Counter Culture Blues (29 Aug. 2010)
"Lewis" Counter Culture Blues (original title)

The lead singer of a 60s rock band who is believed to have committed suicide 35 years earlier suddenly materializes and wants to reorganize the group.

Director:

Bill Anderson

Writers:

Colin Dexter (inspired by the Inspector Morse novels of), Nick Dear (story),

Stars:

Daniel Kaluuya, Paul Panting, Tom Kane

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Daniel Kaluuya	...	Declan
Paul Panting	...	Craig Bell
Tom Kane	...	Lucas (as Thomas Kane)
Perdita Weeks	...	Kitten
Nick Malinowski	...	Reverend Armstrong
Kevin Whately	...	DI Robert Lewis
David Hayman	...	Richie Maguire
Trevor Byfield	...	Bone (as Zig Byfield)
Joanna Lumley	...	Esme Ford
Laurence Fox	...	DS James Hathaway
Jessica Manley	...	Jo
Renee Montemayor	...	Jacinta
Anthony Higgins	...	Franco
Philip Correia	...	Concierge
Simon Callow	...	Vernon Oxe

Storyline

Thirty-five years after she supposedly drowned herself, rock star Esme Ford returns to Oxford to secretly re-establish her band Midnight Addiction with former members Richie, Mack and Franco. The secrecy extends to the band's reaction when an orphaned teenage boy is killed outside Richie's house. Then ex-roadie Bone and Richie's daughter's music tutor, who used to write the band's sleeve-notes, are also murdered. Midnight Addiction may well once have been the real thing but several people are definitely not what they first seem to be.

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Plot Keywords:

rock band | detective sergeant | reference to marlon brando | detective series | homicide | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 August 2010 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Hook End Manor, Checkendon, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

ITV Productions, WGBH

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min 93 min (video release) 93 min (11 episodes)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jane Bertish and Trevor Byfield have appeared in both Inspector Morse and the spin off Lewis.

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Quotes

DI Robert Lewis: All she's done since I got her in is make one phone call to the Randolph
Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent: Who'd she speak to?
DI Robert Lewis: the Hotel switchboard cannot divulge that information
Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent: They'll find they bloody well can if I go round there
DI Robert Lewis: Not necessary; I know who it was
Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent: Oh god; I get so worried when you do this inscrutable thing

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Connections

References Frankenstein (1931)

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Soundtracks

"When I Get My Business Fixed"
(credited)
Composed by Barrington Pheloung and Bernie Holland
Performed by Maggie Bell

User Reviews

Deadpan as usual, but it could have been worse.

Too many murders, not enough brains.

Didn't they use this year old cliché of "victim saved by the last chase, corny music included" on the last episode, "The Point of Vanishing"? Are they going to inflict us any other form of brain damage, or is it going to be a "repeat" of old formulas already used in 50' lowbrow US films? 3 gays, 2 of which are mean and coward. Again, stereotypes, anyone :(? It's a mystery to me how Colin Dexter could have co written this. Morse is a work of genius. Lewis is a below average TV series.

At least there's no hint of Lewis' desire for young beautiful students nor DS Hathaway's gleeful acceptance of his Master. But once, "he's a genius" when he pulls of an interview so out of his normal self it seems... they needed to speed up this bad episode, in fear they may drone on with this awful series.

Enjoy... if you can :)!