"A Mind to Kill" (1994) TV series 1994-

Creators:

Sion Eirian
Lyn Ebenezer
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Wales | Murder | Based On Film | Detective

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Philip Madoc	...	DCI Noel Bain (21 episodes, 1994-2002)
Ffion Wilkins	...	Hannah Bain / ... (14 episodes, 1994-2002)
Sharon Morgan	...	Professor Margaret Edwards, pathologist / ... (12 episodes, 1994-2002)
Gillian Elisa	...	DS Alison Griffiths / ... (9 episodes, 1994-2001)

Series Directed by
Peter Edwards		(6 episodes, 1994-1997)
Edward Thomas		(4 episodes, 1994-2002)
Philip John		(2 episodes, 2001)

Series Writing credits
David Joss Buckley		(15 episodes, 1994-2002)
Jeff Dodds		(2 episodes, 2002)
Lyn Ebenezer		(unknown episodes)
Sion Eirian		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Mike Parker	....	producer (7 episodes, 2001-2002)
David Joss Buckley	....	associate producer (6 episodes, 2001-2002)
Clive Waldron	....	line producer / producer (3 episodes, 1994-1998)
Peter Edwards	....	producer (3 episodes, 1994)
Brian Harris	....	executive producer (2 episodes, 1994)
Dafydd Huw Williams	....	executive producer (2 episodes, 1994)

Series Original Music by
Mark Thomas		(20 episodes, 1994-2002)

Series Cinematography by
Peter Thornton		(15 episodes, 1994-2002)

Series Film Editing by
John Gillanders		(2 episodes, 1994)

Series Production Design by
Gerald Murphy		(2 episodes, 1994)
Owain Williams		(2 episodes, 1995)

Series Art Direction by
Keith Maxwell		(1 episode, 1998)

Series Costume Design by
Pamela Moore		(1 episode, 1994)

Series Makeup Department
Carole Williams	....	makeup designer (2 episodes, 1994)
Claire Williams	....	assistant makeup artist (2 episodes, 1994)

Series Production Management
Dic Jones	....	production manager (2 episodes, 1994)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Catrin Lewis Defis	....	second assistant director / first assistant director (9 episodes, 1994-1997)
Wyn Owen	....	third assistant director (2 episodes, 1994)
Artie Thomas	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 1994)

Series Art Department
Paul Biggs	....	stand-by props (2 episodes, 1994)
Lesley Dearn	....	assistant designer (2 episodes, 1994)
Rosalie Kenworthy-Kneale	....	buyer (2 episodes, 1994)
Owain Williams	....	assistant designer (2 episodes, 1994)
Mark Cordory	....	sfx props (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Darran Clement	....	sound re-recording mixer / dialogue editor (14 episodes, 1994-1998)
Damian Reynolds	....	dubbing editor (14 episodes, 1994-1998)
Paul McFadden	....	sound effects editor / adr editor / ... (3 episodes, 1994-1998)
Barrie White	....	sound mixer (3 episodes, 1994-1997)
Dic Roberts	....	boom operator (2 episodes, 1994)
Dai Shell	....	dubbing mixer (2 episodes, 1994)
Mike Turner	....	sound mixer / sound recordist (2 episodes, 1994)
Gareth Meirion	....	sound recordist (2 episodes, 2001-2002)

Series Special Effects by
Casper Lailey	....	special effects technician (unknown episodes)
Ken Lailey	....	special effects supervisor (unknown episodes)
Alastair Vardy	....	special effects technician (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Richard Reeve	....	visual effects (2 episodes, 1994)

Series Stunts
Steve Wilsher	....	stunt performer (2 episodes, 1994)
Marc Cass	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Tom Delmar	....	stunt driver (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Warren Orchard	....	still photographer (7 episodes, 2001-2002)
John Robinson	....	grip (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Dave Coles	....	electrician (2 episodes, 1994)
Dorian Evans	....	electrician (2 episodes, 1994)
Martin Stephens	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1994)
Olly Tellett	....	focus puller (2 episodes, 1994)
Kevin Rudge	....	camera operator / focus puller (unknown episodes)
Kevin Scott	....	clapper loader (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sheri Lund	....	costume assistant (1 episode, 1994)
Katrina Perkins	....	costume assistant (1 episode, 1994)

Series Editorial Department
Tom Mayclim	....	negative cutting assistant (13 episodes, 1994-1997)

Series Other crew
Menna Jones	....	office coordinator (2 episodes, 1994)
Jane van Koningsveld	....	continuity (2 episodes, 1994)

Production Companies

• Lluniau Lliw/4L Productions (seasons 1-2)

Distributors

• Channel 5 Television
• Harlech Television (HTV)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M

Company:

Lluniau Lliw/4L Productions

Trivia:

Welsh-language versions of the earlier seasons' episodes were filmed in parallel with the English-language episodes, for transmission in Wales with a series title Yr Heliwr (The Hunter).

Movie Connections:

Spin off from A Mind to Kill (1991)

A competent series but lost to the main body of TV viewers by being broadcast on Channel 5.

Philip Madoc is a very dependable actor and he plays his character, DCI Noel Bain, very well with a touch of humour. The sub-plot has him a widower with a late-teenage daughter and there is also a consistent thread of other sub-plots in and around the police station.

The story-lines were good, up to the standard of such major series as 'Frost', and the direction firm.

The pity is that this series (I don't know how many episodes were made, but it must have been 13 or so, having been made by Pearson, was aired on Channel 5 and therefore went largely ignored.