The Blanket Mire 

Surveyors out on the Northumberland moors make a shocking discovery: the body of a young woman buried beneath the soil.

Director:

John Hayes

Writers:

Ann Cleeves (characters), Martha Hillier

Stars:

Brenda Blethyn, Kenny Doughty, Jon Morrison

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Brenda Blethyn	...	DCI Vera Stanhope
Kenny Doughty	...	DS Aiden Healy
Jon Morrison	...	DC Kenny Lockhart
Noof Ousellam	...	DC Hicham Cherradi (as Noof McEwan)
Christopher Colquhoun	...	Dr. Anthony Carmichael
Riley Jones	...	DC Mark Edwards
Kate Dickie	...	Nell Hinkin
Steve Evets	...	PC George Wooten
David Wilmot	...	Mal Hinkin
Kemi-Bo Jacobs	...	Claire Tovey
Martin McCann	...	Jack Madden
Jonjo O'Neill	...	Gary Tovey
Kieron Bimpson	...	Owen Tomlinson
Florian Ghimpu	...	Janisz Hiszpanski
Shannon Hayes	...	Erin Michaels

Storyline

The body of teenager Mia Hinkin is discovered six weeks after her disappearance from the remote farmhouse where she lived with her stern parents Mal and Nell. She was last seen at a music festival where she was perceived arguing with an older man, possibly stable owner Gary Tovey, for whom she occasionally worked. Eastern European migrant pickers from an adjacent farm are also in the frame, but everybody in the area agrees that she was desperate to leave her unhappy home. Vera suspects that somebody she met at the festival was helping her to escape to a happier urban existence and holds the clue to her death, but she cannot dismiss the many neighbouring friends and ex-lover who were keen to help her move away from her miserable rural life, even the younger brother with whom she shared her confidences.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kenny Doughty (DS Aiden Healy) & Noof Ousellam (DC Hicham Cherradi) also worked together on Love, Lies and Records (2017) as Rick & Amir respectively.

User Reviews

The Blanket Mire

We are back to a windswept Northumberland as the body of missing teenager, Mia Hinkin is found. She lived in a remote farmhouse with her strict parents who are hard hit by the loss of their daughter.

Vera investigates with the help of Policeman George Wooten from Missing Persons. Petty soon the suspects are lining up, Mia might had stern parents but she aroused interest from a string of men and looked to escape from her hemmed in life.

The nearby farms are worked on by migrant labourers and Vera wants to makes sure they are legal as well as being potential suspects.

This was an engaging episode because of the wide pool of suspects and it zipped along nicely. I was startled by actor Steve Evets doing a Geordie accent as PC Wooten. He usually does broad Mancunian.

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 April 2017 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

ITV Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color