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- Jane Anderson
Police chaplain Jake Thorne (played once again by Lenny Henry) has lost his wife (she betrayed him), his father (he died) and his God (AWOL and not missed). So when he arrives to work with a new police force, he is in no mood to suffer fools gladly, let alone racist officers.
To add to the dark setting, his first task is to help a police artist unravel the religious imagery contained in a picture that was described to her by a young boy accused of murder. The 11-year-old’s vision has all the trappings of Satanic abuse, but is this something he’s actually suffered or a mish-mash of Catholic iconography and violent movies? Thorne turns to the elderly local priest for some advice but is met with a most unexpected response.
About this programme
1/3. New series. By Peter Jukes. Lenny Henry returns as irreverent police chaplain Jake, who accepts a secondment to another force after the death of his father and breakdown of his marriage. He is tasked with improving a substandard division, but becomes embroiled in a murder case involving an 11-year-old, forcing him to re-evaluate his concept of original sin. Drama, with Vincent Ebrahim and John Rowe.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Jake
- Lenny Henry
- Chief Supt Sufiq
- Vincent Ebrahim
- Fr Frank
- John Rowe
- Kevin
- Conrad Nelson
- Alyssa
- Seroca Davis
- Edie
- Nadine Marshall
- Tony
- Clive Russell
- Amanda
- Alex Tregear
- French woman
- Susie Riddell
Crew
- Director
- Mary Peate
- Producer
- Mary Peate
- Writer
- Peter Jukes
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