NCS: Manhunt
| NCS: Manhunt | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Police procedural |
| Created by | Malcolm McKay |
| Written by | Malcolm McKay |
| Directed by |
Michael Whyte Paul Unwin |
| Starring |
David Suchet Keith Barron Samantha Bond Melanie Hill Sara Stewart |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Fred Tammes |
| Producer(s) | Sue Austen |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | BBC Home Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 26 March 2001 – 19 March 2002 |
NCS: Manhunt is a British crime drama television series starring David Suchet, and based on the National Crime Squad. Created by Malcolm McKay, the first series premiered with two episodes on BBC One on 26—27 March 2001.[1] The second series debuted on 4 March 2002,[2] and concluded its six episode run on 19 March 2002.[3]
Production
David Suchet said of his role in the series, "I don't ever recollect reading a script like this and I've certainly never seen anything like it on television before. When I read it, I was mesmerised. It was quite impossible to say no. Borne is probably the most complex character in the team. He is a man who fascinates by being endlessly enigmatic.
He uses language sparingly, but with him everything is going on underneath the surface. And in a sense, I'm not playing another detective at all. I'm merely playing a different, complex human being who just happens to be a detective. You may find him in a police station, but I'd like to think that the audience are aching to see him too."[4]
Cast
- David Suchet as Detective Inspector John Borne[5]
- Keith Barron as Detective Superintendent Bob Beausoleil[5]
- Samantha Bond as Detective Sergeant Maureen Picasso
- Melanie Hill as Detective Sergeant Ruby Sparks[6]
- Sara Stewart as Detective Constable Mary D'Eye[7]
- Jonathan Phillips as Detective Sergeant Peter Moon
- Jenny Jules as Detective Constable Karen Bogard-Black
- Phyllis Logan as Inspector Anne Warwick
- Kenneth Cranham as Ricky Valesi
- Ace Bhatti as Detective Constable Johnny Khan
- Gerard Horan as Detective Constable Charlie Spanish
- Paul McKay as Detective Constable Chrissie Crowe
- Guy Scantlebury as Detective Constable Eddie Guerin
Episode list
Series 1 (2001)
| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Viewers (millions)[8] | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot: Part 1" | Malcolm McKay | Michael Whyte | 7.41 | 26 March 2001 |
| NCS is called in when a convicted criminal kidnaps the mother of a police inspector. | |||||
| 2 | "Pilot: Part 2" | Malcolm McKay | Michael Whyte | 7.30 | 27 March 2001 |
| Bourne and the team continue their investigation and make a surprising discovery about Anne Warwick's personal life. | |||||
Series 2 (2002)
| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Viewers (millions) | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Collision Course: Part 1" | TBA | TBA | 6.08 | 4 March 2002 |
| The team ambushes a group of drug smugglers who have landed in a Norfolk field and seize a consignment of cocaine. They plan to track the drugs to source through the pilot and one of the crew, but are taken off the case to deal with a series of contract killings by two leather-clad scooter riders using silenced handguns. | |||||
| 2 | "Collision Course: Part 2" | TBA | TBA | 5.41 | 5 March 2002 |
| The team struggles to come to terms with the loss of one of their own. A series of arrests helps to raise spirits, and a tip-off leads Borne to an old acquaintance. Borne becomes convinced that a criminal whom he convicted five years earlier holds the key to the contract killings. | |||||
| 3 | "Tinderbox: Part 1" | TBA | TBA | 5.22 | 11 March 2002 |
| A new member joins the team, which is despatched to investigate a series of apparently straightforward armed robberies on Indian restaurants in Birmingham. MI5 gets involved when a paratrooper is killed. | |||||
| 4 | "Tinderbox: Part 2" | TBA | TBA | 4.60 | 12 March 2002 |
| It becomes clear that the crimes are racially motivated, and the team uncovers a secretive right-wing organisation bent on starting a race war. | |||||
| 5 | "Out of Time: Part 1" | TBA | TBA | 4.93 | 18 March 2002 |
| The team attempts to bring down the Colombian cocaine smuggling ring. Information has been received that a shipment is on its way. To get to the elusive "Number One", the detectives go after dealers further down the supply chain, but DC Bogard-Black is kidnapped outside Benny Luck's club. | |||||
| 6 | "Out of Time: Part 2" | TBA | TBA | Under 4.33 | 19 March 2002 |
| The team sets up a deal to sell the shipment of drugs to Benny Luck, who arranges to meet the Colombians at Tilbury docks, setting up a dramatic showdown. | |||||
References
- ↑ Nightingale, Julie (26 March 2001). "So PC". New Statesman. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ↑ Hodgson, Jessica (5 March 2002). "Beckham brings 8m to ITV1". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ↑ Cozens, Claire (20 March 2002). "C5's Armageddon flattens BBC". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ↑ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Desperate+race+against+time%3B+NCS%3A+Manhunt+BBC1,+9.00pm.-a072193114
- 1 2 Virtue, Graeme (25 March 2001). "Plod devices; A new crime drama looks set to earn its stripes, but put that down to the stars rather than their hi-tech tactics". Sunday Herald. p. 46. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ↑ "Melanie is armed and ready; NCS: Manhunt BBC1, 9pm". Evening Times. 12 March 2002. p. 21. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ↑ Beacom, Brian (26 March 2001). "Pick of the Day NCS: Manhunt BBC1, 9pm". Evening Times. p. 19. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ↑ http://www.barb.co.uk/whats-new/weekly-top-30?
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