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. The horror series was produced by Red Rooster Film & Television Entertainment in association with Carlton Television for the ITV network.

Plot

A disturbed young woman (Alice) has trouble convincing her lover that she is a wolf, and her psychiatrist is sure he has discovered a new complex that will make his name. She moves to a retreat in Scotland, where she morphs permanently into a wolf.

Cast

Amanda Ooms Amanda Francisca Ooms (born 5 September 1964) is a Dutch-Swedish actress and writer. She has acted in both film and TV in Sweden and internationally. She was born in Kalmar. Ooms participates in season 10 of ''Stjärnorna på slottet'' which wa ...

as Alice White *

Owen Teale Owen Teale (born 20 May 1961) is a Welsh character actor known for his role as Ser Alliser Thorne in the HBO fantasy TV series ''Game of Thrones''. Early life Owen Teale was born on 20 May 1961, in North Cornelly, south Wales, son of Roy and ...

as Dan Somers * Michael Kitchen as Luther Adams *

Gemma Jones Jennifer "Gemma" Jones (born 4 December 1942) is an English actress. Appearing on both stage and screen, her film appearances include ''Sense and Sensibility (film), Sense and Sensibility'' (1995), the Bridget Jones (film series), ''Bridget Jo ...

as Jane Garth * Johanna Benyon as Serena *

Molly Bolt A molly or molly bolt (often misspelled moly) is a type of screw fastener that fastens objects to plaster or gypsum board hollow walls by providing an anchor to be lodged inside a hole and expanded once in position. Larger sizes permit reasonably ...

as Dan's daughter * Mark Caven as Chuck * Jim Dunk as Butcher *

David Gillespie David "Cement" Gillespie (born 22 March 1964) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a and forward in the 1980s and 1990s. Gillespie played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Western Suburbs Magpies, ...

as Maurice *

Mary Healey Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...

as Nurse *

Terence Hillyer Publius Terentius Afer (; – ), better known in English as Terence (), was a Roman Africans, Roman African playwright during the Roman Republic. His comedies were performed for the first time around 166–160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman Rom ...

as Carl * Catherine Holman as Young Alice * Brigitte Kahn as Alice's mother *

Val Lehman Valerie Kathleen Lehman (née Willis; born 15 March 1943) is an Australian actress and director, best known locally and internationally for her role as the antagonist "Top Dog" and self-styled Queen Bea Smith in the Australian TV series ''Pri ...

as Vet * Nicholas Lumley as Alice's father *

Rosalind March Rosalind March is a British TV, film and stage actress. Born in Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, March began her career in 1979, when she played Madge in several episodes of the series ''The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game''. Throughout the ...

as Eleanor *

Philip McGough Philip McGough is a British actor with many appearances on UK television and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Personal life In an interview with The Mirror in 2001, McGough revealed he had trained as a monk between the ages of 14 ...

as Marcus * Liz Moscrop as Luther's receptionist *

Gerard O'Hare Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ca ...

as Kevin * Catherine Russell as Deborah *

Nina Thomas Nina may refer to: * Nina (name), a feminine given name and surname Acronyms * National Iraqi News Agency, a news service in Iraq *Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, on the campus of Norwegian University of Science and Technology * No income, ...

as Sarah *

Rupert Vansittart Rupert Nicholas Vansittart (born 10 February 1958) is an English character actor. He has appeared in a variety of roles in film, television, stage and radio, often playing comic characters. He is best known for his role as Lord Ashfordly in the ...

as Jeremy * Daniel Wilson as Darren (as James Wilson)

Soundtrack

External links

* 1996 British television series debuts 1996 British television series endings 1990s British drama television series 1990s British horror television series ITV television dramas British horror fiction television series Carlton Television 1990s horror novels 1990s British television miniseries Television shows based on British novels Television series by ITV Studios English-language television shows Television shows set in Scotland 1996 horror films 1996 films {{1990s-horror-film-stub