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Season 38
1098 :38x01 - The Shadow in the North (Sep/28/2008)
Victorian sleuth Sally Lockhart searches for a common link between the failure of several Anglo-Baltic shipping lines, with the disappearance of many ships. During the investigation she runs across stage magician Alistair MacKinnon, who is being threatened by thugs. Also, a psychic medium who is headed into some shady business dealings, which seems to be led by Axel Bellmann, cruel and heartless industrialist.
Guest Stars: Alan Barnes as Bellmann's Secretary, Jenifer Armitage as Mrs. Jamieson Wilcox, Georgia King as Lady Mary, Roger Braban as Butler, Crispin Redman as Lord Wytham, Leelo Ross as Mrs. Mooney, Lyndsey Marshal as Isabel Meredith, Lorenzo Camporese as Painter, Nick Mason as Worker, Paul Copley as Paton, Nitin Ganatra (1) as Patents Clerk, Vyelle Croom as Mr. Brown, Adjoa Andoh as Jessie Saxon, Nicholas Gasson as Porter, Nicholas Blane as Mr. Harkness, Jack Brady as Sackville, Jared Harris as Axel Bellmann, Doña Croll as Nellie Budd, David Harewood as Nicholas Bedwell, Hayley Atwell as Rosa Garland, J. J. Feild (2) as Frederick Garland, Matt Smith as Jim Taylor, Billie Piper as Sally Lockhart, John Standing as Webster Garland, Peter Whittington as Society Gentleman, Phil Cornwell as Harris, Richard Clews as Mr. Windlesham, Julian Rhind-Tutt as Alistair MacKinnon, Owen Roe as Bram Stoker, Antonia Pemberton as Miss Walsh
 
1099 :38x02 - The Last Enemy: Episode 1 (Oct/05/2008)
The death of Michael, an aid worker at an Afgani refugee camp who stepped on a landmine, sends his brother Stephen Ezard back home to England to mourn his death. He searches for more information on his brother's death while falling in love with Yasim Anwar, widow of his brother, becomes a pawn in a government technology surveillance scheme, and becomes a target for rogue agent David Russell. Can Michael take control of his life while finding out more about his brother's death.
Guest Stars: Christian Motiu as News Presenter, Jon Foster (1) as Alan Summers, Daniel Crossley as MP, Jamie Kenna as Cleaner, Josh Cole (1) as Port Security Guard, Rupert Procter as Lane, Claudiu Istodor as Hotel Porter, Emil Hostina as Vucevic, Paul Higgins as Professor Lawrence Cooper, Inika Leigh Wright as Charlotte Nye, Radu Andrei Micu as Kroll, Jeremy Booth as Doctor, Nicola Stapleton as Caroline Scott, Grant Davis as Police Officer, Daniel Williams (2) as Jack, Robyn Isaac as Immigration Receptionist, Stephanie Brittain as Nurse, Maria Roman as University Receptionist, Daniel Iancu as University Security Guard, Ken Flory as Cab Driver, Martin Fisher as Mortuary Assistant, Kieran O'Brien as Wafa, Nikki Amuka-Bird as Susan Ross, Sal Simone as Police Officer, Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Ezard, James Lance as Bryan Holland, Tom Fisher (1) as Andrew Batz, Alina Ioana Serban as Nadir, Christopher Fulford as George Gibbon, David Harewood as Patrick Nye, Geraldine James as Barbara Turney, Eva Birthistle as Eleanor Brooke, Robert Carlyle (1) as David Russell, Max Beesley as Michael Ezard, Anamaria Marinca as Yasim Anwar, San Shella as Andrew Wilcox, Ovidiu Niculescu as Bepa, Mircea Caraman as Dark Glasses, Nick Sidi as Professor John Moreton, David Calder as Lord Cawston, Chipo Chung as Lucy Fox, Virginia Fiol as Surveillance Woman, James Holmes (1) as Surveillance Man, Jody Halse as Lee, Simon Lowe as Simon, Noma Dumezweni as Valerie, Shiv Grewal as Azfal, Alex Caan as Haman
Director: Iain B. MacDonald (3)
Writer: Peter Berry
 
1100 :38x03 - The Last Enemy: Episode 2 (Oct/12/2008)
Stephen starts an investigation in what killed the woman inside his apartment. Yasim believes Michael may have learned some information he shouldn't of heard.
 
1101 :38x04 - The Last Enemy: Episode 3 (Oct/19/2008)
Stephen and Yasim try to unravel the bioweapons conspiracy and a possible link to TIA, by joining up with rogue agent David Russell.
 
1102 :38x05 - The Last Enemy: Episode 4 (Oct/26/2008)
Stephen and Yamin search for the truth about a possible contaminated hepatitis B vaccine. Stephen finds himself homeless when his identity becomes wiped off the records.
 
1103 :38x06 - The Last Enemy: Conclusion (Nov/02/2008)
Stephen must collect vials of blood from the dying refugees to have them inspected to see if a vaccine is indeed contaminated, and hopes to expose the findings before the evidence mysteriously disappears.
 
