Above Suspicion: Silent Scream (2012– )

The murder of young actress Amanda Delaney starts an investigation that uncovers on-screen tensions, a complex private life, controversial memoirs, and suspected abuse.

Stars:

Kelly Reilly, Ciarán Hinds, Shaun Dingwall

Cast

Series cast summary:
Kelly Reilly	...	DI Anna Travis (3 episodes, 2012)
Ciarán Hinds	...	DCS James Langton (3 episodes, 2012)
Shaun Dingwall	...	DCI Mike Lewis (3 episodes, 2012)
Michelle Holmes	...	DC Barbara Maddox (3 episodes, 2012)
Celyn Jones	...	DS Paul Barolli (3 episodes, 2012)
Amanda Lawrence	...	DC Joan Faulkland (3 episodes, 2012)
Geoff Bell	...	Harry James (3 episodes, 2012)
Dara Devaney	...	Sean O'Dell (3 episodes, 2012)
Jack Fortune	...	Mr. Delany (3 episodes, 2012)
Bryony Hannah	...	Felicity Turner (3 episodes, 2012)
Alex Price	...	Dan Hutchins (3 episodes, 2012)
Sara Stewart	...	Andrea Lesser (3 episodes, 2012)
Joanna Vanderham	...	Amanda Delany (3 episodes, 2012)
Lucy Whybrow	...	Mrs. Delany (3 episodes, 2012)
Kate O'Flynn	...	Jeannie Bale (3 episodes, 2012)
Samantha Coughlan	...	Helen Mitchell (2 episodes, 2012)
Leo Gregory	...	Lester James (2 episodes, 2012)
Ray MacAllan	...	Tony James (2 episodes, 2012)
William Miller	...	Rupert Mitchell (2 episodes, 2012)
Michael Simkins	...	Deputy Commissioner Walters (2 episodes, 2012)
Tom Wisdom	...	Scott Myers (2 episodes, 2012)
Simon Treves	...	Mr. Thompson (2 episodes, 2012)
Christopher Longman	...	Detective (2 episodes, 2012)

Storyline

The murder of young actress Amanda Delaney starts an investigation that uncovers on-screen tensions, a complex private life, controversial memoirs, and suspected abuse.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

2012 (UK)

Also Known As:

Insoupçonnable 4: un silence assourdissant

Company Credits

Production Co:

La Plante Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Above Suspicion (2009)

User Reviews

About par "Above Suspicion"

Another run-out for Ciaran Hinds, Kelly Reilly and the team, this time on the trail of the murderer of a promiscuous, drug taking young actress. As usual with La Plante, there are suspects a-plenty, sometimes there you fell just to flesh the story out and a major sub-plot with Hinds on the look-out for whoever's loose-lips cost him a coveted promotion. The convoluted plot, interspersed with a series of flash-backs, is brought, on thus occasion, I felt, to a less than riveting conclusion by the final scene, with the murderer in fact turning himself in by that point.

As for the acting, Hinds is good, perhaps helped by his more developed character, now less chauvinistic and shouty than before. Kelly Reilly as the ambitious, intuitive maverick in the pack still looks more befuddled than brainy in he part. There's some good acting in support, especially amongst the murdered girl's junkie so-called friends.

LaPlante no doubt felt at home portraying the acting world as scabrously as she does here and her dialogue for the most part rings true, but I felt an hour could have easily been lopped off the running-time and a few less unnecessary red-herrings dropped along the way which would have made the production correspondingly tighter and more compelling.