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Season: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
Year: 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007


Season 1


Season 1, Episode 1: A Great Deliverance

12 March 2001
When a farmer, William Tey, is hacked to death with an ax in his barn, Scotland Yard assigns Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers to the case. Lynley is the 8th Earl of Asherton and is a graduate of Eton and Oxford; he is on the fast track in the police service. Havers has a working class background and feels that she is discriminated against. Despite the differences in their background - very often, the two simply don't understand one another - they make a good team. As for the murder, there are several possible suspects. Tey's wife had left him many years before and one of his daughters ran away and would have nothing to do with him. A nephew will now inherit his farm, providing a good motive. Throughout the investigation, Lynley has to deal with former colleagues who would like nothing better than to bring him down.

Nathaniel Parker ... Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley
Sharon Small ... Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers

Anthony Calf ... Simon St James
Amanda Ryan ... Deborah St James
Emma Fielding ... Helen Clyde
Nicholas Day ... Chief Supt. Hillier
Paul Brennen ... Supt. Webberley
Rebecca Gallacher ... Roberta Tey
Brendan Coyle ... Richard Tey
Pooky Quesnel ... Stepha Odell
Cate Hamer ... Olivia Odell
Denise Black ... Tessa Mowbray
Peter Halliday ... Father Hart
Matthew Dunster ... Ezra Farmington
Caroline Carver ... Danny
Colum Convey ... Det. Sgt. Niles
Howard Ward ... Det. Const. Pilley
Rob Swinton ... Landlord
Bethany Wysoczanski ... Bridie
June Watson ... Mrs. Havers
Toby Salaman ... Dr. Samuels
Rachel Ambler ... Madeleine Tey

Paul Butterworth ... Solicitor
Mark Benson ... Harry Houseman (as Mark A. Benson)
Joanna Thaw ... Female detective
Hannah Storey ... Gillian Tey
David Blair ... Jonah
George Potts ... Waiter
Laurence Richardson ... Police Officer
Robert Goldsbrough ... Police officer (uncredited)
Paul O'Grady ... Voice on TV (voice) (uncredited)

Season 1, Episode 2: Well Schooled in Murder

8 April 2002
When an old school friend contacts Lynley about a missing schoolboy, the inspector soon has to launch a murder inquiry.
John Sessions ... John Corntel
Lisa Stevenson ... Patsy Whateley
Curtis Woodruff ... Matthew Whateley
Paul Herzberg ... Barry Summers
Glyn Grimstead ... Mr. Whateley

Nathaniel Parker ... Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley
Sharon Small ... Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers
June Watson ... Mrs. Havers

Anthony Mark Barrow ... Uniformed Officer

Alex Giannini ... Mike Canerone

Henry Cavill ... Chas Quilter

Bill Nighy ... Lockwood

Martin Jarvis ... Cowfrey Pitt

Samuel Barnett ... Brian Byrne
William Mannering ... Clive Pritchard
Joe Sowerbutts ... Harry Morant
Jonathan Timmins ... Arlens
Ben Inigo Jones ... Andrews
Alex McIntosh ... Uniformed Sergeant
Yvonne Riley ... Jeannie Bonnamy
Frederick Treves ... Colonel Bonnamy
Jennie Goossens ... Receptionist
Hilary Gish ... Emilia Bond
Helen Lymbery ... Lab Assistant

Jo Cameron Brown ... Matron
Daniel Singer ... Lab Technician
James Cook ... School Prefect

Season 1, Episode 3: Payment in Blood

15 April 2002
Inspector Lynley (Nathaniel Parker) and Sergeant Havers (Sharon Small) are sent to a remote Scottish mansion house, the home of Sir Stuart Stinhurst (Ronald Pickup), to investigate the violent death of a famous playwright whilst she was helping to rehearse a production of her new play. Initial investigation reveals that practically anybody could have committed the crime but everybody appears to have a convincing alibi and nobody has a motive. As the investigation continues an apparent nearby suicide begins to have a bearing on the case and Lynley believes that is wasn't suicide. The arrival of a new guest, Helen Clyde (Lesley Vickerage), a former girlfriend of Lynley's who is now a lover of one of the main suspects starts to cloud his judgement and raise Havers' suspicions. As the real motives begin to appear and the dark pasts of some of the guests are revealed will Lynley catch the double murderer?

James McAvoy ... Gowan Ross
Naomi Frederick ... Elizabeth
Ronald Pickup ... Sir Stuart Stinhurst
Yvonne O'Grady ... Joy

Jonathan Firth ... Rhys Davies Jones
Camilla Power ... Joanna Sydeham

Idris Elba ... Robert Gabriel
Julian Wadham ... David Sydeham
Sharon Small ... Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers

Nathaniel Parker ... Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley
Don Gallagher ... Inspector Macaskin
Gary Cross ... Sergeant Lonan
Lesley Vickerage ... Helen Clyde
Ravin J. Ganatra ... Forensic Pathologist
Ron Donachie ... John Ross
Barbara Horne ... Solicitor