1104 :38x07 - God on Trial (Nov/09/2008)
A group of Jews at Auschwitz hold a trial for God for having broken his covenant with them as they await the Nazi's to come and take them away to the gas chamber.
 
1105 :38x08 - Filth! (Nov/16/2008)
During the sixties, a suburban British housewife and art teacher Mary Whitehouse, starts a burgeoning grassroots campaign by simply uttering one word to describe what she was seeing on TV... filth. This word was aimed at BBC Director-General Hugh Carleton Greene, who she believes is largely responsible for indecency on television. A war of words and ideals ensues — one that still reverberates today.
Guest Stars: Richard James (1) as TV Journalist, Henry Everett as Capt. Of Greene's Team, Sarah Whitlock as Mrs. Smallwood, Alistair Findlay as Quintin Hogg, Paul Chahidi as Sir Barnett Cocks, Martin Trenaman as Cameraman #2, James Scales as Cameraman #1, Helen Grace as Charlotte Daubeny, Melissa Walton as Grammar Head Girl, Nicola Hollinshead as Russian Doll Mother, Doreen Ingleton as Anne, Alex Knight as Doorman, Simon Molloy as Male Panelist, Harriet Eastcott as Female Panelist, Mike Sherman as House of Commons Reporter, Mike Armstrong as Audience #1/Interloper, Richard Attlee as Journalist, Barbara Phelps as Mrs. Grisewood, Greg Tanner as Police Constable, Louise Mardenborough as Nubile Girl, Jessica Harper as Pam, Lucinda Chambers as Tania, Nanci Veitch as Joan, Ron Cook as Lord Charlie Hill, Jeremy Legat as Christopher Whitehouse, Drew Webb as Richard Whitehouse, Paul Westwood as Paul Whitehouse, Timothy Davies (1) as Rev. Basil Buckland, Georgie Glen as Norah Buckland, Hugh Bonneville as Sir Hugh Carleton Greene, Alun Armstrong as Ernest Whitehouse, Julie Walters as Mary Whitehouse, William Beck (2) as David Turner, Nicholas Woodeson as Harman Grisewood, Valerie Minifie as Vera, Frog Stone as Miss Venables, Francesca Hunt as Elaine Carleton Greene, Mark Bagnall as Brummy Journalist, James Wooley as Bevins, Stewart Wright (2) as Malcolm, Hilary MacLean as Brenda, Emily Hamilton as Miss Tate, Nicholas Le Prevost as Ken
Director: Andy DeEmmony
Writer: Amanda Coe
 
1106 :38x09 - The Unseen Alistair Cooke (Nov/23/2008)
A profile of Alistair Cooke (1908-2004), the longtime host of Masterpiece Theater, as told in his own voice through archive footage on 8mm home films which he had been filming since 1933. He includes his relationships with Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard, interviews with family and friends, and Masterpiece executive producer Rebecca Eaton.
 
1107 :38x10 - Tess of the D'Urbervilles Part 1 (Jan/04/2009)
A young woman discovers that, although she was raised in a poor family, she had really been descended from aristocracy. She takes a job with a family who have purchased the name D'Uberville, her ancestral name, and is being preyed upon by Alec, the libertine son, causing her to run away.
Guest Stars: Laura Elphinstone as Car Darch, Julie Barclay as Mrs. Baxter, Christine Bottomley as Kate, Emma Stansfield as Mary, Sarah Badel as Mrs. Brooks, Joel Rowbottom as Abraham Durbeyfield, Jo Woodcock as Liza-Lu Durbeyfield, Sara Lloyd Gregory as Nancy Darch, Merelina Kendall as Miss Evans, Sarah Counsell as Drunken woman, Ewan Watson as Man with gun, Arwel Gruffyd as Farmer, Stuart Powell as Vicar, Steven Elliot as Postman, Iwan John as Policeman, Brian Knight as Chaplain, Christopher Fairbank (1) as Groby, Sally Bankes as Mrs. Crick, Gemma Arterton as Tess Durbeyfield, Eddie Redmayne as Angel Clare, Ruth Jones as Joan Durbeyfield, Donald Sumpter as Parson Tringham, Trevor Cooper as Mr. Crick, Kenneth Cranham as Mr. Clare, Ian Puleston-Davies as John Durbeyfield, Jodie Whittaker as Izz Huett, Rebekah Staton as Marion, Steven Robertson as Cuthbert Clare, Hugh Skinner as Felix Clare, Jeany Spark as Mercy Chant, Jessica Turner as Mrs. Clare, Anna Massey as Mrs. d'Urberville, Hans Matheson as Alec d'Urberville, Emily Beecham as Retty Priddle
Director: David Blair (2)
Story: Thomas Hardy (1) | Screenplay: David Nicholls (2)
 
1108 :38x11 - Tess of the D'Urbervilles Part 2 (Jan/11/2009)
Tess and Angel feel troubled after their wedding due to a tragedy involving Tess's friend Retty. Angel is anything but understanding when in a moment of vulnerability, Tess and Angel confess their past transgressions to each other. An upset Tess sets out and works on a farm during a cold and bitter winter. While there, she is reunited with Izz and Marion, who convince her to leave. On her harrowing journey, Tess meets an unlikely savior from her past, Alec d'Urberville. He makes a confession that he is a changed man and pursues Tess. Now in dire straits, should Tess accept the dubious affections and financial support of Alec or wait for word of her estranged husband?
 
