Low Winter Sun (2006)

Frank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the perfect crime.

Director:

Adrian Shergold

Writer:

Simon Donald

Stars:

Irene Bagach, Fiona Bell, Jimmy Chisholm

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Irene Bagach	...	Sinada
Fiona Bell	...	Sheena Baille
Jimmy Chisholm	...	Billy Lannigan
Richard Conlon	...	Adrian Elliot
Paul Donnelly	...	Soco officer
Michelle Duncan	...	Det Con Louise Cullen
Alex Ferns	...	Liam Carnegie
Fat Frank	...	Eugene
Gareth Glen	...	Man
Burn Gorman	...	Det Con Kenny Morton
Mercedes Grower	...	Marilyn
Paul Higgins	...	David Westwood
Burt Kwouk	...	Mr. Gim Yeung
Niall Macgregor	...	John Hoey
Brian McCardie	...	Det Con Joe Geddes

Storyline

Frank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the perfect crime.

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Taglines:

Who would you kill for?

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 September 2006 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tiger Aspect Productions, BBC America, Channel 4 Television Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

180 min 180 min (2 parts)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Remade as Low Winter Sun (2013)

User Reviews

Too grim, too dialectal, too much bad language

I tried to like this, but in the end I had to give up. It was all too dour and it was too gruelling to try to make out what everyone was saying (strong Scottish accents). It was also too wearing hearing all the endless swearing. (Often these were the clearest words spoken.) This language may be realistic, but this is entertainment, not a documentary. The story, after all, is not very believable.

I saw this on BBC Prime, the endless-repeats-from-a-bin-of-old-tapes channel the BBC half-heartedly throws together for people outside the UK. This was one of the few programmes not from the BBC's own dusty archives. It's a pity it was not better, since the channel is very short of material.