A Sudden Silence 

An important government minister goes missing and is found dead in a dingy side street. What happened to him, and why are all his means of identification in another name?

Director:

Herbert Wise

Writers:

Nicolas Freeling (originally created by), Keith Dewhurst (screenplay)

Stars:

Barry Foster, Meg Davies, Ronald Hines

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Barry Foster	...	Van Der Valk / Commissaris Van Der Valk
Meg Davies	...	Arlette / Arlette Van Der Valk
Ronald Hines	...	Samson / Hoofd Commissaris Samson
Richard Huw	...	Wim / Wim Van Der Valk
Kenneth Cranham	...	Dirk Boutsen
Ciaran Madden	...	Melanie Van Hoorn
Nicholas Le Prevost	...	Van Hoorn
Gary Olsen	...	Brouwer
Andrew Ray	...	Stevin
Andrew Wilde	...	Luther
Jonathan Firth	...	Michael
Felicity Dean	...	Helga
Geoffrey Beevers	...	Kroll
Shane Rimmer	...	Lovell J Wallace
Helen Horton	...	Mrs Lovell Wallace

Storyline

An important government minister goes missing and is found dead in a dingy side street. What happened to him, and why are all his means of identification in another name?

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Closing credits: The story, all names, characters and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual persons is intended or should be inferred.

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Goofs

As the minister is driving along the 3 lane motorway in the slow lane, the views in the rear view and side mirror changes when the motorcycle is there to the middle or the fast lane but the windscreen view always shows the slow lane.

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 January 1991 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Company Credits

Production Co:

Thames Television, Elmgate Productions, FremantleMedia

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1