Red Cap (TV series)
Encyclopedia
Red Cap is a British
television series produced by Stormy Pictures for the BBC
and broadcast on BBC One
. Two series of 6 episodes each were produced following a feature length pilot. It featured the investigations (and personal relationships) of an SIB
unit of the British Army
based in Germany
. Ostensibly the lead character was Sergeant
Jo McDonagh (nickname; McDoughnut), played by Tamzin Outhwaite
, but the show was more of an ensemble
piece, with several notable characters coming to prominence.
United Kingdom
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television series produced by Stormy Pictures for the BBC
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...
and broadcast 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...
. Two series of 6 episodes each were produced following a feature length pilot. It featured the investigations (and personal relationships) of an SIB
Special Investigation Branch
The Special Investigation Branch is the name given to the detective branches of all three British military police arms: the Royal Navy Police, Royal Military Police and Royal Air Force Police. It is most closely associated with the Royal Military Police, which has the largest SIB. SIB members...
unit of the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
based in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Ostensibly the lead character was Sergeant
Sergeant
Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....
Jo McDonagh (nickname; McDoughnut), played by Tamzin Outhwaite
Tamzin Outhwaite
Tamzin Maria Outhwaite is an award-winning English actress. She became known for her role as Melanie Owen in the British soap opera EastEnders, whom she portrayed from 1998 until 2002.-Early career:...
, but the show was more of an ensemble
Ensemble cast
An ensemble cast is made up of cast members in which the principal actors and performers are assigned roughly equal amounts of importance and screen time in a dramatic production. This kind of casting became more popular in television series because it allows flexibility for writers to focus on...
piece, with several notable characters coming to prominence.
Cast
- Tamzin OuthwaiteTamzin OuthwaiteTamzin Maria Outhwaite is an award-winning English actress. She became known for her role as Melanie Owen in the British soap opera EastEnders, whom she portrayed from 1998 until 2002.-Early career:...
- Sgt Jo McDonagh - Douglas HodgeDouglas HodgeDouglas Hodge is an English actor, director, and musician who trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.Hodge is a council member of the National Youth Theatre for whom, in 1989, he co-wrote Pacha Mama's Blessing about the Amazon rain forests staged at the Almeida...
- WO2 Kenneth "Kenny" Burns - James ThorntonJames Thornton (actor)James Thornton is an English actor and Voice-over artist.-Early life and career:Thornton was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He starred in the BBC One police series Holby Blue and currently appears as John Barton in the British soap opera Emmerdale...
- S/Sgt Philip "Hippy" Roper - Gordon KennedyGordon Kennedy (actor)Gordon Kennedy is a Scottish actor. Kennedy grew up in Tranent, East Lothian, and attended George Watson's College in Edinburgh...
- Sgt Bruce Hornsby - Blake RitsonBlake Ritson-Early life:Blake attended the Dolphin School in Reading, Berkshire until 1993, before going to St Paul's School, an independent school for boys in Barnes in West London on an academic scholarship. He then attended the University of Cambridge, where he studied English and Medieval Italian, Dante...
- Lt Giles Vicary - Raquel CassidyRaquel CassidyRaquel Josephine Dominic Cassidy is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for her television roles as Susan Gately in Teachers , the Home Office Junior Minister Jo Porter in Party Animals, and Mel in Lead Balloon, as well as her various stage works.-Filmography:-Selected...
- S/Sgt Neve Kirland (2003) - Poppy MillerPoppy MillerPoppy Miller is a British actress. Miller was born in Norwich, UK and studied philosophy and English at Cambridge University and later attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. She is mostly known for her role as DI Carol Browning in the British detective series The Commander...
- S/Sgt Harriet Frost (2004) - Maggie Lloyd-Williams - Cpl Angie Ogden
- Peter GuinnessPeter Guinness (actor)Peter Guinness is a British film, television and theatre actor.-Career:He has appeared in over fifty television productions and over ten films...
- Capt Gavin Howard - William Beck - WO2 Steve Forney
- Joachim Raaf - Detective Thomas Strauss
Episodes
| Episode | Air Date | Episode Title |
|---|---|---|
| P | 28 Dec 01 | Pilot |
| Season 1 | ||
| 1 | 7 Jan 03 | H-Hour |
| 2 | 14 Jan 03 | Crush |
| 3 | 21 Jan 03 | Espirit de Corps |
| 4 | 28 Jan 03 | Cover Story |
| 5 | 4 Feb 03 | Cold War |
| 6 | 11 Feb 03 | Payback |
| Season 2 | ||
| 7 | 8 Jan 04 | Betrayed |
| 8 | 15 Jan 04 | True Love |
| 9 | 22 Jan 04 | Red Light |
| 10 | 29 Jan 04 | Fighting Fit |
| 11 | 5 Feb 04 | Friendly Fire |
| 12 | 12 Feb 04 | Long Time Dead |
Fictional regiments featured in Red Cap
- Bedford Light Infantry
- Royal Cambria Fusiliers
- Wessex Regiment
- Derbyshire Regiment
External links
- Red Cap at bbc.co.ukBbc.co.ukBBC Online is the brand name and home for the BBC's UK online service. It is a large network of websites including such high profile sites as BBC News and Sport, the on-demand video and radio services co-branded BBC iPlayer, the pre-school site Cbeebies, and learning services such as Bitesize...
- Red Cap (pilot) at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...