Trial & Retribution: The Lovers - Part One
11:50 pm - 01:25 am, Tuesday, July 28 on ITV3 (10)
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The Lovers - Part One
Season 9, Episode 1
First of a two-part crime drama by Lynda La Plante. A man vanishes while on his honeymoon in London, leaving his wife Susan distraught. Her father contacts Mike Walker, believing the police are not taking the case seriously, but there is little evidence to suggest foul play. However, rookie detective Lisa West notices a character on CCTV footage who arouses her suspicions. Starring David Hayman, Victoria Smurfit, David Calder and Sarah Ozeke
subtitles
Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
David Hayman
(Actor)
.. Chief Supt Mike Walker
Victoria Smurfit
(Actor)
.. DCI Roisin Connor
Dorian Lough
(Actor)
.. DS David Satchell
Sarah Ozeke
(Actor)
.. DC Lisa West
Michael Feast
(Actor)
.. Tom Franke
Miriam Heard
(Actor)
.. Susan Harrington
David Calder
(Actor)
.. William Thorpe
Penny Downie
(Actor)
.. Mrs Thorpe
Marcia Warren
(Actor)
.. Enid Franke
Milo Twomey
(Actor)
.. Mark Harrington
Gerard Murphy
(Actor)
.. DS Gregg
Paul Ready
(Actor)
.. Harry Cranley (Junkie)
Roger Monks
(Actor)
.. Alfie Green (Pickpocket)
Emily Head
(Actor)
.. Natalie
Daisy Head
(Actor)
.. Naomi
Joy Richardson
(Actor)
.. Ronna Rodgers
Mary Miller
(Actor)
.. Felicity Harper
Penny Smith
(Actor)
.. Interviewer
Joanna Catherine Maley
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Arionel Peguero Vargas
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Lynda La Plante
(Writer)
Christopher Hall
(Producer)
Tristram Powell
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
David Hayman
(Actor)
.. Chief Supt Mike Walker
Born:
February 09, 1948
in
Glasgow, Scotland
Best Known For:
Playing Chief Superintendent Michael Walker in Trial and Retribution.
Early-life:
Born in Glasgow, Scotland on February 9, 1948. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow before starting his acting career at the city's Citizens Theatre. He began to get recognised nationally after starring in A Sense of Freedom (1981).
Career:
Hayman's film credits include Sid and Nancy (1986), Hope and Glory (1987) and The Jackal (1997). Between 1997 and 2009, he played Chief Superintendent Michael Walker in the TV crime drama Trial and Retribution. As well as acting, Hayman has also directed film and television productions, including Silent Scream (1990) and The Hawk (1993). More recently, he was cast as Brace in the television series Taboo.
Quote:
'There's a lot of my industry I'm very disenamoured with. Like the world, television is run on greed and ego. It's not creative integrity, and that wears thin after a while.'
Trivia:
He founded the humanitarian charity Spirit Aid.
Victoria Smurfit
(Actor)
.. DCI Roisin Connor
Best Known For:
Ballykissangel, Trial & Retribution and Dracula.
Early-life:
Victoria was born in Dublin in 1974. Her family, headed by her uncle Michael, is one of the richest in Ireland. Victoria was educated at Saint Columbia's College, Dublin, and St George's School, Ascot. After completing an A Level in theatre studies, she studied acting at the Bristol Old Vic theatre school.
Career:
In 1997, Smurfit starred in BBC miniseries Ivanhoe, and a year later, she appeared in another period drama, Berkeley Square, before making a name for herself as Orla O'Connell in Ballykissangel. After two series of the BBC drama, the year 2000 saw Smurfit star on the big screen in The Wedding Tackle and The Beach and on the small screen in drama North Square and comedy Cold Feet. Her other credits include About a Boy (2002), Bulletproof Monk (2003), the lead role on TV in Trial & Retribution between 2003 and 2009, and Irish drama The Clinic. More recently, Smurfit has been playing glamorous society queen and vampire slayer Lady Jayne Wetherby in TV horror drama Dracula.
Quote:
On working with Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Dracula: 'He makes you very comfortable, which is great. He knows what he wants from a scene and he knows how to do it, and you trust him.'
Trivia:
Smurfit is a patron of children's charity World Vision Ireland.
Dorian Lough
(Actor)
.. DS David Satchell
Sarah Ozeke
(Actor)
.. DC Lisa West
Michael Feast
(Actor)
.. Tom Franke
Miriam Heard
(Actor)
.. Susan Harrington
David Calder
(Actor)
.. William Thorpe
Penny Downie
(Actor)
.. Mrs Thorpe
Marcia Warren
(Actor)
.. Enid Franke
Career:
She spent many years in the theatre, but believes that people really began taking notice of her when she appeared in the West End play Stepping Out, for which she won a prestigious Olivier Award. TV work soon followed as she landed roles in Keeping Up Appearances, Dangerfield and Coronation Street, before starring alongside Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen in the sitcom Vicious, which began in 2013. She's continued to appear on stage, winning a second Olivier in 2002 for Humble Boy at the National Theatre. She's also cropped up in films including Run for Your Wife and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.
Quote:
On the differences between acting on stage and on camera: "You know more what you are doing in theatre, and your bit isn't ever going to be cut out and left on the floor."
Trivia:
Marcia says that if she hadn't succeeded in becoming an actress, she would have been a gardener.
Best Known For:
Her role in the sitcom Vicious.
Early-life:
Marcia was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, in 1943 and says she first realised she wanted to be an actress at the age of three _ she isn't sure what inspired her, but thinks it may have been the radio. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, graduating in 1963, and initially worked in repertory theatre. Her first professional job was as an assistant stage manager in David Copperfield in Salisbury.
Milo Twomey
(Actor)
.. Mark Harrington
Gerard Murphy
(Actor)
.. DS Gregg
Paul Ready
(Actor)
.. Harry Cranley (Junkie)
Roger Monks
(Actor)
.. Alfie Green (Pickpocket)
Emily Head
(Actor)
.. Natalie
Born:
December 15, 1988
in
Fulham, London
Best Known For:
Playing Carli D'Amato in The Inbetweeners.
Early-life:
Emily Rose Head was born on December 15, 1988 in Fulham, London. She is the oldest daughter of actor Anthony Head. Emily studied for a BTEC in acting at the BRIT School in Croydon.
Career:
Head's earliest TV roles were in Trial and Retribution and Doc Martin. She also appeared alongside her father in The Invisibles. Her breakthrough role was in The Inbetweeners, where she played Carli D'Amato, the love interest of Simon Cooper (Joe Thomas). She reprised this role for The Inbetweeners Movie (2011). Since then, she has appeared in Doctors and the TV movie Rita (2013). In 2016, she joined the cast of Emmerdale as Rebecca White.
Quote:
On being Anthony Head's daughter and an actor: 'My dad knows how difficult it can be, there have been a few conversations with him about when you don't get the part you have been thinking about for the past six months.'
Trivia:
She went to the same school as Katy B and Adele.
Daisy Head
(Actor)
.. Naomi
Joy Richardson
(Actor)
.. Ronna Rodgers
Mary Miller
(Actor)
.. Felicity Harper
Penny Smith
(Actor)
.. Interviewer
Joanna Catherine Maley
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Arionel Peguero Vargas
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Lynda La Plante
(Writer)
Christopher Hall
(Producer)
Tristram Powell
(Director)