1109 :38x12 - Wuthering Heights Pt. 1 (Jan/18/2009)
Heathcliff is a gypsy who is adopted by the Earnshaw's. He falls in love with Cathy, his open-hearted stepsister while growing up, despite the fact that there is a rival for her affections. On the other had, his relationship with Hindley, his stepbrother, is anything but pleasant, as he is viewed as a rival.
Guest Stars: Sia Berkeley as Frances, James Harper as Vicar, Barnaby Kay as Saul, Steve Furst (1) as Green, Jack O'Connell as Shepherd Lad, Simon Kassiandes as Gypsy Horse Trader, John Hollingsworth as Robert, Declan Wheeldon as Young Heathcliff, Alexandra Pearson as Young Cathy, Joseph Taylor (2) as Young Hindley, Shaughan Seymour as Doctor Kenneth, Des McAleer as Joseph, Thomas Hardy (1) as Heathcliff, Charlotte Riley as Cathy, Andrew Lincoln as Edgar, Sarah Lancashire as Nelly, Burn Gorman as Hindley, Rosalind Halstead as Isabella, Rebecca Night as Catherine, Tom Payne as Linton, Andrew Hawley as Hareton, Kevin R. McNally as Mr. Earnshaw
Director: Coky Giedroyc
Story: Emily Brontë | Screenplay: Peter Bowker
 
1110 :38x13 - Wuthering Heights Pt. 2 (Jan/25/2009)
Heathcliff returns home after a long absence from his boyhood home as a rich man. Feeling pain from his pining love for Cathy, Heathcliff vows his revenge on those who did him wrong.
Story: Emily Brontë
 
1111 :38x14 - Oliver Twist Pt.1 (Feb/15/2009)
Part one finds Oliver being banished from the orphanage after begging for more food. From there he heads to London and gets mixed up with Fagin and his boy-thieves.
Guest Stars: Connor Catchpole as Pearly, Louis Edleston as Baby Oliver, Helena Lymbery as Molly, Anton Saunders as Chancer, Jordan Long as Geezer, Anna Massey as Mrs. Bedwin, Steve O'Neill as Court Official, Rob Brydon as Mr. Fang, Keenan Munn-Francis as Scrappy Boy, Callum Higgins as Spike, James Harper as Jury Member, Paul Chahidi as The Quack, Callum Yeoman as Cal, Alfie Childs as Mouthy, Reece Dos Santos as Stick, Oliver Murray as Muzzer, Niall O'Mara as Handles, Jordan Grehs as Ginge, Jake Nightingale as Head Peeler, Ruby Bentall as Charlotte, Adam Gillen as Noah Claypole, Tom Hardy (1) as Bill Sikes, Adam Arnold as The Artful Dodger, Edward Fox as Mr. Brownlow, Julian Rhind-Tutt as Edward (Mr. Monks), Sarah Lancashire as Mrs. Corney, Nigel Cooke (1) as Doctor, Nicola Walker as Sally, Mariah Gale as Agnes, Sophie Okonedo as Nancy, Morven Christie as Rose, Michelle Gomez (1) as Mrs. Sowerberry, John Sessions as Mr. Sowerberry, Edward Tudor-Pole as Mr. Slipsby, Vincent Franklin as Mr. Limbkins, Peter Kirkham as Oakum Boy, William Miller (2) as Oliver Twist, Gregor Fisher as Mr. Bumble, Timothy Spall as Fagin
Director: Coky Giedroyc
Story: Charles Dickens | Teleplay: Sarah Phelps
 
1112 :38x15 - Oliver Twist Pt. 2 (Feb/22/2009)
The conclusion finds Oliver has been under the care of Nancy since he was shot in a messed up robbery and is unaware that his being there has sparked a battle between those who want to save him and the others who want him dead.
 
