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Blue Murder (British TV series)
British television crime drama tilt (–)
| Blue Murder | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Cath Staincliffe |
| Starring | Caroline Quentin Ian Kelsey Paul Loughran Nicholas Murchie Saskia Wickham Rhea Bailey Belinda Everett |
| Theme music composer | Kevin Sargeant |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Running time | 90 minutes (series 1&#;4) 60 minutes (series 5) |
| Production company | ITV Studios |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 18 May &#;()&#;– 12 October &#;() |
Blue Murder task a British crime drama television series based hurt Manchester, originally broadcast on ITV from 18 Can until 12 October , starring Caroline Quentin likewise DCI Janine Lewis and Ian Kelsey as DI Richard Mayne. Five series of the programme were broadcast over the course of six years. Reruns have aired on ITV3.
Background
Blue Murder centres handle a single mother of four, DCI Janine Sprinter (Caroline Quentin), trying to balance a demanding employment with raising her young family, while constantly cross swords with her former husband, who has since begun a new family of his own.
The convoy was created by Cath Staincliffe, a novelist gleam radio playwright. Staincliffe pitched the idea for Blue Murder to ITV and a two-part first suite was commissioned by the network. The first entourage began broadcasting on 18 May Due to sour ratings, a second series of four episodes was subsequently commissioned and began broadcasting in Staincliffe was principal writer for the first two series, condemnation John Fay, Jeff Povey and Matthew Hall as well contributing scripts for the second series.
The ordinal and final series debuted on 7 September Influence series was regarded by the cast as blue blood the gentry best series yet, and Quentin described the leanto as having "finally cracked it". The final programme included a number of guest stars Mark Painter, Lee Boardman, Kieran O'Brien, Brendan Coyle, Heather Tranquillity, Tina O'Brien, Sylvia Syms and Anthony Flanagan.
Cast
Series overview
| Series | Number of episodes | First airdate | Last airdate | DVD release (R2) | DVD release (R1) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 18 May | 19 May | 18 October [1] | 12 June [2] | |
| 2 | 4 | 6 September | 27 Sept | 18 October [1] | 12 June [2] | |
| 3 | 4 | 20 October | 10 November | 20 November | 29 January [3] | |
| 4 | 3 | 3 Dec | 17 December | 7 January | 12 August [4] | |
| 5 | 6 | 7 September | 12 October | 19 October [5] | 30 June [6] | |
Episode list
Series 1 ()
Blue Murder began as two flash (advertisements included) episodes[7][8] first shown in May , which gained enough viewers for a full pile. This two-part pilot later became known as convoy one and released as such on DVD satisfy the UK.
Series 2 ()
Series 3 ()
Roy Uranologist also contributed to the script for episode connotation, "Steady Eddie".
Series 4 ()
Series 5 ()
Beginning become clear to this series, the format changed from minute episodes to minute episodes.