"Jericho" (2005)TV series

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

16 October 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Robert Lindsay	...	D.I. Michael Jericho (4 episodes, 2005)
David Troughton	...	Sgt. Clive Harvey (4 episodes, 2005)
Ciarán McMenamin	...	DC John Caldicott / ... (4 episodes, 2005)
Nicholas Jones	...	AC Cherry / ... (4 episodes, 2005)
Lydia Leonard	...	Angela (4 episodes, 2005)
Lee Ross	...	Louis (4 episodes, 2005)
Kellie Bright	...	WPC Penny Collins (4 episodes, 2005)
Aurélie Bargème	...	Juliette (4 episodes, 2005)
Eve Matheson	...	Rita Harvey (4 episodes, 2005)
Brendan Coyle	...	Christie (3 episodes, 2005)
Aran Bell	...	Jericho's Father (3 episodes, 2005)
Andrew Thorpe	...	Young Jericho (3 episodes, 2005)
Zoe Colton	...	Jenny Harvey (3 episodes, 2005)
Peter Bowles	...	Fleming (2 episodes, 2005)
Grant Davis	...	Grace (2 episodes, 2005)

Series Directed by
Nicholas Renton		(2 episodes, 2005)

Series Writing credits
Stewart Harcourt		(4 episodes, 2005)

Series Produced by
Cameron McAllister	....	producer (4 episodes, 2005)
Damien Timmer	....	executive producer (4 episodes, 2005)
Michele Buck	....	executive producer (3 episodes, 2005)
Danielle Brandon	....	line producer (2 episodes, 2005)
Rebecca Eaton	....	executive producer: WGBH Boston (2 episodes, 2005)

Series Original Music by
Dominik Scherrer		(4 episodes, 2005)

Series Cinematography by
Alan Almond		(2 episodes, 2005)
Sue Gibson		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Kevin Lester		(2 episodes, 2005)

Series Casting by
Carrie Hilton		(3 episodes, 2005)

Series Production Design by
Rob Harris		(2 episodes, 2005)

Series Art Direction by
Phil Harvey		(2 episodes, 2005)

Series Set Decoration by
Claire Nia Richards		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Barbara Kidd		(2 episodes, 2005)

Series Makeup Department
Anita Burger	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 2005)
Carol Cooper-Bigsby	....	makeup designer (2 episodes, 2005)
Talli Pachter	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 2005)
Sian Turner	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 2005)

Series Production Management
Sam Lucas	....	post-production supervisor (4 episodes, 2005)
Harriet Sutcliffe	....	unit manager (2 episodes, 2005)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mark Goddard	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 2005)
Paul Morris	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 2005)
Alex Streeter	....	third assistant director (2 episodes, 2005)
Scott Bunce	....	third assistant director (unknown episodes)
Adam Coop	....	additional third assistant director (unknown episodes)
Dominic Fysh	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Matthew Sharp	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Jo Riddell	....	graphics assistant (4 episodes, 2005)
Emma Caplin	....	stand-by art director (2 episodes, 2005)
Gary Dawson	....	stand-by props (2 episodes, 2005)
Kevin Day	....	stand-by props (2 episodes, 2005)
Mickey Lennon	....	property master (2 episodes, 2005)
Geraint Powell	....	production buyer (2 episodes, 2005)
Claire Nia Richards	....	set dresser (2 episodes, 2005)

