Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Monica Dolan | ... | Maggie Forrest | |
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Sian Breckin | ... | PC Janet Taylor |
Michael Keogh | ... | PC Dennis Morrisey | |
Charlotte Riley | ... | Lucy Payne | |
Samuel Roukin | ... | Marcus Payne | |
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Matt Chapman | ... | Paramedic |
Stephen Tompkinson | ... | DCI Alan Banks | |
Lorraine Burroughs | ... | DS Winsome Jackman | |
Jack Deam | ... | DC Ken Blackstone | |
Barry Sloane | ... | Jackie Wray | |
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Justine Adams | ... | ICU Nurse |
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Helen Lord | ... | Zoey Shop Assistant |
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Hannah Orr | ... | Leanne Wray |
Colin Tierney | ... | Chief Supt Gerry Rydell | |
Andrea Lowe | ... | DS Annie Cabbot |
Two police officers are called to an apparent domestic where they find Lucy Payne unconscious. Investigating a noise in the cellar they are attacked by her husband Marcus, who kills one of them with a machete before the other, Janet Taylor, knocks him out and he is arrested. D.C.I. Alan Banks comes to the house and finds the corpses of four missing blonde girls, though there is no sign of Leanne Wray, who also disappeared. The case is hampered when, due to an interfering hospital doctor perturbed that Janet put Payne in a coma, Alan is shadowed by annoying D.S. Annie Cabbot from the Professional Standards Department. Lucy, a frequent victim of her husband's violence, cannot help trace Leanne, being unaware that her husband was a mass killer and also unaware that he was having sex with Maggie, the concerned neighbour who wanted her to leave him and who called the police to the Paynes' house. After a chilly first meeting Annie suggests to Alan that they have a drink together and he ... Written by don @ minifie-1
I completely agree with aew-10 and the "Dreadful" review. It feels like sick voyeurism. The premise is disgusting and sad -- the rape and torture of young girls.
We are shown the bloody room and torture equipment where they were kept. A nice policeman is severely injured. This is all in the first few minutes.
Then there is a lot of frustration as the detective tries to work through all the red tape.
Why do we want to see this? I do not. It is not entertaining. I quit watching. Give me Poirot or vintage Sherlock Holmes any day.