Kiss of Death (TV series)
Encyclopedia
Kiss of Death is a BBC
crime investigation drama, written by Barbara Machin, author of the British television crime drama series
Waking the Dead
(2000–2011).
and shot in Bristol
, it was originally titled "Breathless" and then "Blood Rush" (IMDb.com), when it was planned as a two-part series; it was shown on BBC One
on 26 May 2008 as a one-part drama production.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
crime investigation drama, written by Barbara Machin, author of the British television crime drama series
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead (TV series)
Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series...
(2000–2011).
Synopsis
In this drama, according to the BBC press release, "A killer has killed once and kidnapped another victim, challenging the [investigative and forensic] team to work out why. Suddenly everyone's past comes under scrutiny, everyone's version of the truth comes under suspicion"; as the plot begins,Cast
- Kay Rousseau ...... Louise LombardLouise LombardLouise Lombard is an English actress.-Early life and education:Lombard's parents left Dublin in the mid-1950s. Lombard was born in London, England, the fifth child of seven siblings to a family of Irish extraction.Lombard began taking drama lessons when she was eight...
- Matt Costello ...... Danny DyerDanny DyerDanny Dyer is an English actor, media personality, and chairman of Greenwich Borough, a non-League football team.-Biography:Daniel John Dyer was born in Custom House, an area of East London, to Antony and Christine Dyer...
- George Austen ...... Lyndsey MarshalLyndsey MarshalLyndsey Marshal is an English actress best known for her performance in The Hours as the recurring character Cleopatra on HBO's Rome, and as Lady Sarah Hill in BBC period drama Garrow's Law.-Biography:...
- Clive Morrell ...... Shaun ParkesShaun ParkesShaun Parkes is an English actor currently appearing in the ITV drama Identity.-Biography:At 16 he enrolled at Seltec College to study drama, two years later he was accepted into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.-Career:...
- Jude Whiley ...... Lenora CrichlowLenora CrichlowLenora Isabella Crichlow is a British actress best known for playing Annie in the science fiction drama Being Human.-Background:...
- Michael Bovery ...... Brian McCardieBrian McCardieBrian McCardie is a Scottish actor. He has appeared in several movies, including Speed 2: Cruise Control , playing the role as Merced. He also appeared in the mini series of Titanic.-Early life:...
- Miles Truman ...... Ace BhattiAce BhattiAhsen Rafiq "Ace" Bhatti is a British actor who trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He has starred in numerous television series, including New Street Law, Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee, The Sarah Jane Adventures as Haresh Chandra and in EastEnders playing Yusef...
- Jane Doe ...... Caroline O'Hara
- John Doe ...... Neil McDermottNeil McDermottNeil McDermott is a British stage and television actor who is best known for portraying Ryan Malloy in the BBC television soap opera EastEnders from April 2009 until 2011.-Career:...
- Arresting Officer ...... Leona Walker
- Delivery Man ...... Perry BensonPerry BensonPerry Benson is an English character actor best known for his regular roles in British television sitcoms You Rang, M'Lord? , Oh, Doctor Beeching! and Operation Good Guys .-Movie career:...
- Journalist ...... Richard SuttonRichard Sutton (actor)Richard Sutton is a British stage and screen actor.- Early Life :Richard "Rich" Sutton began acting very early on in his life, making his theatrical debut aged just twelve months old. He was born half a mile from the Jaguar plant in a very industrial part of Birmingham called Castle Vale...
- Journalist ...... Adam Ewan
- Journalist ...... Stephen Perring
Production
Produced by BBC Northern IrelandBBC Northern Ireland
BBC Northern Ireland is the main public service broadcaster in Northern Ireland.The organisation is one of the three national regions of the BBC, together with BBC Scotland and BBC Wales. Based at Broadcasting House, Belfast, it provides television, radio, online and interactive television content...
and shot in Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
, it was originally titled "Breathless" and then "Blood Rush" (IMDb.com), when it was planned as a two-part series; it was shown on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
on 26 May 2008 as a one-part drama production.