1113 :38x16 - Little Dorrit Pt. 1 (Mar/29/2009)
The place is 1820's England, and young Amy Dorrit's father has been in debtors prison now for 25 years, as she takes on a job as a seamstress with Ms. Clennam, a stern shut-in. The woman's son, Arthur, who has just returned from decades abroad, is suspicious of her kind act.
Guest Stars: Bel Powley as Flower girl, Stuart McLoughlin as Stagehand, Roy Hudd as Theater Director, Sebastian Armesto as Edmund Sparkler, Alex Wyndham as Henry Gowan, Annette Crosbie as Mr. F's Aunt, Ruth Jones as Flora Finching, David Verrey as Fat Man, Danielle Urbas as Landlady, Zubin Varla as Daniel Doyce, Darren Boyd as Tite Barnacle Jr, Robert Hardy (2) as Tite Barnacle, Angus Barnett as Slingo, Nicholas Jones (1) as Scary Butler, Nicholas Blane as Lawyer, Mark Kemper as Cabby, Stephane Cornicard as Monsieur Henri, George Potts as Bank Porter, Mackenzie Crook as Harris, Antonio Magro as Gondolier, Vincent Riotta as Major Domo, Philip Desmeules as Father Laurent, Pam Ferris as Mrs. General, Peter Hugo-Daly as Landlord, Imogen Bain as Miss Rugg, Geoff MvGivern as Rugg, Geoffrey Whitehead as Doctor, Stuart Nurse as Marshalsea Doctor, John Alderton as Mr. Casby, Maxine Peake as Miss Wade, Freema Agyeman as Tattycoram, Georgia King as Pet Meagles, Bill Paterson (1) as Mr. Meagles, Ian McElhinney as Mr. Clennam, Matthew MacFadyen (1) as Arthur Clennam, Sue Johnston as Affery, Alun Armstrong as Jeremiah and Ephraim Flintwinch, Judy Parfitt as Mrs. Clennam, Claire Foy as Amy Dorrit, Russell Tovey as John Chivery, Tom Courtenay as Mr. Dorrit, Janine Duvitski as Mrs. Meagles, Andy Serkis as Rigaud, Jason Thorpe as Cavalletto, Eddie Marsan as Pancks, Rosie Cavaliero as Mrs. Plornish, Jason Watkins (1) as Mr. Plornish, Eve Myles as Maggy, Emma Pierson as Fanny Dorrit, James Fleet as Frederick Dorrit, Daniel Rovai as Jailer, Ron Cook as Mr. Chivery, Jonathan Slinger as Waiter, Amanda Lawrence as Poyner, Arthur Darvill as Tip Dorrit, Laurence Belcher as Young Arthur
Directors: Diarmuid Lawrence, Dearbhla Walsh, Adam Smith (6)
Story: Charles Dickens | Screenplay: Andrew Davies
 
1114 :38x17 - Little Dorrit Pt. 2 (Apr/05/2009)
Amy receives a marriage proposal from the head jailer's son, John Chivery. Meanwhile, Arthur competes for Pet Meagles affections. Also, Fanny leads playboy Edmund Sparkler on.
Story: Charles Dickens
 
1115 :38x18 - Little Dorrit Pt. 3 (Apr/12/2009)
There's tremendous change in the Dorrit clan, especially William's, due to information uncovered by Pancks. Meanwhile, the awful Rigaud starts up an extortion scheme involving Mrs. Clennam.
Story: Charles Dickens
 
1116 :38x19 - Little Dorrit Pt. 4 (Apr/19/2009)
Arthur searches for the wretched Riguad, a person who his mother was accused of killing. Meanwhile, Arthur and Mr. Dorrit made an investment in Merdle's bank, along with others.
Story: Charles Dickens
 
1117 :38x20 - Little Dorrit Pt. 5 (Apr/26/2009)
Mr. Dorritt is terribly confused as he believes he is still in the Marshalsea while at a fancy ball. Amy heads to England, where she will move in with Fanny and Sparkler and runs into Arthur, who may lose his fortune after Merdele's investment scheme collapses.
Story: Charles Dickens
 
1118 :38x21 - The Old Curiosity Shop (May/03/2009)
The story of an orphan girl whose kind grandfather is owner of a knickknack shop and is in debt due to a gambling habit, to Quilp, an unsavory loan-shark solicitor.
Guest Stars: Josie Lawrence as Mrs. Jiniwin, Bradley Walsh (2) as Mr. Liggers, Charlene McKenna as The Marchioness, Jonathan Coy as Rev. Pratchett, Kelly Campbell (2) as Mrs. Nubbles, Michael Webber as Innkeeper, Elizabeth Bennett as Mrs. George, Gerry O'Brien (1) as Constable, George MacKay as Kit, Zoë Wanamaker as Mrs. Jarley, Bryan Dick (1) as Freddie Trent, Derek Jacobi as Grandfather, Toby Jones as Daniel Quilp, Sophie Vavasseur as Nell Trent, Gina McKee as Sally Brass, Adam Godley as Samson Brass, Anna Madeley as Betsy Quilp, Adrian Rawlins as Jacob, Geoff Breton as Dick Swiveller
Director: Brian Percival
Story: Charles Dickens | Screenplay: Martyn Hesford
 
1119 :38x22 - Wallander: Sidetracked (May/10/2009)
Police Detective Kurt Wallander investigates the self-immolation of a 15 year-old girl and several ax murders which seem to be targeted towards Sweden's high society members, all while still finding time for his aging father.
 
