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Blue
Season 12, Episode 3
Joel Kingston is a copper's copper from a respected and notable police family, but when he is found dead, floating in a park lake, DCI Vera Stanhope investigates both sides of the thin blue line in order to find his killer. A complex family dynamic, tensions at work, and brushes with the underworld, paint a dark and complex picture. Joel was there to serve and protect but did his stubborn commitment to justice at any price lead to his death? Murder mystery, starring Brenda Blethyn and Kenny Doughty
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Detective/Thriller
Literary Adaptation
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. DCI Vera Stanhope
Kenny Doughty
(Actor)
.. DS Aiden Healy
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Ibinabo Jack
(Actor)
.. DC Jacqueline Williams
Riley Jones
(Actor)
.. DC Mark Edwards
Sarah Kameela Impey
(Actor)
.. Dr Paula Bennett
Matthew Marsh
(Actor)
.. Phil Kingston
Gary Mavers
(Actor)
.. Gerry Farr
Nikita Mehta
(Actor)
.. Naz Singh
Bill Blackwood
(Actor)
.. Jim McDonnagh
Billy Gunnion
(Actor)
.. Shane Kingston
Lizzie Hopley
(Actor)
.. Deb Kingston
Jesse Akele
(Actor)
.. Ria Leggate
Connor Crawford
(Actor)
.. Kyle Marks
Ellis Eyres
(Actor)
.. Gary Sickert
Kem Hassan
(Actor)
.. Dean Lennon
Emily Dowson
(Actor)
.. Lisa Hendrix
Nicola Alexis
(Actor)
.. Leanne Waller
Wolfe Miller
(Actor)
.. Joel Kingston
Su Elliot
(Actor)
.. Irene Francis
Rebecca Bowser
(Actor)
.. Joanne Sickert
Paul Logue
(Writer)
Kate Bartlett
(Executive producer)
Will Nicholson
(Executive producer)
Debbie Shewell
(Producer)
Khurrum M Sultan
(Director)
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
Ibinabo Jack
(Actor)
.. DC Jacqueline Williams
Riley Jones
(Actor)
.. DC Mark Edwards
Sarah Kameela Impey
(Actor)
.. Dr Paula Bennett
Matthew Marsh
(Actor)
.. Phil Kingston
Gary Mavers
(Actor)
.. Gerry Farr
Born:
September 01, 1964
in
Liverpool
Best Known For:
Peak Practice.
Early-life:
Born September 1, 1964, in Liverpool. He admits to being a badly behaved dreamer at school who, along with his brothers, was continually caned for misbehaving. He couldn't wait to leave and later had a string of dead-end jobs on building sites, in a green-grocer's and at a butcher's shop. After falling out with his boss at the latter and walking out, he decided to try acting, eventually training at Rada.
Career:
Despite never having even seen a play before enrolling at drama school, Mavers was soon snapped up by casting directors. He made his TV debut in a 1989 episode of Boon, and later that year appeared in his first film, Resurrected. Projects such as GBH, Chimera, Blonde Fist, and Body and Soul followed. In 1995, he landed a lead role in Peak Practice, the drama which made him a star. Five years later he quit. Since then, Mavers has appeared in Blue Murder, several episodes of Casualty and on stage, most notably in Bad Blood, a successful touring play co-starring ex-EastEnder Gillian Taylforth.
Quote:
"Whatever hobby I've had I've always become a bit obsessed with. That's why I'd never take up golf - I'd be creeping out at 5am with my check pants on."
Nikita Mehta
(Actor)
.. Naz Singh
Bill Blackwood
(Actor)
.. Jim McDonnagh
Billy Gunnion
(Actor)
.. Shane Kingston
Lizzie Hopley
(Actor)
.. Deb Kingston
Jesse Akele
(Actor)
.. Ria Leggate
Connor Crawford
(Actor)
.. Kyle Marks
Ellis Eyres
(Actor)
.. Gary Sickert
Kem Hassan
(Actor)
.. Dean Lennon
Emily Dowson
(Actor)
.. Lisa Hendrix
Nicola Alexis
(Actor)
.. Leanne Waller
Wolfe Miller
(Actor)
.. Joel Kingston
Su Elliot
(Actor)
.. Irene Francis
Rebecca Bowser
(Actor)
.. Joanne Sickert
Paul Logue
(Writer)
Kate Bartlett
(Executive producer)
Will Nicholson
(Executive producer)
Debbie Shewell
(Producer)
Khurrum M Sultan
(Director)
