- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Alison Graham
We know by now that Lewis has no time for intellectuals or intellectualism, a twin handicap when you work in one of the world’s great university cities. But “books are bad for your health”? Even for such a truculently anti-clever Mr Plod as Lewis, this is an outrageous statement. He might say it wryly, but you can tell he means it.
Mind you, who can blame him for being so hangdog when he’s bombarded with pomposity by the increasingly insufferable Detective Sergeant Hathaway, who really has become very rude, snapping at witnesses and parading his erudition like a child with a toffee apple.
The pair come up against the usual clutch of obstructive academics when a visiting professor (David Soul) is murdered after lecturing on the controversial theory of “criminal dangerousness”, picketed by shouting, pouting and scowling TV drama extras.
About this programme
4/4. A visiting American academic delivers a controversial speech, with many audience members worried his ideas could be used to target ethnic minorities. So when he is found hanged the next morning and Dr Hobson quickly discounts suicide, Lewis and Hathaway realise they have many suspects - from the local anti-racism activist who was first in voicing her disgust at the professor's beliefs to the women who had bombarded him with threatening e-mails. But then another body turns up and the case takes on a new dimension. David Soul (Starsky and Hutch) and Patrick Baladi (Mistresses) guest star. Last in the series.
Cast and crew
Cast
- DI Lewis
- Kevin Whately
- DS Hathaway
- Laurence Fox
- Dr Hobson
- Clare Holman
- Ch Supt Innocent
- Rebecca Front
- Emily Robinson
- Harriet Madeley
- Will Pascoe
- Richard Southgate
- Paul Yelland
- David Soul
- Andrew Lipton
- David Calder
- Nina Clemens
- Pippa Bennett-Warner
- DI Peterson
- Jason Durr
- Adam Pettle
- Jake Curran
- Anne Rand
- Nancy Carroll
- Robert Fraser
- Patrick Baladi
- Lilian Hunter
- Nina Sosanya
- Myra Bennett
- Sian Webber
- DC Lockhart
- Kemi-Bo Jacobs
- Gurdip Sohal
- Alton Letto
- Stephen Pettle
- Huw Higginson
- Edna O'Brien
- Rita Davies
- Hazel O'Brien
- Josephine Tewson
- Dental nurse
- Amy Neilson Smith
Crew
- Director
- Tim Fywell
- Executive Producer
- Michele Buck
- Executive Producer
- Damien Timmer
- Producer
- Chris Burt
- Writer
- Simon Block
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