The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: For the Sake of Elena
12:40 am - 02:35 am, Saturday, March 14 on U&Drama (20)
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For the Sake of Elena
Season 1, Episode 4
Feature-length episode. Havers and Lynley visit Cambridge to investigate the murder of Elena Weaver, a respected lecturer's deaf daughter. After a post-mortem reveals she was pregnant, the detectives gradually build a portrait of a promiscuous and playful woman with many admirers - most notably Gareth Randolph, a member of the deaf community who was in love with her, and Victor Troughton to whom Elena was engaged
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16x9
Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Nathaniel Parker
(Actor)
.. Det Insp Thomas Lynley
Sharon Small
(Actor)
.. Sgt Barbara Havers
Lesley Vickerage
(Actor)
.. Helen Clyde
Tim Pigott-Smith
(Actor)
.. Phillip Weaver
Selina Cadell
(Actor)
.. Glynn Weaver
Cherie Lunghi
(Actor)
.. Sarah Gordon
Sophie Ward
(Actor)
.. Justine Weaver
Richard Lintern
(Actor)
.. Thorsson
June Watson
(Actor)
.. Mrs Havers
Shaun Prendergast
(Actor)
.. Sheenan
Katie Blake
(Actor)
.. Mel
Samantha Baker
(Actor)
.. Elena
David Ellington
(Actor)
.. Gareth Randolph
Amanda Royle
(Actor)
.. Pen
Will Knightley
(Actor)
.. Troughton
Miranda Raison
(Actor)
.. Ros
Paul Shearer
(Actor)
.. Harry
Joanna Brookes
(Actor)
.. Edwina
Elizabeth Kelly
(Actor)
.. Mrs G
Richard Syms
(Actor)
.. College porter
Lucy Scott
(Actor)
.. Bernadette
Fred Ridgeway
(Actor)
.. Funeral director
Leda Hodgeson
(Actor)
.. Mrs Margoyles
Richard Evans
(Actor)
.. Celebrated cellist
Oliver Maltman
(Actor)
.. Uniformed officer
Sarah Easton
(Actor)
.. Girl in Greasy Spoon
Daniel Sung
(Actor)
.. Student in concert
Ruth Baumgarten
(Producer)
Richard Laxton
(Director)
Pippa Harris
(Executive producer)
Valerie Windsor
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Nathaniel Parker
(Actor)
.. Det Insp Thomas Lynley
Born:
May 18, 1962
in
London
Best Known For:
His dashing TV roles.
Early-life:
Born in London on May 18, 1962. He's the son of former British Rail Chairman Sir Peter Parker and his wife Jill. One of his brothers, Oliver, is also an actor and director. He was educated at Leighton Park School, where he developed a passion for horse racing. After starring with the National Youth Theatre he went to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (Lamda). On graduating, he already had his Equity card and landed a theatre job immediately.
Career:
Following a spell with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Parker made his TV debut in 1988's Piece of Cake. He has worked constantly ever since, including a four-year stint abroad during which he appeared in Hollywood films Hamlet and The Bodyguard, although he didn't become a well-known face until ITV's 1998 adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd. Since then he's starred in the BBC's Vanity Fair, and took over from John Hannah in McCallum. Other notable projects include Othello (directed by his brother), Wide Sargasso Sea, The Haunted Mansion, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Stardust. More recently, he has starred in Merlin.
Quote:
'I have always thought women were the superior sex. Witnessing childbirth confirmed it for me.'
Trivia:
His theatre work includes Quartermaine's Terms, The Audience, and Wolf Hall.
Sharon Small
(Actor)
.. Sgt Barbara Havers
Born:
January 01, 1967
in
Drumchapel, Glasgow
Best Known For:
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Mistresses.
Early-life:
Sharon was born in Drumchapel, Glasgow on January 1, 1967. She studied drama at the Adam Smith College in Kirkcaldy and the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London. Her first TV credit was a guest role in an episode of Taggart in 1994.
Career:
Guest parts followed in a number of TV shows until Small landed a lead role in BBC comedy drama Sunburn. This lasted for two series and she followed it up with the six-part drama Glasgow Kiss. She went on to star in About a Boy (2002) and Dear Frankie (2004) and had guest parts in Cutting It and Rebus before landing a lead role as DS Barbara Havers in BBC crime drama The Inspector Lynley Mysteries alongside Nathaniel Parker. The series ran from 2001 until 2008. More recently, the in-demand actress has starred in Murderland, Mistresses, Downton Abbey, Kidnap and Ransom, New Tricks, Silent Witness, Call the Midwife, Death in Paradise and Midsomer Murders.
