Lewis: The Quality of Mercy
04:00 am - 05:50 am, Thursday, December 25 on ITV3 +1 (Freeview) (58)
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The Quality of Mercy
Season 3, Episode 2
A student production of The Merchant of Venice is halted when the actor playing Shylock is murdered during the performance. Lewis and Hathaway are struck by the lack of grief among the cast and crew - especially the ambitious director, who wastes no time recasting the role. The detectives discover the victim had an expensive lifestyle and not only owed money to his fellow students, but was also suspected of stealing from them. However, the investigation has barely got under way before the killer strikes again. Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox star
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Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Kevin Whately
(Actor)
.. DI Robert Lewis
Laurence Fox
(Actor)
.. DS Hathaway
Daisy Lewis
(Actor)
.. Emma Golding
Daniel Sharman
(Actor)
.. Richard Scott
Maureen Beattie
(Actor)
.. Prof Denise Gregson
Shereen Martineau
(Actor)
.. Amanda Costello
Bryan Dick
(Actor)
.. Phil Beaumont
Ronan Vibert
(Actor)
.. Simon Monkford
Shaughan Seymour
(Actor)
.. Graham Wilkinson
Abby Ford
(Actor)
.. Isabel Dawson
Tariq Jordan
(Actor)
.. Barham Rezvani
Jo Herbert
(Actor)
.. Sally
Sonya Cassidy
(Actor)
.. Alison
Geoff Breton
(Actor)
.. Joe Myers
Annabelle Dowler
(Actor)
.. Christine Harper
Nicholas Pritchard
(Actor)
.. Professor James Alderson
Aled Pedrick
(Actor)
.. Duffy
Gwilym Lee
(Actor)
.. Terry Bainbridge
William Petrie
(Actor)
.. Webster
Clare Holman
(Actor)
.. Dr Laura Hobson
Rebecca Front
(Actor)
.. Ch Supt Innocent
Penny Bunton
(Actor)
.. Mrs Scott
Alan Plater
(Writer)
Bille Eltringham
(Director)
Chris Burt
(Producer)
Michele Buck
(Executive producer)
Damien Timmer
(Executive producer)
Rebecca Eaton
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Kevin Whately
(Actor)
.. DI Robert Lewis
Born:
February 06, 1951
in
Newcastle upon Tyne
Best Known For:
Playing John Thaw's right-hand man Lewis in Inspector Morse.
Early-life:
Kevin George Edward Whately was born on February 6, 1951, in Hexham, and grew up in the remote Northumberland countryside. His father was in the Navy, and Whately only saw him two or three times a year. He began acting at the age of four and it remained a passion throughout school, alongside a short-lived desire to be a doctor. When his careers teacher advised against acting, he went into accountancy for three years. He later trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His brother, Frank, is a drama lecturer.
Career:
Whately's TV debut came in a 1979 episode of Shoestring. Two years later he had a six-week stint on Coronation Street. His big break came in 1983, when he landed the role of Neville in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. In 1987, he made his first appearance as Sgt Lewis in Morse, and has since appeared in Peak Practice, the TV dramas Trip Trap, Gobble, and The Broker's Man, as well as Oscar-winning drama The English Patient. Other projects include Paranoid, Silent Cry, Murder in Mind, Purely Belter, Promoted to Glory and The Children. He's now the star of hit Morse spin-off Lewis.
Quote:
On John Thaw: "John had a wonderful sense of humour which is belied sometimes by journalists' impression of him as irascible. He was a wonderful mimic, particularly of people on the set rather than famous people."
Trivia:
Married to actress Madeleine Newton, who appeared alongside him in both Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Inspector Morse. They have two children, Kieran and Kitty. His daughter is an acclaimed opera singer.
Laurence Fox
(Actor)
.. DS Hathaway
Born:
May 26, 1978
in
Yorkshire
Best Known For:
Lewis.
Early-life:
Laurence Paul Fox was born in Yorkshire on May 26, 1978. Born into a theatrical family, he is the son of actor James Fox and the nephew of actor Edward Fox and theatre and film producer Robert Fox. Acting relatives also include his brother Jack and sister Lydia, and cousins Emilia Fox and Freddie Fox. Two years after leaving Harrow, Laurence developed a love of acting and enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada). During his time there, he appeared in a number of stage productions.
