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What Lies Tangled
Season 9, Episode 1
An idyllic summer day in Oxford is torn asunder when a parcel bomb claims the life of eminent mathematician Adam Capstone, a genius in the field of 'Knot Theory'. As Lewis and Hathaway investigate, they discover that, while the victim's academic reputation was beyond reproach, his private life was far more dubious. It emerges Capstone was a man of carnal appetites, who had a string of affairs with young students, betraying his chemistry professor wife Elizabeth, providing her with a clear motive to do away with her cheating spouse. As the detectives work to identify the killer bomber, the case becomes a personal challenge for Lewis, who fears he may not be rewarded with another contract should he fail to impress Moody before his six-month trip to New Zealand. Detective drama, starring Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox, with Zoe Tapper, Tristam Summers and Oliver Lansley
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Cast & Crew
Kevin Whately
(Actor)
.. DI Robert Lewis
Laurence Fox
(Actor)
.. DI Hathaway
Clare Holman
(Actor)
.. Dr Laura Hobson
Steve Toussaint
(Actor)
.. Ch Supt Moody
Angela Griffin
(Actor)
.. DS Lizzie Maddox
Peter De Jersey
(Actor)
.. Andrew Dimmock
Mali Harries
(Actor)
.. Sarah Alderwood
Oliver Lansley
(Actor)
.. David Capstone
Ian Puleston-Davies
(Actor)
.. Frank Guitteau
David Warner
(Actor)
.. Donald Lockston
Zoe Tapper
(Actor)
.. Elizabeth Capstone
Tristam Summers
(Actor)
.. Adam Capstone
Emerald O'Hanrahan
(Actor)
.. Kate McMurdock
Lynda Rooke
(Actor)
.. Joyce Guitteau
Tosin Cole
(Actor)
.. Djimon Adomakoh
Nick Hicks-Beach
(Writer)
David Drury
(Director)
Chris Burt
(Producer)
Michele Buck
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Kevin Whately
(Actor)
.. DI Robert Lewis
Born:
February 06, 1951
in
Newcastle upon Tyne
Best Known For:
Playing John Thaw's right-hand man Lewis in Inspector Morse.
Early-life:
Kevin George Edward Whately was born on February 6, 1951, in Hexham, and grew up in the remote Northumberland countryside. His father was in the Navy, and Whately only saw him two or three times a year. He began acting at the age of four and it remained a passion throughout school, alongside a short-lived desire to be a doctor. When his careers teacher advised against acting, he went into accountancy for three years. He later trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His brother, Frank, is a drama lecturer.
Career:
Whately's TV debut came in a 1979 episode of Shoestring. Two years later he had a six-week stint on Coronation Street. His big break came in 1983, when he landed the role of Neville in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. In 1987, he made his first appearance as Sgt Lewis in Morse, and has since appeared in Peak Practice, the TV dramas Trip Trap, Gobble, and The Broker's Man, as well as Oscar-winning drama The English Patient. Other projects include Paranoid, Silent Cry, Murder in Mind, Purely Belter, Promoted to Glory and The Children. He's now the star of hit Morse spin-off Lewis.
Quote:
On John Thaw: 'John had a wonderful sense of humour which is belied sometimes by journalists' impression of him as irascible. He was a wonderful mimic, particularly of people on the set rather than famous people.'
Trivia:
Married to actress Madeleine Newton, who appeared alongside him in both Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Inspector Morse. They have two children, Kieran and Kitty. His daughter is an acclaimed opera singer.
Laurence Fox
(Actor)
.. DI Hathaway
Born:
May 26, 1978
in
Yorkshire
Best Known For:
Lewis.
Early-life:
Laurence Paul Fox was born in Yorkshire on May 26, 1978. Born into a theatrical family, he is the son of actor James Fox and the nephew of actor Edward Fox and theatre and film producer Robert Fox. Acting relatives also include his brother Jack and sister Lydia, and cousins Emilia Fox and Freddie Fox. Two years after leaving Harrow, Laurence developed a love of acting and enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada). During his time there, he appeared in a number of stage productions.
Career:
Fox was still studying at Rada when he landed a role in his first feature film, 2001 horror-thriller The Hole. He went on to star in Gosford Park (2001), TV miniseries Island at War and TV movie Colditz. His big break came in 2006 when he was cast alongside Kevin Whately in Inspector Morse spin-off Lewis. Other credits include Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Becoming Jane (2007), W.E. (2011) and TV movie Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me. Fox has also featured in a number of stage productions, including Strangers on a Train at London's Gielgud Theatre.
Quote:
'Acting can be a great job, but you do have to make up things to do when you're not working.'
Trivia:
Wed fellow actress Billie Piper in 2007.
Clare Holman
(Actor)
.. Dr Laura Hobson
Steve Toussaint
(Actor)
.. Ch Supt Moody
Angela Griffin
(Actor)
.. DS Lizzie Maddox
Born:
July 19, 1976
in
Leeds
Best Known For:
Coronation Street and Cutting It.
