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Muddy Waters
Season 5, Episode 3
When a body is dredged up from a slurry pit on a remote farm, the investigation forces owner Danny Pryor to admit he has a number of illegal Serbian workers on the payroll. A faded tattoo identifies the victim as Jack Reeves, a young man from the local travelling community, but what is his connection to the immigrants? As the case unfolds, Vera and her team must connect the dots between Jack and a wounded Serbian, and expose the tragic truth at the heart of Pryor Farm. With Mark Bonnar, Mark Womack and Jim Sturgeon
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Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. DCI Vera Stanhope
Kenny Doughty
(Actor)
.. DS Aiden Healy
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Cush Jumbo
(Actor)
.. DC Bethany Whelan
Kingsley Ben-Adir
(Actor)
.. Dr Marcus Summer
Mark Bonnar
(Actor)
.. Danny Pryor
Mark Womack
(Actor)
.. Billy Reeves
Lee Ross
(Actor)
.. Frank O'Brien
Velibor Topic
(Actor)
.. Milosh Beqiri
Alex Reid
(Actor)
.. Karen Pryor
Jennifer Hennessy
(Actor)
.. Deirdre Reeves
Aisling Franciosi
(Actor)
.. Sigourney O'Brien
Enoch Frost
(Actor)
.. Fr Paul
Lisa Hammond
(Actor)
.. Helen
Greg Kolpakchi
(Actor)
.. Goran Vlasic
George Lasha
(Actor)
.. Zamir Ilic
John Harding
(Actor)
.. Dr Julian Moore
Danny Horn
(Actor)
.. Ben Marsh
Indira Joshi
(Actor)
.. Amrita Johnson
Mairead McKinley
(Actor)
.. Rene O'Brien
Joe Fitzpatrick
(Actor)
.. Toby Pryor
Michael Imerson
(Actor)
.. Raymond Bourne
Sarah Naughton
(Actor)
.. Diane
Cat Simmons
(Actor)
.. Lisa
Jim Sturgeon
(Actor)
.. Robert Pryor
Glen Laker
(Writer)
Margaret Mitchell
(Producer)
Stewart Svaasand
(Director)
Kate Bartlett
(Executive producer)
Myar Craig-Brown
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. DCI Vera Stanhope
Born:
February 20, 1946
in
Kent
Best Known For:
Secrets & Lies.
Early-life:
Born Brenda Anne Bottle on February 20, 1946, in Ramsgate, Kent. She's the youngest of nine children of a parlour maid and a chauffeur. Money was tight when she was growing up. After excelling at maths at school, she worked as a secretary and bookkeeper in a bank. But she was always obsessed with films and acting and, at the age of 27, after divorcing her first husband, she gave up her day job and used her savings to fund a drama course at Guildford. She didn't tell her parents, and thought she would go back to her old career if things didn't work out.
Career:
Blethyn gained early experience with two small theatre groups before joining the National Theatre in 1975. Her TV debut was in a 1979 episode of Tales of the Unexpected, and a year later she had a lead role in Mike Leigh's small-screen project Gloria. In 1990 she made her first film, The Witches, following that up with A River Runs Through It. Despite roles in Outside Edge and The Buddha of Suburbia, she didn't become a household name until her Oscar-nominated role in Leigh's Secrets & Lies. Since then she's starred in Girls' Night, Saving Grace, Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, London River, and gained another Oscar nomination for Little Voice. She returned to the small screen in 2011 playing the title role in ITV's detective series Vera.
Quote:
"I don't have ambition. My expectations are low."
Trivia:
Blethyn was awarded an OBE for services to drama in the 2003 New Year Honours List.