Quote:
'One of the fantastic things and joys of acting is looking for flaws in characters - if you are perfect or too likeable, you are not going to be believable, so hopefully, you bring in flaws as well.'
Trivia:
Small is a classically trained lyric soprano.
Lesley Vickerage
(Actor)
.. Helen Clyde
Tim Pigott-Smith
(Actor)
.. Phillip Weaver
Born:
May 13, 1946
in
Rugby
Best Known For:
The Jewel in the Crown.
Early-life:
Tim Pigott-Smith was born on May 13, 1946, in Rugby. He graduated with honours from the University of Bristol (he frequently returns there as a guest drama lecturer) in 1967, and completed his acting training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. On leaving, he went straight into the theatre, appearing in numerous plays and winning supporting roles on the small and big screens, including a couple of Dr Who adventures and Clash of the Titans.
Career:
Pigott-Smith's big break came in 1984 when he landed one of the lead roles in ITV's Jewel in the Crown, the lavish miniseries which was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic. He's worked steadily ever since, most notably appearing in The Remains of the Day, The Chief and The Bullion Boys, as well as narrating documentaries, audio books, appearing on stage in such productions as The Iceman Cometh, alongside Kevin Spacey, and directing various plays. His credits also include appearances in a number of hit movies, including Gangs of New York, Johnny English, Alexander, V for Vendetta, Quantum of Solace and Alice in Wonderland.
Quote:
'If something isn't done very soon to draw people, especially young people, back into classical theatre, it could die out completely in the next 25 years.'
Selina Cadell
(Actor)
.. Glynn Weaver
Cherie Lunghi
(Actor)
.. Sarah Gordon
Born:
April 04, 1952
in
London
Best Known For:
The Manageress and a series of coffee adverts.
Early-life:
Cherie Mary Lunghi was born on April 4, 1952, in Nottingham, the daughter of an Italian and his English wife. She was raised in London by her mother and her aunts after her father returned to Italy. Cherie began acting as a child on radio and in TV and eventually studied at Homerton College, Cambridge. Her acting training came at the Arts Educational School and the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has also been keen on dancing, aerobics, horse-riding, painting and playing the piano from an early age.
Career:
Lunghi started out on stage, but made her TV debut in a 1968 episode of the BBC's classic Sherlock Holmes series. She's worked steadily ever since on the small and big screens, cropping up in the likes of Edward & Mrs Simpson, Excalibur, Tales of the Unexpected, The Monocled Mutineer, The Mission, and Ellis Island. However, it was popular footballing drama The Manageress which made her a major TV star in 1989. Since then, Lunghi has appeared in the likes of The Buccaneers, A Question of Guilt, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Jack and Sarah, EastEnders, Cutting It, Midsomer Murders and Casualty 1906. She was a Strictly Come Dancing contestant in 2008.
Quote:
'It's intriguing to get your head around people who have evil intent. It's pretty complicated.'
Trivia:
Lunghi has narrated Who Do You Think You Are?
Sophie Ward
(Actor)
.. Justine Weaver
Richard Lintern
(Actor)
.. Thorsson
June Watson
(Actor)
.. Mrs Havers
Shaun Prendergast
(Actor)
.. Sheenan
Katie Blake
(Actor)
.. Mel
Samantha Baker
(Actor)
.. Elena
David Ellington
(Actor)
.. Gareth Randolph
Amanda Royle
(Actor)
.. Pen
Will Knightley
(Actor)
.. Troughton
Miranda Raison
(Actor)
.. Ros
Paul Shearer
(Actor)
.. Harry
Joanna Brookes
(Actor)
.. Edwina
Elizabeth Kelly
(Actor)
.. Mrs G
Richard Syms
(Actor)
.. College porter
Lucy Scott
(Actor)
.. Bernadette
Fred Ridgeway
(Actor)
.. Funeral director
Leda Hodgeson
(Actor)
.. Mrs Margoyles
Richard Evans
(Actor)
.. Celebrated cellist
Oliver Maltman
(Actor)
.. Uniformed officer
Sarah Easton
(Actor)
.. Girl in Greasy Spoon
Daniel Sung
(Actor)
.. Student in concert
Ruth Baumgarten
(Producer)
Richard Laxton
(Director)
Pippa Harris
(Executive producer)
Valerie Windsor
(Writer)
