"Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent" (2010) TV series 2010-2011

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Drama

Cast

Kelly Reilly	...	DI Anna Travis (3 episodes, 2010-2011)
Ciarán Hinds	...	DCS James Langton (3 episodes, 2010-2011)
Shaun Dingwall	...	DCI Mike Lewis (3 episodes, 2010-2011)
Celyn Jones	...	DS Paul Barolli (3 episodes, 2010-2011)
Amanda Lawrence	...	Joan Faukland (3 episodes, 2010-2011)
Richard Brake	...	Marshall / ... (3 episodes, 2011)
Richard Clothier	...	Pete Jenkins (3 episodes, 2011)
James Clyde	...	Julias D'Anton / ... (3 episodes, 2011)
Stine Stengade	...	Julia Larson (3 episodes, 2011)
Tilly Blackwood	...	Sadie D'Anton (2 episodes, 2011)
Ray Fearon	...	DCI Sam Power (2 episodes, 2011)
Robbie Gee	...	Silas Roach (2 episodes, 2011)
Ashley George	...	Eddie Court (2 episodes, 2011)
Benedikte Hansen	...	Helga Nolan (2 episodes, 2011)
Kim Romer	...	Faber (2 episodes, 2011)
Kirris Riviere	...	Joshua White (2 episodes, 2011)
Julian Sands	...	Damian Nolan (2 episodes, 2011)
Enzo Squillino Jr.	...	Danny Petrozzo (2 episodes, 2010-2011)
Aliash Tepina	...	Andrej (2 episodes, 2011)
Callum Sutherland	...	Frank Brandon (2 episodes, 2011)
Andrew Woodall	...	David Rushton (2 episodes, 2011)

Series Directed by
Gillies MacKinnon		(3 episodes, 2011)

Series Writing credits
Noel Farragher		(3 episodes, 2011)
Lynda La Plante		(3 episodes, 2011)

Series Produced by
Leila Kirkpatrick	....	line producer (3 episodes, 2011)
Lynda La Plante	....	executive producer (3 episodes, 2011)
Liz Thorburn	....	executive producer (3 episodes, 2011)
Hugh Warren	....	producer (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Cinematography by
Nigel Willoughby		(unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Film Editing by
Anne Sopel		(3 episodes, 2010-2011)

Series Casting by
Sam Jones		(3 episodes, 2010-2011)

Series Art Direction by
Jonnie Mead		(3 episodes, 2011)

Series Costume Design by
Lucinda Wright		(3 episodes, 2011)

Series Makeup Department
Nadia Stacey	....	makeup artist (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Production Management
Mal Tobias	....	behind the scenes (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Malcolm Davies	....	second assistant director (3 episodes, 2011)
Grantly Butters	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 2011)
Frances O'Dea	....	third assistant director (unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Art Department
Martin Griffiths	....	dressing props (3 episodes, 2011)
Doon Ram	....	standby art director (3 episodes, 2011)
Holly Thurman	....	assistant buyer (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Sound Department
Jamie Caple	....	dialogue editor (3 episodes, 2011)
Simon Epstein	....	foley mixer (3 episodes, 2011)
Marc Hope	....	foley editor (3 episodes, 2011)
Gideon Jensen	....	sound assistant (3 episodes, 2011)
Arran Mahoney	....	sound effects editor (3 episodes, 2011)
Stefano Marchetti	....	adr mixer (3 episodes, 2011)
Emma Pegram	....	dialogue editor (3 episodes, 2011)
Richard Williams	....	foley editor (3 episodes, 2011)
Andrew Sissons	....	sound mixer (2 episodes, 2011)

Series Special Effects by
Nikkie Grimshaw	....	special effects makeup (1 episode, 2011)

Series Stunts
Julian Lightwing	....	stunts (1 episode, 2011)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Ben Chads	....	camera operator (3 episodes, 2011)
Felix Milburn-Foster	....	key grip (3 episodes, 2011)
Leighton Spence	....	focus puller (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Casting Department
Lucy Taylor	....	casting assistant (3 episodes, 2010-2011)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Joanne Hayes	....	costume supervisor (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Music Department
Steve Parr	....	music mixer (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Other crew
Richard Dobbs	....	executive assistant: lynda la plante / post production co-ordinator (3 episodes, 2011)
Freddie Hall	....	floor runner (3 episodes, 2011)
Sara Johnson	....	head of development (3 episodes, 2011)
Neil Jones	....	production accountant (3 episodes, 2011)
Rebecca Kemp	....	unit manager (3 episodes, 2011)
Phoebe Masters	....	production coordinator (3 episodes, 2011)
Claire Mitchell	....	assistant accountant (3 episodes, 2011)
Nicole Muldowney	....	script associate (3 episodes, 2011)
Callum Sutherland	....	researcher (3 episodes, 2011)
Alec Thorne	....	post production accountant (3 episodes, 2011)
Mal Tobias	....	stand-in (3 episodes, 2011)

Production Companies

• La Plante Productions

Distributors

• WoWow (2011) (Japan) (TV)

Other Companies

• ARRI Media  Arriflex D-21 camera provided by
• Molinare Studio  sound post-production
• Scallywag Travel  travel agent

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

La Plante Productions

Movie Connections:

Follows "Above Suspicion" (2009)

Loitering intent

Typically busy, far-fetched crime drama from the well-worn pen of Lynda LapLante, played out as usual over three nights on prime-time ITV. Like its channel-mate "Trial and Retribution", it attempts to follow the successful trail of the Helen Mirren-starring "Prime Suspect" in laudably centring the sleuthing on a female character, in this case Kelly Reilly. However, whereas in "Prime Suspect", there was an undercurrent of down-to-earth realism, particularly in the lead character's portrayal, here you have to suspend all disbelief as Miss Reilly has to fend off almost everything in trousers, including the again almost cartoonishly over-the-top Ciaran Hinds as the tough-as-nails, bring-me-a-sandwich DCI to whom she reports.This she courts by permanently wearing a short skirt and high heels even when on muddy crime-scene locations together with pancaked make up and a pout that would put Victoria Beckham to shame.

Better to sidestep all this Betty Boop stuff, very possibly deliberate genre-subversion by LaPlante and concentrate on the story itself, which while lacking some originality as a heavyweight drug-dealer attempts to flood the UK with a deadly addictive drug and gets into complications with his ex-wife, her sister, his brother and a Columbian cartel hot on his trail, nevertheless by turns winds and rattles along to a big finish. Said drug-baron, to escape pursuit, pulls the old "Face-Off" transplant, before escaping the chasing Reilly and Hinds in a car versus plane set-piece, which I first remember seeing years ago, in "Charley Varrick".

At least the bad guy got away, reducing the perceived omnipotence of Reilly who seems blessed with the unfortunate gift of delayed-reaction photographic recall, which sees her periodically divine impossible clues just too late to help solve the actual case.

There's no doubt there'll be another entry in the series, if only to play out the hackneyed affair which has been beckoning for some time between the two leads. I'll watch it because I quite like high production TV crime procedurals, which this certainly is, but I won't kid myself that it's anything more than contrived pulp fiction at the end of the day.