- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Jane Rackham
Det Supt Sandra Pullman and her Last of the Summer Wine team of ’tecs are working on the disappearance of a physics professor from a Dover-bound train in 2004. They’ve re-opened the case despite being politely warned off by a shadowy Whitehall figure played
by Tim McInnerny. At least I think that’s what he was doing.
After they’ve made some impressive if unbelievable leaps of logic, the investigation culminates at St Pancras Station where a suspect sporting a Matrix-style floor-length leather coat — presumably in order to blend in with the commuter crowds — actually causes Jack Halford to run. For several minutes! It’s the most exciting bit of the entire episode.
About this programme
7/10. The team investigates the mystery of a missing scientist, after the man's wife receives a series of e-mails from someone claiming to know what happened to him. The physics professor was last seen in 2004, on a train to Paris for a conference, and when he disappeared he was working on a potentially lucrative cold fusion project that had attracted attention from many large organisations. However, as the detectives dig deeper, a shadowy Whitehall figure warns Sandra's boss Strickland they should drop the case.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Brian Lane
- Alun Armstrong
- Jack Halford
- James Bolam
- Sandra Pullman
- Amanda Redman
- Gerry Standing
- Dennis Waterman
- DAC Robert Strickland
- Anthony Calf
- Stephen Fisher
- Tim McInnerny
- Bea Mackenna
- Rebecca Front
- Paul Leonard
- Matthew Blackmore
- Martin Fallon
- Shaun Williamson
- Alice Fox
- Keeley Forsyth
- Kirsty Daniels
- Amy Phillips
- David Townsend
- Gary Powell
- Peter Rowley
- Kevin McMonagle
- Brian Rutland
- Andrew Woodall
- DI Thomas Doyle
- William Key
Crew
- Director
- Julian Simpson
- Producer
- Keith Thompson
- Writer
- Julian Simpson
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