The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: The Word of God
11:20 pm - 01:20 am, Wednesday, April 1 on U&Drama (20)
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The Word of God
Season 4, Episode 4
Feature-length episode. Lynley and Havers investigate a case at Smithfield Market when a frozen body is found on a meat truck. The victim is carrying a page of parchment written in Arabic and a counterfeit British passport. A number of suspects emerge, including a dealer in antiquities, a forger, and a surgeon who may have been selling human organs. With Nathaniel Parker, Sharon Small and Mark Benton
subtitles
16x9
Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Nathaniel Parker
(Actor)
.. Det Insp Thomas Lynley
Sharon Small
(Actor)
.. Det Sgt Barbara Havers
Mark Benton
(Actor)
.. Elias Blackwell
Jane Lapotaire
(Actor)
.. Fiona Deakin-Jones
Maggy Sharif
(Actor)
.. Narima Ansari
Matilda Ziegler
(Actor)
.. Christine Marshall
Paul Hickey
(Actor)
.. Lafferty
Nigel Betts
(Actor)
.. Mike Brennan
Khalid Leath
(Actor)
.. Ahmed Ansari
Colin Tierney
(Actor)
.. Michael Sweet
Joseph Long
(Actor)
.. Dimitri Zavos
Cavan Clerkin
(Actor)
.. Craig
Alison Lintott
(Actor)
.. Caroline Moran
Neil Maskell
(Actor)
.. Martin Moran
KeithBartlett
(Actor)
.. DCI Harris
Christopher Aird
(Executive producer)
Julian Simpson
(Director)
Peter Jukes
(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)
.. Det 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.
Mark Benton
(Actor)
.. Elias Blackwell
Born:
November 16, 1965
in
Guisborough
Best Known For:
Northern Lights, and Waterloo Road.
Early-life:
Born on 16 November, 1965, in Guisborough in the North East, Mark hoped to follow in the footsteps of his uncle, actor Michael Gunn. Always the class clown, he fell in love with the theatre and spent many years trying to make a career out of acting. He was in the same drama class at the Stockton-Billingham Tech as actress Elizabeth Carling. Some of his early acting experience came with the Middlesbrough Youth Theatre, with performances in plays such as Atmos Fear and Twist.
Career:
Benton's big break came in the 1997 Mike Leigh film Career Girls. For the past decade he has barely been off our screens. He had a recurring role as Father McBride in the James Nesbitt series Murphy's Law. He has starred with Vic and Bob in their remake of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Catterick, and Monkey Trousers. He was comedy gold in Craig Cash's Early Doors and The Booze Cruise trilogy. His biggest role was alongside Robson Green in Christmas Lights, Northern Lights, City Lights and Clash of the Santas. He was also a regular on Waterloo Road and is the host of game show The Edge. In 2013, he was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.
Quote:
'I think sometimes you have to ask if you want to be an actor or do you want to be a celebrity? I was tempted to do Celebrity Mastermind but I couldn't think of a specialist subject.'
Trivia:
Benton is a die-hard supporter of Middlesbrough FC and has featured in the club's official season ticket advertising campaign.
Jane Lapotaire
(Actor)
.. Fiona Deakin-Jones
Maggy Sharif
(Actor)
.. Narima Ansari
Matilda Ziegler
(Actor)
.. Christine Marshall
Paul Hickey
(Actor)
.. Lafferty
Nigel Betts
(Actor)
.. Mike Brennan
Khalid Leath
(Actor)
.. Ahmed Ansari
Colin Tierney
(Actor)
.. Michael Sweet
Joseph Long
(Actor)
.. Dimitri Zavos
Cavan Clerkin
(Actor)
.. Craig
Alison Lintott
(Actor)
.. Caroline Moran
Neil Maskell
(Actor)
.. Martin Moran
KeithBartlett
(Actor)
.. DCI Harris
Christopher Aird
(Executive producer)
Julian Simpson
(Director)
Peter Jukes
(Writer)