Early-life:
Angela Mellissa Griffin was born in Leeds on July 19, 1976. She was brought up by her mum and stepfather on a council estate after her bus conductor father left home when the actress was four. She has two brothers. Angela began acting in youth groups while in her teens, where she was spotted by a talent scout. She had early roles in children's series Under the Bedclothes and Just Us. She was academic at school and had been expected to continue with her education, but after gaining nine GCSEs, decided to concentrate on acting.
Career:
Following a brief appearance in Emmerdale as a holiday village guest, Griffin landed the role of hairdresser Fiona Middleton in Coronation Street in 1992. She stayed with the soap for six years. She went on to join the cast of Holby City, which she quit after three years. Other acclaimed roles have come in BBC drama Babyfather, Cutting It and Down to Earth. She has also made a guest appearance in gritty crime drama Waking The Dead and presented The Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards. Other work includes two stints in Waterloo Road, her own chat show and Sky's Mount Pleasant. She joined the cast of Lewis in 2014. She has also set up her own production company.
Quote:
'I have still got so much to learn. I want to do new plays, where I get to cry a lot or shout a lot or be insane.'
Trivia:
Griffin voices Amy the vet in children's TV show Postman Pat.
Peter De Jersey
(Actor)
.. Andrew Dimmock
Mali Harries
(Actor)
.. Sarah Alderwood
Oliver Lansley
(Actor)
.. David Capstone
Ian Puleston-Davies
(Actor)
.. Frank Guitteau
Born:
September 06, 1958
in
Flint
Best Known For:
Playing Owen Armstrong in Coronation Street.
Early-life:
Ian was born in Flint on September 6, 1958. He attended London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Early acting roles included parts in two BBC dramas about Henry VI and episodes of Boon, Forever Green and Grange Hill.
Career:
Other TV credits include a spell in Hollyoaks in the mid-1990s and guest roles in a number of well-known series, including Holby City, The Vice, Foyle's War, The Bill, Silent Witness and Waking the Dead. He has also starred in ITV dramas Vincent and Ghostboat and BBC Three series Funland. In 2010, he had a recurring role in the sixth series of Waterloo Road and joined the cast of Coronation Street as Owen Armstrong.
Quote:
'When most people process information, they discard 99 per cent. But my antenna gets clogged up, so my brain ends up full of unnecessary thoughts.'
Trivia:
He suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
David Warner
(Actor)
.. Donald Lockston
Born:
July 29, 1941
in
Manchester
Best Known For:
The Omen, The Man with Two Brains and Titanic.
Early-life:
Born on July 29, 1941, in Manchester, he's an only child. He describes his early years as "messy", and claims his parents, who never married, continually vied for his custody. He attended eight different boarding schools and admits to being only an average student. After a teacher persuaded him to appear on stage, Warner realised he wanted to be an actor. He had a series of odd jobs before gaining a place at Rada when he was 17.
Career:
Warner gained acclaim with the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Wars of the Roses TV show before landing a major role in the movie Tom Jones in 1963. It paved the way for his first leading part, Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment, in 1965, the same year he won plaudits for his West End performance as Hamlet. Since then, he's made more than 150 TV and film appearances, most notably in Straw Dogs, The Omen, Time Bandits, The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Man with Two Brains, Tron, two Star Trek movies and The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse. He returned to Shakespeare in 2005, playing the title role in King Lear at the Chichester Festival Theatre. His later work includes roles in TV film In Love with Barbara, and the dramas Wallander and Mad Dogs.
Quote:
"If people are given quality stuff to watch, they'll watch it."
Trivia:
He has voiced characters in a number of video games, including the villain Jon Irenicus in Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.
Zoe Tapper
(Actor)
.. Elizabeth Capstone
Born:
October 26, 1981
in
Bromley, Kent
Best Known For:
Roles in a string of stage and screen hits.
Early-life:
Zoe Tapper was born on October 26, 1981, in Bromley, Kent. She trained at the Academy Drama School and at the Central School of Speech and Drama, from which she graduated in the spring of 2003, days before taking on her first film role. She first came to prominence playing Nell Gwynne in Richard Eyre's award-winning film Stage Beauty in 2004 and has since notched up a steady string of stage and screen credits.
Career:
Starring roles on TV include playing Mary Collins in A Harlot's Progress for Channel 4, Jane in Oliver Parker's The Private Life of Samuel Pepys alongside Steve Coogan, Gemma in the first series of the Sky One UK TV series Hex, Hermia in the 2005 BBC TV adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jenny Maple in the BBC miniseries Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, Sheila Steafel in the 2008 BBC TV play The Curse of Steptoe and Anya Raczynski in the action-packed BBC remake of Survivors. She also took the lead role in the small-screen version of the Gothic ghost story Affinity.
Quote:
'I did a stunt with Mackenzie Crook where I had to kick him and grab him by the throat and it was great fun.'
Trivia:
On stage, she has appeared in Epitaph For George Dillon in the West End, and Othello at Shakespeare's Globe.
Tristam Summers
(Actor)
.. Adam Capstone
Emerald O'Hanrahan
(Actor)
.. Kate McMurdock
Lynda Rooke
(Actor)
.. Joyce Guitteau
Tosin Cole
(Actor)
.. Djimon Adomakoh
Nick Hicks-Beach
(Writer)
David Drury
(Director)
Chris Burt
(Producer)
Michele Buck
(Executive producer)