1120 :38x23 - Wallander: Firewall (May/17/2009)
The Swedish detective investigates the murder of a cabbie by a pair of teens and the death of a computer system analyst. Meanwhile, his daughter sets him up with a computer internet date with a divorced woman who tries to get him to open up about his life and work.
 
1121 :38x24 - Wallander: One Step Behind (May/31/2009)
Midsummer Eve's disappearance-murder of three young people, followed by the slaying of a colleague has a sleep deprived Wallander's eye's wide open.
 
1122 :38x25 - Poirot: Cat Among the Pigeons (Jun/21/2009)
Hercule Poirot agrees to help her friend and headmistress at the the esteemed Meabowbank school for girls choose her new successor. Poirot, using his his flawless sense of human nature, discovers that the teachers have more on their mind than mentoring young girls. A sadistic gym teacher is found murdered with a javelin through her heart. Poirot is drawn deep into a compelling case involving international espionage, a revolution in a foreign land and a missing princess. Poirot must find the killer to ease the girl's minds and the guarded teachers.
Guest Stars: Adam Croasdell as Adam, Amanda Abbington as Miss Blake, Miranda Raison as Mlle Blanche, Elizabeth Berrington as Miss Springer, Jo Woodcock as Jennifer Sutcliffe, Lois Edmett as Julia Upjohn, Pippa Haywood as Mrs. Upjohn, Jane How as Lady Veronica, Katie Leung as Hsui Tai, Anton Lesser as Inspector Kelsey, Amara Karan as Princess Shaista, Natasha Little as Ann Shapland, David Suchet as Hercule Poirot, Harriet Walter as Miss Bulstrode, Raji James as Prince Ali, Adam De Ville as Bob Rawlinson, Don Gallagher (1) as Mr. Forbes, Georgie Glenn as Mrs. Forbes, Georgia Cornick as Patricia Forbes, Carol MacReady as Miss Johnson, Claire Skinner as Miss Rich, Susan Wooldridge as Miss Chadwick
Director: James Kent
Story: Agatha Christie | Screenplay: Mark Gatiss
 
1123 :38x26 - Poirot: Mrs. McGinty's Dead (Jun/28/2009)
Poirot's investigation into a small town's case of a landlady being murdered by a lodger may not be as open-and-shut as it seems. During his journey, Poirot meets with a famous female novelist.
Guest Stars: Ruth Gemmell as Miss Sweetiman, Mary Stockley as Eve Carpenter, Zoë Wanamaker as Ariadne Oliver, Paul Rhys as Robin Upward, Siân Philips as Mrs. Upward, Catherine Russell as Pamela Horsfall, Amanda Root as Mrs. Rendell, Richard Lintern as Guy Carpenter, Billy Geraghty (1) as Joe Burch, Emma Amos as Bessie Burch, Simon Shepherd as Dr. Rendell, David Suchet as Hercule Poirot, Joe Absolom as James Bentley, Simon Molloy as District Judge, Richard Hope as Spence, David Yelland as George, Sarah Smart as Maude, Raquel Cassidy as Maureen Summerhayes, Richard Dillane as Major Summerhayes
Director: Ashley Pearce
Story: Agatha Christie | Screenplay: Nick Dear
 
1124 :38x27 - Miss Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye (Jul/05/2009)
Businessman Rex Fortescue appears to have been poisoned after dropping dead following breakfast. The lone piece of evidence is a single grain seed found inside his suit pocket. But no one seems to miss him, from his estranged and angry children to his wife who seems to be comfortable. Inspector Neele is dispatched to investigate, but makes very little progress before Miss Marple arrives. She believes that the killer seems inspired by the rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence." With murders piling up, Miss Marple makes a dark discovery concerning the motive.
Guest Stars: Anna Madeley as Adele Fortescue, Joseph Beattie (1) as Vivian Dubois, Wendy Richard as Mrs. Crump, Ben Miles as Percival Fortescue, Liz White as Jennifer Fortescue, Hattie Morahan as Elaine Fortescue, Paul Brooke as Billingsley, Chris Larkin as Gerald Wright, Prunella Scales as Mrs. MacKenzie, Rachel Atkins as Sanatorium Sister, Ken Campbell (1) as Crump, Helen Baxendale as Mary Dove, Julia McKenzie (1) as Miss Marple, Rose Heiney as Gladys, Laura Haddock as Miss Grosvenor, Kenneth Cranham as Rex Fortescue, Thea Collings as Tilly, Lucy Cohu as Pat Fortescue, Rupert Graves as Lance Fortescue, Matthew MacFadyen (1) as Inspector Neele, Edward Tudor-Pole as Professor Bernsdorrf, Ralf Little as Sergeant Pickford
Director: Charles Palmer (2)
Story: Agatha Christie | Screenplay: Kevin Elyot
 
