ITV series DCI Banks, that was based on the events in ''Cold is the Grave'', was broadcast. The series has Stephen Tompkinson Stephen Phillip Tompkinson (born 15 October 1965) is an English actor, known for his television roles as Marcus in '' Chancer '' (1990), Damien Day in ''Drop the Dead Donkey'' (1990–1998), Father Peter Clifford in ''Ballykissangel'' (1996–9 ... as its lead actor in the Banks role. References External linksDedicated page on author's website {{Alan Banks 2000 Canadian novels Novels by Peter Robinson (novelist) Novels set in Yorkshire Novels set in London Viking Press books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Anderson (actor)
Samuel Anderson (born 27 April 1982) is an English actor. He played Crowther in ''The History Boys'', Danny Pink in the BBC sci-fi series ''Doctor Who'' and Daniel in the Sky1 sitcom '' Trollied''. Early life Anderson was born in Handsworth, Birmingham, to an Irish mother and Jamaican father. From early life, Anderson made it clear that he wished to pursue acting as a career. He attended Stuart Bathurst, a Catholic secondary school. Career Anderson attended the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London before going on to originate the role of Crowther in the 2004 National Theatre production of Alan Bennett's play ''The History Boys''. He subsequently performed the same role in the Broadway, Sydney, Wellington, and Hong Kong productions, and radio and film versions. On television, Anderson has appeared in '' Hex'' for Sky One in 2004, and ''Totally Frank'' for Channel 4 in 2006–2007. In 2007, he appeared in the BBC Three comedy series ''Gavin & Stacey'' as recurring cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Boy (novel)
Bad Boy may refer to: Books * Bad Boy (novel), ''Bad Boy'' (novel), a 2011 novel by Peter Robinson * Bad Boy (1953 book), ''Bad Boy'' (1953 book), a 1953 autobiography by Jim Thompson * Bad Boy (comics), ''Bad Boy'' (comics), a 1997 one-shot comic book by Frank Miller and Simon Bisley Film and television * The Bad Boy (film), ''The Bad Boy'' (film), a 1917 American crime drama by Chester Withey * Bad Boy (1935 film), ''Bad Boy'' (1935 film), an American film directed by John G. Blystone * Bad Boy (1939 film), ''Bad Boy'' (1939 film), an American film directed by Herbert E. Meyer * Bad Boy (1949 film), ''Bad Boy'' (1949 film), an American film starring Audie Murphy * Bad Boy (1963 film), ''Bad Boy'' (1963 film) or ''The Bastard'', a 1963 Japanese youth film directed by Seijun Suzuki * Bad Boy (2002 film), ''Bad Boy'' (2002 film) or ''Dawg'', a dramedy starring Denis Leary and Elizabeth Hurley * Bad Boy (upcoming film), ''Bad Boy'' (upcoming film), upcoming Indian Hindi romantic c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piece Of My Heart (novel)
The ''Inspector Banks'' series is a collection of mystery novels by Peter Robinson about Detective Superintendent Alan Banks. The series is set in the fictional English town of Eastvale in the Yorkshire Dales. Robinson has stated that Eastvale is modelled on Ripon and Richmond and is somewhere north of Ripon, close to the A1 road. A former member of the London Metropolitan Police, Inspector Alan Banks leaves the capital for a quieter life in the Dales. Since 2010, several of the novels have been adapted for television under the series title ''DCI Banks''. Selected texts ''Gallows View (1987)'' ''Gallows View'', the first novel in the series, was first published in 1987. The novel follows Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, a perceptive, curious and compassionate policeman recently moved to the Yorkshire Dales from London to escape the stress of city life. His first cases involve a Peeping Tom frightening the women of Eastvale; two glue-sniffing young thugs breaking into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wednesday's Child (novel)
''Wednesday's Child'' is the sixth novel by Canadian detective fiction writer Peter Robinson in the Inspector Banks series. It was published in 1992, and reprinted a number of times since. It was the first of Robinson's novels to be shortlisted for the Edgar Award The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the bes .... External linksDedicated page on author's website {{Alan Banks 1992 Canadian novels Novels by Peter Robinson (novelist) Novels set in Yorkshire Viking Press books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Deam
Jack Deam (born Ian Deam; 1972) is an English actor. He used his grandfather's name for his stage name. His most notable performances have been as the pyromaniac Marty Fisher, who has Tourette syndrome, in Channel 4's comedy drama series, '' Shameless'', and as Inspector Mallory in ''Father Brown''. In 1990, Deam appeared in the Granada TV soap opera ''Families'', a show about two families, one from Cheshire, the other in Australia, notably alongside Jude Law. In 1992, he appeared in a few episodes of '' Heartbeat'' as Alan Maskell and returned to the series in 2004 as Jake Clarke. He also appeared in the TV mini series ''The Life and Times of Henry Pratt''. He played the lead role as older Henry Pratt, whilst little Henry Pratt was played by Andrew Nicholson and young Henry Pratt was played by Bryan Dick. In 1993, he played Vinnie, a young soldier for the King's Fusiliers in the award-winning British drama ''Soldier Soldier''. He later joined the cast of ''Clocking Off'', wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorraine Burroughs
