Dead Water (1 Apr. 1994)

Alleyn's old French teacher, the landlord of an idyllic Scottish island is receiving death threats because she's blocking its development as a health spa.

Director:

John Woods

Writers:

T.R. Bowen (screenplay), Ngaio Marsh (novel)

Stars:

Patrick Malahide, Belinda Lang, William Simons

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Patrick Malahide	...	Chief Inspector Alleyn
Belinda Lang	...	Agatha Troy
William Simons	...	Inspector Fox
Ewen Bremner	...	Walter McNabb
Jane Lapotaire	...	Elspeth Cost
Eleanor David	...	Margaret Ballantyne
Margaret Tyzack	...	Emily Pride
Lynsey Beauchamp	...	Miss Godwin (as Linsey Beauchamp)
T.R. Bowen	...	Brigadier (as Trevor Bowen)
Andrew Melville	...	Bill McNabb
Andrea Gibb	...	Cissie McCulloch
Jimmy Yuill	...	Angus Findlay
James Cosmo	...	Major Keith Ballantyne
Richard Dempsey	...	Patrick Ferrier
Robert McIntosh	...	Alistair Cruickshank

Storyline

Emily Pride, Alleyn's cantankerous old French teacher, is the landlord of Portascarrick, an idyllic Scottish island with Pixie Falls, a small waterfall, which, according to local Celtic tradition, holds healing powers and can render miraculous cures. Some of the locals have vested financial interests in commercializing it and turning it into a mystical health spa. Miss Pride is dead set against the development and warns local merchant Elspeth Cost and others involved in the project that it must stop or their leases will be terminated. When she starts to receive death threats for her opposition,she asks her old pupil for help... and a gun.

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Plot Keywords:

french teacher | development | health spa | island | waterfall | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 April 1994 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

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Quotes

Major Keith Ballantyne: [to Alleyn] You're a little bit posh for a copper, aren't you? I've met your type before. Swanky armored regiments thinking they're cavalry with horses.
Chief Inspector Alleyn: I'm still a copper.
Major Keith Ballantyne: Yes.
[Turns and walks away]

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