Kenny Doughty
(Actor)
.. DS Aiden Healy
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Cush Jumbo
(Actor)
.. DC Bethany Whelan
Kingsley Ben-Adir
(Actor)
.. Dr Marcus Summer
Mark Bonnar
(Actor)
.. Danny Pryor
Mark Womack
(Actor)
.. Billy Reeves
Lee Ross
(Actor)
.. Frank O'Brien
Velibor Topic
(Actor)
.. Milosh Beqiri
Alex Reid
(Actor)
.. Karen Pryor
Jennifer Hennessy
(Actor)
.. Deirdre Reeves
Aisling Franciosi
(Actor)
.. Sigourney O'Brien
Born:
June 06, 1993
in
Italy
Best Known For:
Playing Katie Benedetto in The Fall.
Early-life:
Born on June 6, 1993 in Italy to an Italian father and an Irish mother. Aisling grew up in Dublin, Ireland and studied French and Spanish at Trinity College, Dublin.
Career:
Franciosi's first TV acting role was in an episode of Trivia in 2012. From 2013 until 2016, she played Katie Benedetto in the BBC 2 crime drama The Fall. She also appeared in TV mini-series Quirke as Phoebe Griffin, American crime drama series Legends as Kate Crawford, British thriller Clique as Georgia Cunningham and an episode of Game of Thrones as Lyanna Stark. Franciosi appeared in the Ken Loach film Jimmy's Hall as Marie.
Quote:
"What really gets me is a great script, a great storyline and great quality."
Trivia:
She can speak English, Italian, French and Spanish.
Enoch Frost
(Actor)
.. Fr Paul
Lisa Hammond
(Actor)
.. Helen
Best Known For:
Playing Donna Yates in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Lisa was born with dwarfism in London in 1983. When she was 13, Grange Hill held auditions at her school and she ended up landing the role of Denny, a character she played in the children's drama for three years. It was during her time on the show that she decided acting was the career for her.
Career:
In 2002, Hammond made her film debut in Quills. In 2004, she starred in the TV movie Every Time You Look at Me and the Channel 4 sitcom Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere. Since then, she has made appearances in Holby City, Where the Heart Is, Bleak House, Mrs In-Betweeny, Casualty, Psychoville, Roald Dahl's Esio Trot and Vera. In 2014, she made her first appearance in EastEnders as Donna Yates.
Quote:
"Accept whatever state you're in at the time, and remember that things will change."
Trivia:
In 2010, she toured the UK in No Idea, a theatre piece she devised with co-star Rachael Spence and director Lee Simpson.
Greg Kolpakchi
(Actor)
.. Goran Vlasic
George Lasha
(Actor)
.. Zamir Ilic
John Harding
(Actor)
.. Dr Julian Moore
Danny Horn
(Actor)
.. Ben Marsh
Indira Joshi
(Actor)
.. Amrita Johnson
Mairead McKinley
(Actor)
.. Rene O'Brien
Joe Fitzpatrick
(Actor)
.. Toby Pryor
Michael Imerson
(Actor)
.. Raymond Bourne
Sarah Naughton
(Actor)
.. Diane
Cat Simmons
(Actor)
.. Lisa
Born:
May 04, 1981
in
Blackburn
Best Known For:
Playing Kezia Walker in The Bill.
Early-life:
Cat was born in Blackburn on May 4, 1981, the daughter of a singer and nurse. She trained with the Oldham Theatre Workshop and National Youth Music Theatre. Cat's first break came in 2005 when she had a recurring role in Channel 5 soap Family Affairs.
Career:
Simmons is best known to TV audiences for playing Kezia Walker in The Bill between 2006 and 2009. Her other TV credits include Holby City, Doctors and Casualty. More recently, she appeared in BBC drama Ordinary Lies. She also has an extensive stage career, having starred in Whistle Down the Wind, Jesus Christ Superstar, Aladdin, Simply Heavenly, Hopelessly Devoted and Oliver!
Quote:
"I've always done everything - I've always been able to sing, dance and act."
Trivia:
In 2005, Simmons collaborated with the group Three Levels on the track Rock U 2Nite.
Jim Sturgeon
(Actor)
.. Robert Pryor
Glen Laker
(Writer)
Margaret Mitchell
(Producer)
Stewart Svaasand
(Director)
Kate Bartlett
(Executive producer)
Myar Craig-Brown
(Executive producer)