Series Sound Department
Chris Gurney	....	boom operator (4 episodes, 2005)
Rosie Straker	....	sound recordist / production sound mixer (3 episodes, 2005)
Lee Crichlow	....	sound effects editor (2 episodes, 2005)
Stuart Hilliker	....	dubbing mixer (2 episodes, 2005)
Kallis Shamaris	....	dialogue editor (2 episodes, 2005)
Craig Butters	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Gordon Thomson	....	sound mixer: second unit (unknown episodes)
Colin Wood	....	second boom operator (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Kristen Branan	....	head of production: Zoic Studios (1 episode, 2005)
Simon Blackledge	....	visual effects supervisor (unknown episodes)
Tanvir Hanif	....	digital effects artist (unknown episodes)
Sarah Rees	....	digital effects artist (unknown episodes)
Matt Wood	....	digital effects artist (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Peter Brayham	....	stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 2005)
Tony Lucken	....	stunts (2 episodes, 2005)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Ben Appleton	....	clapper loader (2 episodes, 2005)
Richard Davies	....	camera grip (2 episodes, 2005)
Robert Gavigan	....	best boy (2 episodes, 2005)
Julian Morson	....	camera operator / steadicam operator (2 episodes, 2005)
Andrew Speller	....	camera operator: second unit (2 episodes, 2005)
Simon Surtees	....	clapper loader (2 episodes, 2005)
Steven Swannell	....	gaffer (2 episodes, 2005)
Bernt Wiese	....	focus puller (2 episodes, 2005)
Tobias Marshall	....	camera trainee (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Tamara Notcutt	....	casting assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lee Croucher	....	costume assistant (2 episodes, 2005)
Charlotte Law	....	costume assistant (2 episodes, 2005)
Grieg Miles-Taylor	....	costume design assistant (2 episodes, 2005)
Marion Weise	....	costume supervisor (2 episodes, 2005)
Sunny Rowley	....	costume assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Matt Gauci	....	avid technical support (4 episodes, 2005)
Chris Beeton	....	colorist (2 episodes, 2005)
Gerald Morris	....	assistant editor (2 episodes, 2005)
Simon Giblin	....	on-line editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Richard Hammarton	....	orchestrator: score (unknown episodes)

Series Transportation Department
John Doran	....	transportation captain (1 episode, 2005)

Series Other crew
Matt Gauci	....	avid technical support (4 episodes, 2005)
David Ruddock	....	assistant accountant (4 episodes, 2005)
Sonia Sangar	....	production secretary (3 episodes, 2005)
Janice Brackenridge	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 2005)
Rebecca Keane	....	script executive (2 episodes, 2005)
Gail Kennett	....	production executive (2 episodes, 2005)
Sarah McBryde	....	production coordinator (2 episodes, 2005)
Kate McKerrell	....	script editor (2 episodes, 2005)
Vincent O'Toole	....	production accountant (2 episodes, 2005)
Naomi Philipson	....	press officer (2 episodes, 2005)
Sandra Powell	....	picture publicist (2 episodes, 2005)
Patrick Schweitzer	....	location manager (2 episodes, 2005)
Tracey Waller	....	title designer (2 episodes, 2005)
Gavin Carruthers	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Graham Cox	....	set runner (unknown episodes)
Clifford De Spenser	....	dialogue coach (unknown episodes)
Steve Morphew	....	stand-in: Robert Lindsay (unknown episodes)
Sylvia Parker	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Tracey Taylor	....	trainee accounts assistant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Granada Television (co-production)
• WGBH (co-production)

Distributors

• Independent Television (ITV) (2005) (UK) (TV)

Other Companies

• 3Sixty Media  visual effects
• Boom  sound post-production
• Casting Collective  extras casting

Runtime:

UK:120 min (including commercials) (4 episodes)

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

State Theatre, George Street, Grays, Essex, England, UK

Company:

Granada Television

Trivia:

Episode 1.1 was dedicated to the memory of N'Deaye Ba (aka Inday Ba) who played Martha Sorin. She died on 26 April 2005, shortly after she finished filming for her role in Jericho.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Comedy Connections: To the Manor Born (#4.5)" (2006)

Not the greatest

This series invites a direct comparison with Foyle's War, and Jericho definitely comes off second-best. It's clear that from a production point of view the creators of Jericho threw all they had at their disposal. There is an overdone music soundtrack which verges on the annoying. There are all the props to re-create the 1950's feel, including even two period London double-decker buses, and the costumes are first-rate, but somehow it seems to go wrong so much of the time. There is an attempt to relive film noir, but that's hard when you shoot in color. There are even typewritten subs for each location in the episodes -- a cliché long before this series was made.

As DI Michael Jericho, Robert Lindsay seems to be lost, and he's not much helped by the scripts. Is Jericho supposed to be confident media hero, maverick detective, harried cop just doing his job, or neurotic failing to come to terms with the death of his father (which he relives far too often in flashback)? Even his dyed hair looks wrong -- only men of a certain orientation dyed their hair in the 1950's; and he's not enough of an actor to persuade us to forget that he plays a comic dentist in the series "My Family." In short, this is no Foyle's War, and Lindsay is no Michael Kitchen.