Hit and Run (6 Sep. 2004)

DCI Lewis finds that a hit-and-run she witnessed that killed a young girl and the mutilation murder of an illegal immigrant lap dancer may be linked.

Director:

Pip Broughton

Writers:

Cath Staincliffe (creator), Cath Staincliffe

Stars:

Caroline Quentin, Ian Kelsey, Paul Loughran

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Caroline Quentin	...	DCI Janine Lewis
Ian Kelsey	...	DI Richard Mayne
Paul Loughran	...	DS Butchers
Nicholas Murchie	...	DS Shap
David Schofield	...	DCS Hackett
Joe Tucker	...	Pete Lewis
Nina Fog	...	Connie
Adam Kotz	...	James Harper / Konrad Sulikov
Martin Walsh	...	Lee Stone
Paul-Michael Giblin	...	Jez Gleason
Steve Hillman	...	Chris Chinley
Eve Steele	...	Debbie Chinley
Geoff Breton	...	Michael Lewis
Catherine Jenkins	...	Eleanor Lewis
Ceallach Spellman	...	Tom Lewis

Storyline

D.C.I. Janine Lewis returns after her maternity leave only to be plunged into a murder investigation - and then witness to a hit-and-run incident at her son Tom's school. The murder investigation leads them to a strip club run by James Harper - the owner of the vehicle involved in the hit-and-run.

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Plot Keywords:

hit and run | illegal immigrant | mercedes | mutilation | police procedural | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 September 2004 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Granada Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min 83 min 69 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

DCI Janine Lewis: Death seems to be following me around.

User Reviews

Better than Dedalus

Two crimes, two deaths, two lines come together in the course of the inquiry. The tricky intricacies of the two lines and how they get together is the core of the film. So you'll have to watch it to know. The first line is a hit and run with an officially reported stolen car But the hit and run was caused by the stress of the mission the driver was on. The second line is that of illegal immigration from Eastern Europe: girls who come to England to be nothing but whores and eventually barmaids, to cover up the deal. And then you add to that a fictitious pimp who looks and sounds like Bizet's famous invisible Arlésienne. What appears clearly in this episode is that the author cooled down the DCS and insisted on the social and political problem treated here. Quite a good job.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines