Lewis: The Point of Vanishing
04:00 am - 05:45 am, Friday, December 26 on ITV3 +1 (Freeview) (58)
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The Point of Vanishing
Season 3, Episode 3
Religious fanatic Steven Mullan is found beaten and drowned in his bath. Lewis and Hathaway discover he had been imprisoned for trying to kill well-known atheist Tom Rattan and had only recently been released. The inspector soon has reason to believe the Rattan family is hiding something from him - but nothing prepares him for the evidence Dr Hobson uncovers at the post-mortem. Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox star, with guest appearances by Jenny Seagrove and Julian Wadham
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Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Kevin Whately
(Actor)
.. DI Robert Lewis
Laurence Fox
(Actor)
.. DS Hathaway
Ophelia Lovibond
(Actor)
.. Jessica Rattenbury
Julian Wadham
(Actor)
.. Tom Rattenbury
Jenny Seagrove
(Actor)
.. Cecile Rattenbury
Zoe Boyle
(Actor)
.. Hope Ransome
Ben Aldridge
(Actor)
.. Daniel Rattenbury
Danny Midwinter
(Actor)
.. Steven Mullan
Dougal Irvine
(Actor)
.. Alex Hadley
Kellie Shirlie
(Actor)
.. Madeleine Cotton
Clare Holman
(Actor)
.. Dr Laura Hobson
Rebecca Front
(Actor)
.. Ch Supt Innocent
Catherine Walker
(Actor)
.. Fiona McKendrick
Tim Treloar
(Actor)
.. Marc Cotton
Susan Tracy
(Actor)
.. Frances Wheeler
Michael Simkins
(Actor)
.. Manfred Canter
Simon Shackleton
(Actor)
.. Canter's lawyer
Paul Rutman
(Writer)
Maurice Phillips
(Director)
Chris Burt
(Producer)
Rebecca Eaton
(Executive producer)
Michele Buck
(Executive producer)
Damien Timmer
(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.
Ophelia Lovibond
(Actor)
.. Jessica Rattenbury
Julian Wadham
(Actor)
.. Tom Rattenbury
Jenny Seagrove
(Actor)
.. Cecile Rattenbury
Born:
July 04, 1957
in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Best Known For:
Being 'A Woman of Substance'.
Early-life:
Jennifer Ann Seagrove was born on July 4, 1957, in Malaysia. Her father had been sent to the country during World War Two to work for British Intelligence as he spoke fluent Japanese. He later became a businessman. Seagrove was sent to boarding school in England when she was nine. She claims her solo flying trips to and from home turned her into a fiercely independent traveller. After completing her education, she trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in London.
Career:
Jenny made her film debut in Moonlighting in 1982, but comedy drama Local Hero and miniseries A Woman of Substance made her name. She has starred in such movies as Appointment with Death, A Chorus of Disapproval, and Don't Go Breaking My Heart, which she also produced. She also appears on stage regularly, and has starred in such successes as The Female Odd Couple, a version of Neil Simon's comedy classic, and The Constant Wife. Jenny featured in West End play The Secret Rapture, took the lead role in the 2001 movie Zoe, and played Jo Mills in the legal drama Judge John Deed. She continues to work extensively in theatre.
Quote:
"The things that were thrown at me were just to make me learn and to expand me as a human being."
Trivia:
She is an animal rights activist.
Zoe Boyle
(Actor)
.. Hope Ransome
Ben Aldridge
(Actor)
.. Daniel Rattenbury
Danny Midwinter
(Actor)
.. Steven Mullan
Dougal Irvine
(Actor)
.. Alex Hadley
Kellie Shirlie
(Actor)
.. Madeleine Cotton
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.
Catherine Walker
(Actor)
.. Fiona McKendrick
Tim Treloar
(Actor)
.. Marc Cotton
Susan Tracy
(Actor)
.. Frances Wheeler
Michael Simkins
(Actor)
.. Manfred Canter
Simon Shackleton
(Actor)
.. Canter's lawyer
Paul Rutman
(Writer)
Maurice Phillips
(Director)
Chris Burt
(Producer)
Rebecca Eaton
(Executive producer)
Michele Buck
(Executive producer)
Damien Timmer
(Executive producer)
