- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Alison Graham
The first victim in scriptwriter Alan Plater’s genteel puzzle, first shown in 2008, is a self-consciously quirky and annoying female student (more than enough motive to bump her off, believe me) who runs bogus heritage tours of the city. She’s found dead with a snippet of a Shelley poem in her pocket.
Another victim is discovered in
the Bodleian Library — if you’re
going to be murdered, it might as well be in world-renowned academic surroundings, rather than by the bins — and the suspects in both cases are supercilious university professors. Cue wry looks from Lewis and Hathaway (Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox).
About this programme
1/4. Hathaway and Lewis investigate the death of a maintenance engineer found shot in the head in the basement of the Bodleian Library. A search of the man's house reveals a stash of valuable volumes and a connection to the local Gamblers Anonymous group, and the detectives go on to expose a scam involving two Oxford academics. Drama, guest starring Neil Pearson and Haydn Gwynne, with Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox.
Cast and crew
Cast
- DI Robert Lewis
- Kevin Whately
- DS Hathaway
- Laurence Fox
- Chapman
- Darren Clarke
- Sandra Walters
- Haydn Gwynne
- Eric Jameson
- Sam Alexander
- Nell Buckley
- Emily Beecham
- Philip Horton
- Tom Riley
- Dr Stringer
- Neil Pearson
- Jeffreys
- Ian Burfield
- Dr Laura Hobson
- Clare Holman
- Baxter
- James Weaver
- Franklin
- Felix Scott
- James Coupland
- Jack Gordon
- Jane Evans
- Jeany Spark
- Charles Williamson
- Caleb Rowe
- Ch Supt Innocent
- Rebecca Front
- Naomi Norris
- Julia St John
- Susan Chapman
- Caroline O'Neil
- Jackson
- Billy Geraghty
- Veronica Gray
- Pippa Haywood
Crew
- Director
- Dan Reed
- Executive Producer
- Rebecca Eaton
- Executive Producer
- Michele Buck
- Executive Producer
- Ted Childs
- Executive Producer
- Damien Timmer
- Producer
- Chris Burt
- Writer
- Alan Plater
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