The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Natural Causes
11:20 pm - 01:15 am, Thursday, April 2 on U&Drama (20)
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Natural Causes
Season 5, Episode 1
Feature-length episode. Lynley faces charges of intimidating a suspect, and is suspended from duty, meaning Havers and new partner DI Fiona Knight (guest star Liza Tarbuck) must investigate when the body of a woman is found in a lake. However, the detective involves himself in the case, compromising his chances of an unbiased trial. Crime drama, starring Nathaniel Parker and Sharon Small
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16x9
Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Nathaniel Parker
(Actor)
.. Det Insp Thomas Lynley
Sharon Small
(Actor)
.. Det Sgt Barbara Havers
Liza Tarbuck
(Actor)
.. DI Fiona Knight
Saskia Reeves
(Actor)
.. Eileen Edwards
George Costigan
(Actor)
.. Owen Harcourt-Baines
Catherine Russell
(Actor)
.. Helen Lynley
Paul Hickey
(Actor)
.. Lafferty
Adrian Rawlins
(Actor)
.. Tim Summer
Mary Stockley
(Actor)
.. Edie Covington
Nicholas Gleaves
(Actor)
.. Dr Simon Wilson
Mark Stobbart
(Actor)
.. Matt Ridgeon
Dave Hill
(Actor)
.. Joe Covington
Patricia Kerrigan
(Actor)
.. Tilda Covington
Molly Herbert
(Actor)
.. Millie Summer
Bobby Scott Freeman
(Actor)
.. SOCO
Michael Vivian
(Actor)
.. Chief Constable
Bruce Bennett
(Actor)
.. Quiz master
Eiry Hughes
(Actor)
.. Bar girl
Robert Purdy
(Actor)
.. Police Federation rep
Alan Barnes
(Actor)
.. Uniformed officer
Neelam Bakshi
(Actor)
.. Solicitor
Ben Lannoy
(Actor)
.. Joshua Holcombe
Sharon Hughff
(Producer)
Simon Massey
(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.
Liza Tarbuck
(Actor)
.. DI Fiona Knight
Born:
November 21, 1964
in
Liverpool
Best Known For:
The Big Breakfast and Linda Green.
Early-life:
Born November 21, 1964, the middle child of Liverpool comedian Jimmy Tarbuck and his wife Pauline. She doesn't like talking about her family's famous mates, but was good friends with Michael Parkinson's sons while growing up. At convent school, she considered becoming an artist, a PE teacher or a nun, but decided to follow her dad into showbusiness. She had a spell with the National Youth Theatre before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Career:
Tarbuck started out on stage before playing Pamela in the hugely popular ITV sitcom Watching. When the series ended in 1993, she featured in gritty drama Tumbledown, but after struggling to find more roles reinvented herself as a TV presenter, fronting The Weekend Show in 1995 and She's Gotta Have It, before going on to co-host The Big Breakfast with old pal Johnny Vaughan. Tarbuck stayed with the show for a year but left to take on new projects, including Blockbusters and comedy drama Linda Green. She's also appeared in Bleak House, Saxondale, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Extras and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and presented the Channel 4 series Without Prejudice and Britain's Top Dog.
Quote:
'I'm like most women, I have good bits and bad bits, but I'm pretty happy with the package. Life's too short to worry about having fat upper arms.'
Trivia:
She began presenting a Saturday night show on BBC Radio 2 in 2012.
Saskia Reeves
(Actor)
.. Eileen Edwards
George Costigan
(Actor)
.. Owen Harcourt-Baines
Catherine Russell
(Actor)
.. Helen Lynley
Best Known For:
Holby City.
Early-life:
Catherine was born in London in 1966, the daughter of actor Nicholas Smith and his wife Mary. She went on to train at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She made her TV debut in the 1988 one-off drama Madeline. Since then, she has been a regular on TV screens.
Career:
Russell's TV credits include The Cazalets, Chandler & Co, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Always and Everyone, Waking the Dead, Sea of Souls, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Pete Versus Life and Silent Witness. In 2012, she joined the cast of Holby City, playing consultant general surgeon Serena Campbell. Her film credits include Clockwork Mice (1995), Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1993) and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004). Her extensive stage career includes roles in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Last Carnival, The Day I Stood Still and Mamma Mia!
Quote:
On Holby City: 'It's always frightening joining something that's already up and running.'
Trivia:
Russell was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award for her performance in Chekhov's Three Sisters.
Paul Hickey
(Actor)
.. Lafferty
Adrian Rawlins
(Actor)
.. Tim Summer
Mary Stockley
(Actor)
.. Edie Covington
Nicholas Gleaves
(Actor)
.. Dr Simon Wilson
Mark Stobbart
(Actor)
.. Matt Ridgeon
Dave Hill
(Actor)
.. Joe Covington
Patricia Kerrigan
(Actor)
.. Tilda Covington
Molly Herbert
(Actor)
.. Millie Summer
Bobby Scott Freeman
(Actor)
.. SOCO
Michael Vivian
(Actor)
.. Chief Constable
Bruce Bennett
(Actor)
.. Quiz master
Eiry Hughes
(Actor)
.. Bar girl
Robert Purdy
(Actor)
.. Police Federation rep
Alan Barnes
(Actor)
.. Uniformed officer
Neelam Bakshi
(Actor)
.. Solicitor
Ben Lannoy
(Actor)
.. Joshua Holcombe
Sharon Hughff
(Producer)
Simon Massey
(Director)
Peter Jukes
(Writer)