1125 :38x28 - Miss Marple: Murder is Easy (Jul/12/2009)
A fellow female train passenger confides in Miss Marple that she believes the rash of recent deaths in her village were murders. When the woman herself winds up in a tragic accident, Miss Marple decides to take on the case.
Guest Stars: Anna Chancellor as Lydia Horton, David Haig as Major Hugh Horton, Margo Stilley as Bridget Conway, Jemma Redgrave as Jessie Humbleby, Russell Tovey as PC Terence Reed, Stephen Churchett as Coroner, Steven Hartley as George Rogers, Julian Lightwing as Leonard Waynflete, Hugo Speer as James Abbot, Camilla Arfwedson as Rose Humbleby, Julia McKenzie (1) as Miss Marple, Steve Pemberton as Henry Wake, Shirley Henderson as Honoria Waynflete, Sylvia Syms as Lavinia Pinkerton, Benedict Cumberbatch as Luke Fitzwilliam, Lyndsey Marshal as Amy Gibbs, James Lance as Dr. Geoffrey Thomas, Tim Brooke-Taylor as Dr. Edward Humbleby
Director: Hettie MacDonald
Story: Agatha Christie | Screenplay: Stephen Churchett
 
1126 :38x29 - Miss Marple: They Do it With Mirrors (Jul/19/2009)
Glamorous Ruth Van Rydock is sure her sister Carrie Louise is in danger, which she explains to Miss Marple over tea. Carrie Louise is a quirky philanthropist whose piling up ex-husbands and runs a correctional facility for young men on her estate. Miss Marple makes some gentle inquiries and finds chilling danger close to home. When murder is the real-life plot twist during an amateur theater rehearsal on the estate, Miss Marple needs to weed out the theatrical tricks from what is real to keep Carrie Louise safe.
Guest Stars: Alexei Sayle as Dr. Maverick, Liam Garrigan (1) as Stephen Restarick, Tom Payne as Edgar Lawson, Nigel Terry as Christian Gulbrandsen, Ian Ogilvy as Johnny Restarick, Alex Jennings as Inspector Curry, Sean Hughes as Sergeant Lake, Maxine Peake as Jolly Bellever, Sarah Smart as Mildred, Julia McKenzie (1) as Miss Marple, Elliot Cowan (1) as Wally Hudd, Emma Griffiths Malin as Gina Elsworth, Joan Collins as Ruth Van Rydock, Penelope Wilton as Carrie Louise Serrocold, Brian Cox (1) as Lewis Serrocold, Jordan Long as Whistable Ernest
 
1127 :38x30 - Miss Marple: Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (Jul/26/2009)
Bobby Attfield discovers a man sprawled out on a cliff, who's last dying words were "Why didn't they ask Evans?" Bobby and his friend, socialite Frankie Derwent do a bit of investigating and along with Miss Marple, uncover several enticing clues — a hotel room key, a pipe and a map with the Savage Castle circled. The trio get inside the castle by chicanery where they meet a group of shadowy characters — the widow of loathed businessman Jack Savage, his two teenage children, a handsome piano teacher, a psychiatrist and his delicate wife. The boys inquiries turn even more dangerous, along with a backdrop of poisonous snakes and exotic but lethal orchids, can the three decipher just what the dying man's words meant before being exposed?
Guest Stars: Hannah Murray as Dorothy Savage, Rafe Spall as Roger Bassington, Natalie Dormer as Moira Nicholson, Warren Clarke as Commander Peters, Mark Williams as Claud Evans, Basher Savage as Young George Savage, Sarah Ridgeway as Young Sylvia, Rupert Savage as Young Jack Savage, Rik Mayall as Alec Nicholson, Freddie Fox as Tom Savage, Julia McKenzie (1) as Miss Marple, Sean Biggerstaff as Bobby Attfield, David Buchanan as John Carstairs, Siwan Morris as Florrie, Helen Lederer as Marjorie Attfield, Georgia Moffett as Frankie Derwent, Samantha Bond as Sylvia Savage, Richard Briers as Wilson
Director: Nicholas Renton
Story: Agatha Christie | Screenplay: Patrick Barlow
 
1128 :38x31 - Inspector Lewis: And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea (Aug/30/2009)
Dr. Stringer, a specialist in the Romantic poets, believes he has an intruder at his home and calls the police. Lewis and Hathaway investigate and finds nothing, other than an arrogant Oxford professor and a rare book collection. Later, the maintenance worker is found murdered at the Bodleian Library, the first in nearly 500 years. The deceased had a large gambling habit and had the missing rare books stolen from the Bodleian. Later, Nell Buckley, a brilliantly creative Fine Arts student, is found murdered, and the only clue is a handwritten piece of Shelley's poetry in her pocket. Philip Horton, an obsessive painter with a photographic memory is the main suspect. But is this gentle genius even capable of murder...and what is his motive?
Guest Stars: Felix Scott as Franklin, Jack Gordon as James Coupland, Jeany Spark as Jane Evans, Caleb Rowe as Charles Williamson, Rebecca Front as Ch. Supt. Innocent, Julia St. John as Naomi Norris, Caroline O'Neil (1) as Susan Chapman, Billy Geraghty (1) as Jackson, Pippa Haywood as Veronica Gray, James Weaver as Baxter, Clare Holman as Dr. Laura Hobson, Darren Clarke as Chapman, Haydn Gwynne as Sandra Walters, Sam Alexander as Eric Jameson, Emily Beecham as Nell Buckley, Tom Riley as Philip Horton, Neil Pearson as Dr. Stringer, Ian Burfield as Jeffreys, Kevin Whateley as DI Robert Lewis, Laurence Fox as DS James Hathaway
Director: Dan Reed
Story: Colin Dexter | Screenplay: Alan Plater
 
