Vexed 

Two Detectives Jack and Georgina who share chemistry but have complicated personal lives.

Creator:

Howard Overman

Stars:

Toby Stephens, Ronny Jhutti, Roger Griffiths

Cast

Series cast summary:
Toby Stephens	...	DI Jack Armstrong 9 episodes, 2010-2012
Ronny Jhutti	...	Naz Omar 8 episodes, 2010-2012
Roger Griffiths	...	Tony 8 episodes, 2010-2012
Miranda Raison	...	DI Georgina Dixon 6 episodes, 2012
Lucy Punch	...	DI Kate Bishop 3 episodes, 2010
Rory Kinnear	...	Dan Bishop 3 episodes, 2010
Nick Dunning	...	Peter Dixon 3 episodes, 2012
Stuart Porteous	...	Policeman 3 episodes, 2012
Sam O'Mahony	...	Mack 2 episodes, 2012

Storyline

Two detectives; one is cynical and over sexed, the other an asset to the profession. Their unbalanced partnership gets them through a series of strange cases almost smoothly. While managing work life, they have to manage each other and their personal lives.

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Plot Keywords:

latex gloves | scene of the crime | investigation | murder | homicide | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 August 2010 (UK)

Also Known As:

Задиры

Filming Locations:

Ireland

Company Credits

Production Co:

Greenlit Rights

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In Series 2 Episode 2, DI Jack Armstrong (Toby Stephens) states the assumption that DI Georgina Dixon (Miranda Raison) was "watching endless episodes of 'Poirot'". Both actors played characters on Poirot; Toby Stephens as Philip Blake in "Five Little Pigs" (S9;E1) and Miranda Raison as Mademoiselle Blanche in "Cat Among the Pigeons" (S11;E2). DI Kate Bishop (Lucy Punch) did as well as Susannah Henderson in "After the Funeral" (S10;E3).

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Connections

Featured in The Wright Stuff: Episode #17.150 (2012)

User Reviews

fun and irreverent, it's a shame this series didn't continue

"Vexed" was a promising series that ran for two seasons in England. It starred Toby Stephens and Lucy Punch in the first season and Stephens and Miranda Raison in the second. It's a derivative series, about plainclothes detectives solving murders. One nice non-derivative thing is there's no romance. Stephens' first partner is married, and his second barely puts up with him. So there is a lot of repartee.

The first three episodes were outrageously written, with someone looking at an apartment as a possible rental after stepping over the dead body in the room. In the second season, there were still some great moments but it was toned down.

In part, this was because Lucy Punch left the show and was replaced by Miranda Raison. Punch is a more interesting type than Raison, who is certainly beautiful and a fine actress. Punch is more comedic, with long blond hair of no particular style, a tall frame that is normally informally dressed, and a unique speaking voice. She and Stephens were a scream together.

Also, Punch's character had a more interesting private life than Raison's. Convinced at one point that her husband is cheating on her, she reacts in a way that sends him to the hospital and puts him on crutches.

The Stephens character is a sort of overblown DeNozzo from NCIS - he only thinks of sex, swaggers around, is a misogynist, and it all hides a lot of hurt. And some of his comments are too much. When he suspects a woman's late husband might be gay, he asks her, "Did he have a particularly strong reaction when Princess Diana died?"

I've read some complaints on this board about Stephens. I think he is very good and handles the comedy well. I have seen him do other things, and he is a wonderful and versatile actor. How bad can the son of Dame Maggie Smith and Sir Robert Stephens be, after all? He is a successful stage actor as well as a film and TV actor. And he's handsome to boot.

I enjoyed both seasons, though I know a lot of people were disappointed in season 2. Season 1 was edgy and funnier; season 2 was a little calmer, but still good.