Career:
Fox was still studying at Rada when he landed a role in his first feature film, 2001 horror-thriller The Hole. He went on to star in Gosford Park (2001), TV miniseries Island at War and TV movie Colditz. His big break came in 2006 when he was cast alongside Kevin Whately in Inspector Morse spin-off Lewis. Other credits include Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Becoming Jane (2007), W.E. (2011) and TV movie Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me. Fox has also featured in a number of stage productions, including Strangers on a Train at London's Gielgud Theatre.
Quote:
"Acting can be a great job, but you do have to make up things to do when you're not working."
Trivia:
Wed fellow actress Billie Piper in 2007.
Daisy Lewis
(Actor)
.. Emma Golding
Daniel Sharman
(Actor)
.. Richard Scott
Maureen Beattie
(Actor)
.. Prof Denise Gregson
Shereen Martineau
(Actor)
.. Amanda Costello
Bryan Dick
(Actor)
.. Phil Beaumont
Born:
July 10, 1978
in
Carlisle
Best Known For:
Playing Ernie Wise in Eric & Ernie.
Early-life:
Bryan Dick was born in Carlisle on July 10, 1978. He wanted to become a dancer when he was younger and learned to play several musical instruments as a child. Supported by his parents and older brother, he went to stage school, and soon landed the first of several TV roles that made him a highly respected child actor before taking time off to concentrate on music. He saved up enough money to return to stage school aged 20, and shortly afterwards began attracting the attention of casting agents.
Career:
Dick's first starring role was in the ITV miniseries The Life and Times of Henry Pratt in 1992. Since then he has made guest appearances in a number of well-known TV shows, including Clocking Off, The Bill, Dalziel & Pascoe, Foyle's War, Blackpool, Bleak House, Shameless and Lewis. In 2011, he played Ernie Wise in the acclaimed BBC drama Eric & Ernie. On the big screen, Dick has starred in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Blood and Chocolate, and Colour Me Kubrick.
Quote:
"You can't love me like my big black jumper."
Trivia:
On the stage, Dick played Mozart in a 2007 production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Ronan Vibert
(Actor)
.. Simon Monkford
Shaughan Seymour
(Actor)
.. Graham Wilkinson
Abby Ford
(Actor)
.. Isabel Dawson
Tariq Jordan
(Actor)
.. Barham Rezvani
Jo Herbert
(Actor)
.. Sally
Sonya Cassidy
(Actor)
.. Alison
Geoff Breton
(Actor)
.. Joe Myers
Annabelle Dowler
(Actor)
.. Christine Harper
Nicholas Pritchard
(Actor)
.. Professor James Alderson
Aled Pedrick
(Actor)
.. Duffy
Gwilym Lee
(Actor)
.. Terry Bainbridge
William Petrie
(Actor)
.. Webster
Clare Holman
(Actor)
.. Dr Laura Hobson
Rebecca Front
(Actor)
.. Ch Supt Innocent
Born:
May 16, 1964
in
Stoke Newington
Best Known For:
The Thick of It.
Early-life:
Rebecca Louise Front was born in Stoke Newington on May 16, 1964. She comes from an artistic family - her father is an artist, her mother writes children's stories and her brother Jeremy writes (he and Rebecca often write together, most notably Radio 4's Incredible Women). Rebecca knew she wanted to act from the age of six or seven. After leaving school, she studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford, where she began performing with the Oxford Theatre Group.
Career:
Front's comedy career took off with the Radio 4 show The Bobo Girls, the second series of which was produced by Armando Iannucci, with whom she's worked with numerous times since, most notably on The Thick of It. Other comedy projects include On the Hour, The Day Today, Absolute Power, The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, The Spa and various Alan Partridge projects. Front has also dabbled in drama, with roles in The Rotters' Club, Kavanagh QC, Lewis, Jonathan Creek, and Humans.
Quote:
"I'd love a role in Sherlock. Or maybe I could play a Doctor Who monster or something. That'd be brilliant."
Trivia:
Front's father, Charles Front, designed the title logo for The Beatles album Rubber Soul.
Penny Bunton
(Actor)
.. Mrs Scott
Alan Plater
(Writer)
Bille Eltringham
(Director)
Chris Burt
(Producer)
Michele Buck
(Executive producer)
Damien Timmer
(Executive producer)
Rebecca Eaton
(Executive producer)