1129 :38x32 - Inspector Lewis: Music to Die For (Sep/06/2009)
A top Oxford lecturer gets into a fight while drunk at an exclusive club, and is later found strangled to death by a boxer's hand tape strip. Richard Helm is an old friend who was with him that evening, but is he guilty? The case sends Lewis and Hathaway into the world of bare knuckle fighting, where they find one boxing student with unexplainable injuries and pent up rage, but would this be enough to murder his own tutor?
Guest Stars: Hosh Kane as Tom Pettigrew, Kevin Whately as DI Robert Lewis, Laurence Fox as DS James Hathaway, Clare Holman as Dr. Laura Hobson, Rebecca Front as Ch. Supt. Innocent, John Salthouse as Charles Acres, Erich Redman as Handke, Andrew Knott as Ryan Gallen, Paul Venables as Hansie Kriel, Tom Goodman-Hill (1) as Richard Helm, Niall Buggy as R.G. Cole, Ben Batt as Milo Hardy, Bradley James (2) as Jack Roth, Joanna Christie as Sarah Kriel, Cheryl Campbell as Valli Helm, Rachael Blake as Ann Kriel
Director: Bill Anderson (1)
Story: Colin Dexter | Screenplay: Dusty Hughes
 
1130 :38x33 - Inspector Lewis: Life Born of Fire (Sep/13/2009)
Will McEwan is a young man who commits suicide in a church witnessed by a stunned vicar, Rev. King. The man left behind symbolic religious notes along with a leaflet about a religious group "The Garden." Lewis and Hathaway start the investigation when Hathaway runs out after realizing he knew the victim when they were young. Rev. King is next to be murdered, and further investigating uncovers that he was a founding member of "The Garden" but had a fallout with the others. Later, more members of "The Garden" are murdered, each by a use of fire. The case thickens after Will's personal life is explored.
 
1131 :38x34 - Inspector Lewis, Series II: The Great and the Good (Sep/20/2009)
Beatrice Donnelly is discovered in a field dazed, and unable to remember how she got there. Forensic testing proves that she was both drugged and sexually assaulted. Lewis and Hathaway's trail leads them to Oswalt Cooper, a worker at Beatrice's school. But there is a rock in the road in this case, Oswalt has three alibis from three pillars of the community. Still suspicious, Lewis is determined to find a chink in Oswalt's alibi, even if it means high-profile harassment. But is Lewis's own status as a social outsider clouding his judgment or do those in Oxford's most prestigious social circles have the most to hide?
Guest Stars: Marian McLoughlin (1) as Phoebe, Tim Dutton as Simon Ashton, Wendy Nottingham as Susan Whelton, Rebecca Front as Ch. Supt. Innocent, Clare Holman as Dr. Laura Hobson, Beth Goddard as Belinda Ashton, Paul Anderson (1) as Frank Sporetti, Emily Bruni as Jessamine Matthews, Laura O'Toole as Doctor, Sean McGinley as Keiran Donnelly, Laura Rees as Beatrice Donnelly, Richard McCabe as Gavin Matthews, Kwame Kwei-Armah as Danny Adebayou, Jason Watkins (1) as Oswald Cooper, Laurence Fox as DS James Hathaway, Kevin Whately as DI Robert Lewis, Daniela Nardini as Magda Donnelly
Director: Stuart Orme
Story: Colin Dexter | Screenplay: Paul Rutman (1)
 
1132 :38x35 - Inspector Lewis, Series II: Quality of Mercy (Oct/11/2009)
An young actor's murder has Lewis and Hathaway sifting through the motives of many suspects.
Guest Stars: Geoff Breton as Joe Myers, Annabelle Dowler as Christine Harper, Nicholas Pritchard as Professor James Alderson, Laurence Fox as DS James Hathaway, Clare Holman as Dr. Laura Hobson, Shereen Martineau as Amanda Costello, Rebecca Front as Ch. Supt. Innocent, Penny Bunton as Mrs. Scott, William Petrie (2) as Webster, Gwilym Lee as Terry Bainbridge, Maureen Beattie as Professor Denise Gregson, Sonya Cassidy as Alison, Jo Herbert as Sally, Bryan Dick (1) as Phil Beaumont, Ronan Vibert as Simon Monkford, Shaughan Seymour as Graham Wilkinson, Aled Pedrick as Duffy, Daisy Lewis as Emma Golding, Daniel Sharman as Richard Scott, Abby Ford as Isabel Dawson, Tariq Jordan as Barham Rezvani, Kevin Whately as DI Robert Lewis
Director: Bille Eltringham
Story: Colin Dexter | Screenplay: Alan Plater
 
