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Prayer for the Dead
Season 11, Episode 2
Feature-length episode. McVitie suffers a heart attack and Jim is promoted to acting superintendent in his absence, but does not take kindly to the extra responsibility - or being accused of benefiting from someone else's misfortune. Crime drama, featuring the final appearance of Mark McManus as Jim Taggart
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Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Police/Crime Drama
Cast & Crew
Mark McManus
(Actor)
.. DCI Jim Taggart
James MacPherson
(Actor)
.. Michael Jardine
Iain Anders
(Actor)
.. Sgt Jack McVitie
Blythe Duff
(Actor)
.. Det Sgt Jackie Reid
Robert Robertson
(Actor)
.. Dr Stephen Andrews
Mona Bruce
(Actor)
.. Marjorie McVitie
Simone Lahbib
(Actor)
.. Sarah Stevenson
Derek Riddell
(Actor)
.. Dr Costello
Stewart Preston
(Actor)
.. Chief Supt Anderson
Richard Holthouse
(Director)
Barry Appleton
(Writer)
Glenn Chandler
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Mark McManus
(Actor)
.. DCI Jim Taggart
James MacPherson
(Actor)
.. Michael Jardine
Iain Anders
(Actor)
.. Sgt Jack McVitie
Blythe Duff
(Actor)
.. Det Sgt Jackie Reid
Robert Robertson
(Actor)
.. Dr Stephen Andrews
Mona Bruce
(Actor)
.. Marjorie McVitie
Simone Lahbib
(Actor)
.. Sarah Stevenson
Born:
February 06, 1965
in
Stirling
Best Known For:
Playing Helen in the first three series of Bad Girls.
Early-life:
Born Simone Nicole Jean Lahbib Ould Cheikl on February 6, 1965, in Stirling, Scotland. She spent some of her younger years in Edinburgh. Her mother is Scottish, her father Algerian. Despite being a tomboy who loved climbing trees, she studied ballet before turning to drama. She claims one of the highlights of her time at acting school was appearing as Cathy in a production of Wuthering Heights. 'That was amazing to do,' she reveals. She also sang with band Svelte Seduction.
Career:
Lahbib made her film debut in 1986's The Girl in the Picture, but had to wait six years before appearing on TV in a 1992 edition of Taggart. In between, she worked extensively on stage in various productions. Another Taggart case followed in 1994, before regional soap London Bridge introduced her to a wider audience a year later. In 1998, she made both Thief Takers and The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, but it was Bad Girls in 1999 which marked her out as a talent to watch. She's since starred in Long Haul, Family, Monarch of the Glen, Wire in the Blood and Single Handed.
Quote:
'In stories about me, I get all the S words now: Stunning Scots actress Simone Lahbib or sensational, sultry, stunning Scot Simone. I suppose I should be grateful they haven't opted for slapper Simone!'
Derek Riddell
(Actor)
.. Dr Costello
Stewart Preston
(Actor)
.. Chief Supt Anderson
Richard Holthouse
(Director)
Barry Appleton
(Writer)
Glenn Chandler
(Writer)