Lorraine Burroughs (born 22 January 1981) is a British actress of stage and screen. She was born in Birmingham and attended Bishop Challoner RC School there. She later trained at RADA. Burroughs is best known for her role in the play ''The Mountaintop'' for which she received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in 2010. Her TV appearances include ''DCI Banks'', ''Lip Service'', ''Top Boy'', '' Spooks: Code 9'' and ''All About George''. Burroughs also starred in the ''New Tricks'' episode '' Good Morning Lemmings'' in 2010. She played Trix Warren in the 2012 film ''Fast Girls''. She had lead roles as Serena Farley (Gorringe) in the 2013 three part drama The Ice Cream Girls and as DI Gina Conroy in ''Silent Witness'' episode ''Protection'' in 2015. In 2016, she appeared as Olga in the Christmas two-part special of ''Last Tango in Halifax'' on BBC1. Her radio drama Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, pur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innocent Graves
'' Innocent Graves '' is the eighth novel by Canadian detective fiction writer Peter Robinson in the Inspector Banks series of novels. The novel was first printed in 1996, but has been reprinted a number of times since. The novel was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the best mysteries of the year, nominated for the 1996 Hammett Prize, and won the 1997 Arthur Ellis Award The Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, formerly known as the Arthur Ellis Awards, are a group of Canadians, Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the Crime Writers of Canada for the best Canadian crime and Mystery fiction, mys ... for 'Best Novel'. Original story Robinson wrote a short story ''Innocence'' in 1990, about Terry Reed who was accused then cleared of the murder of a schoolgirl. Robinson next wrote an entire novel from Reed's point of view, which was turned down by his publisher. He then thought it might work better with DI Banks, and rewrote the novel as ''Innocent Grav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Williams (British Screenwriter)
Rob Williams is a British screenwriter and producer, best known for the BBC1 crime drama '' The Victim''. Career Prior to his career in screenwriting, Williams worked in publishing. In 2008, he was awarded a place on the BBC Writer's Academy, a programme designed to train new writers for their long running television series. He went on to write for all four of the BBC's popular continuing dramas: '' Doctors'', '' EastEnders'', ''Casualty'' and its spinoff, '' Holby City''. Williams also wrote episodes of ''Killing Eve'', ''The Man in the High Castle'' and ''DCI Banks''. In 2014, ITV broadcast Williams' thriller '' Chasing Shadows''. The series follows a missing persons unit, and stars Reece Shearsmith as Sean Stone, a detective Sergeant, and Alex Kingston. The series of four episodes concluded on 25 September 2014. In 2019, his four-part thriller miniseries ''The Victim'', produced by STV Studios, was broadcast on BBC One. It starred Kelly Macdonald, James Harkness and John Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dry Bones That Dream
''Dry Bones that Dream'' is the seventh novel by Canadian detective fiction writer Peter Robinson in the Inspector Banks series. It was published in 1994, and re-named ''Final Account'' in the US and Canada. External linksDedicated page on author's website {{Alan Banks 1994 Canadian novels Novels by Peter Robinson (novelist) Novels set in Yorkshire Viking Press books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Affair (novel) '', 2005 novel in the Burton & Swinburne series by Mark Hodder
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Strange Affair may refer to: * ''Strange Affair'' (1944 film), a mystery * ''The Strange Affair'', a 1968 British crime film * ''Strange Affair'' (1981 film), a French drama * ''Strange Affair'' (album), a 1991 album by Wishbone Ash * ''Strange Affair'' (novel), a 2005 mystery by Peter Robinson See also * ''The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry'', 1945 American film noir drama directed by Robert Siodmak * ''The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack ''The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack'' is a steampunk novel by British writer Mark Hodder, the first novel in the ''Burton & Swinburne'' series; it won the 2010 Philip K. Dick Award. The series follows the adventures of two Victorian-era ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