1133 :38x36 - Inspector Lewis, Series II: The Point of Vanishing (Oct/18/2009)
The killing of a small-time criminal may have a connection to a messed up attempt years earlier.
Guest Stars: Laurence Fox as DS James Hathaway, Rebecca Front as Ch. Supt. Innocent, Catherine Walker as Fiona McKendrick, Tim Treloar as Marc Cotton, Susan Tracy as Frances Wheeler, Michael Simkins as Manfred Canter, Simon Shackleton as Canter's Lawyer, Kevin Whately as DI Robert Lewis, Clare Holman as Dr. Laura Hobson, Kellie Shirlie as Madeleine Cotton, Ophelia Lovibond as Jessica Rattenbury, Danny Midwinter as Steven Mullan, Dougal Irvine as Alex Hadley, Julian Wadham as Tom Rattenbury, Jenny Seagrove as Cecile Rattenbury, Zoe Boyle as Hope Ransome, Ben Aldridge as Daniel Rattenbury
Director: Maurice Phillips
Story: Colin Dexter | Screenplay: Paul Rutman (1)
 
1134 :38x37 - Endgame (Oct/25/2009)
As South Africa teeters on the brink of a civil war, a British businessman working there, Michael Young, has the audacious hope of bringing the two sides of the apartheid conflict together. But after when his dream of secret talks is realized on an estate in England, it quickly becomes clear that common ground will be harder to find than explosive tensions boil just below the surface. Against a backdrop of danger, terrorism and escalating unrest, a high-stakes chess match plays out, ultimately proving that peace can be possible.
Guest Stars: Porteus Xandau as Christo Brand, Amelia Bullmore as Gill, David Henry (1) as Professor Marinus Wiechers, Trevor Sellers as Tony Trew, Bo Petersen as Esterhuyse's Wife, Gabriele Scheibert as Esterhuyse's Daughter, Celia Ncalane as Akoko, Thomas Lockyer as Anthony Sampson, Langley Kirkwood as Warrant Officer Swart, Chumani Pan as Youth #1 (Shabeen), Lihle Bangani as Nkosi, Danny Scheinmann as Albie Sachs, Ramon Tikaram as Aziz Pahad, Patrick Lyster as Sampie Terreblanche, William Hurt as Professor Willie Esterhuyse, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Thabo Mbeki, Jonny Lee Miller (1) as Michael Young, Mark Strong as Dr. Niel Barnard, Clarke Peters as Nelson Mandela, John Kani as Oliver Tambo, Derek Jacobi as Rudolph Agnew, Timothy West as P.W. Botha, Matthew Marsh as F.W. de Klerk, Mike Huff as Willem de Klerk, Stephen Jennings as Kobie Coetsee
Director: Pete Travis
Writer: Paula Milne
Story: Robert Harvey
 
1135 :38x38 - Place of Execution (Nov/01/2009)
A journalist visits an village in England to create a film concerning the disappearance of a girl from there 40 years earlier.
Guest Stars: Liz Moscrop as Laura, Ryan Anthony-Jones as Simon Crowther, Paul Wyett as Don Smart, Zoë Telford as Nicola Curry, Philip Whitchurch as D.C.I. Culver, Chris Brailsford as Dan Crowther, Romy Baskerville as Margaret Bennett, Simon Chandler as Alfred Naden, Miranda Williams as Young Catherine, Nicholas Pritchard as Superintendent Martin, Andrew Woodall as Jonathan Pritchard, Tom Chadbon as Rupert Highsmith Q.C., Peter Cartwright as Judge Sampson, Simon Hedger as Jury Foreman, Leena Dhingra as Dr. Panaseer, Joy Blakeman as Kathy Lomas, Colin MacLachlan (1) as Sergeant Miller, Greg Wise as Philip Hawkin, Juliet Stevenson as Catherine Heathcote, Elizabeth Day as Sasha Heathcote, Poppy Goodburn as Alison Carter, Julia St. John as Alison Carter, Danny Tennant as P.C. Swindells, Lee Ingleby as D.I. George Bennett, Philip Jackson (1) as Old George Bennett, Emma Cunniffe as Ruth Hawkin, Tony Maudsley as D.S. Tommy Clough, Dave Hill (1) as Old Tommy Clough, Danny Sapani as Keith Slocombe, Sheila Reid as Ma Lomas, Mikey North as Charlie Lomas, Gareth Williams (1) as Old Charlie Lomas, Guy Manning as Desk Sergeant
Story: Val McDermid | Screenplay: Patrick Harbinson
 
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