Season 1, Episode 4: For the Sake of Elena

22 April 2002
When the daughter of a Cambridge professor is brutally killed while out jogging, Lynley and Havers are assigned to the case. The young woman was deaf and on the evidence, it appears the attack was deliberate. There are any number of suspects: the girl's father is divorced, re-married to a much younger woman who suspects him of having an affair; another Cambridge professor known for being a bit too friendly with students and against whom she was about to make a formal sexual harassment complaint; her ex-boyfriend, with whom she had recently broken up; a student advisor who was very attracted to her, but in whom she had little interest. While in Cambridge, Lynley takes the opportunity to get in touch with Helen Clyde who is staying locally with her sister. At home, Havers continues to deal with the effects of her mother's Alzheimer's disease and the need to provide ever more care.
Samantha Baker ... Elena Weaver
Cherie Lunghi ... Sarah Gordon

Nathaniel Parker ... Thomas Lynley
Sharon Small ... Barbara Havers
Tim Pigott-Smith ... Philip Weaver
James Hillier ... Adam Jenn
June Watson ... Mrs Havers
Shaun Prendergast ... Sheehan
Elizabeth Kelly ... Mrs G
Joanna Brookes ... Edwina
Richard Syms ... College Porter
Will Knightley ... Troughton
Selina Cadell ... Glynn Weaver

Sophie Ward ... Justine Weaver
Katie Blake ... Mel

Richard Lintern ... Thorsson

Lucy Scott ... Bernadette
David Ellington ... Gareth Randolph
Sarah Easton ... Girl in Greasy Spoon
Fred Ridgeway ... Funeral Director
Lesley Vickerage ... Helen Clyde
Paul Shearer ... Harry
Amanda Royle ... Pen

Miranda Raison ... Ros
Oliver Maltman ... Uniformed Officer
Richard Evans ... Celebrated Cellist
Daniel Sung ... Student in Concert
Leda Hodgeson ... Mrs. Margoyles

Season 1, Episode 5: Missing Joseph

29 April 2002

Pippa Haywood ... Juliet Spence

Charlotte Salt ... Maggie Spence
Tony Boncza ... Reverend Robin Sage
Joanna Dunn ... Polly Yarkin
Lesley Vickerage ... Helen Clyde

Nathaniel Parker ... Thomas Lynley
Sharon Small ... Barbara Havers
Christine Bottomley ... Bride
John Vine ... Kenneth Shepherd
Robert Goldsbrough ... Police Officer One

Adam Godley ... Tony Philips
Jason Merrells ... Steve Shepherd
Nathan Naylor ... Sergeant Mason
Maggie Guess ... Woman at Bishops
David Lyon ... Bishop
Jane Galloway ... Kate Gutterman
Jon Millington ... Police Officer Two
Roger Gartland ... Official
Eliza McClelland ... Mrs Steed (as Eliza Mcclelland)
Rebecca Lenkiewiez ... Elaine

Season 2


Season 2, Episode 1: Playing for the Ashes

10 March 2003

Clare Swinburne ... Gabriella Patten
Mark Brighton ... Kenneth Waring

Nathaniel Parker ... Thomas Lynley
Sharon Small ... Barbara Havers
Andrew Havill ... Inspector Ardery
Lesley Vickerage ... Helen Clyde
Ruth Gemmell ... Jeannie Waring
William Scott-Masson ... Official
Phyllis Logan ... Miriam Whitelaw
Joe Duttine ... Chris Faraday
Neve McIntosh ... Olivia Whitelaw
Curtis Flowers ... Jimmy Waring
Daisy Beaumont ... Amanda
Peter Crawford ... Newscaster
Andrew Clover ... Hugh Patten
Anjalee Patel ... Hadiyyah

Season 2, Episode 2: In the Presence of the Enemy

17 March 2003

James Hazeldine ... Dennis Luxford
Ken Bones ... Rodney Aronson

Sophie Okonedo ... Eve Bowen
Simon Chandler ... Alistair Harvie
Bennet Thorpe ... Personal Secretary
Natalie Freegard ... Charlotte Bowen
Lesley Vickerage ... Helen Clyde

Nathaniel Parker ... Thomas Lynley
Simone Bendix ... Fiona Luxford
Joseph Friend ... Leo Luxford
Jayne McKenna ... Newsreader (as Jane McKenna)
Sharon Small ... Barbara Havers
Anjalee Patel ... Hadiyyah
Clint Dyer ... Alex Stone

Stuart Bunce ... Damien Chambers

Robert Whitelock ... Robin Payne
Kika Markham ... Corrine Payne
Gerard Monaco ... Officer
Simon Pearsall ... DS Stanley
Lynne Verrall ... Pathologist
Ken Anderson ... Howard Short
Marcia Warren ... Miss Portly
Caroline Martin ... Celia Matheson
Oliver Chopping ... Local Officer

Season 2, Episode 3: A Suitable Vengeance

24 March 2003


Nathaniel Parker ... Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley
Sharon Small ... Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers
Lesley Vickerage ... Helen Clyde
Gabrielle Drake ... Lady Asherton
Peter Egan ... Dr. Trenarrow
Matthew Goode ... Peter Lynley
John Duttine ... John Penellin
Sam Cox ... DI Boscowan

Dominic Mafham ... Justin Brooke
Claire Cox ... Sidney
Oliver Dimsdale ... Mark Penellin
Mali Harries ... Nancy
Nicholas Burns ... Mick Cambrey

Olivia Poulet ... Sasha
Olivia Darnley ... Cecily

Luke Healy ... Jack
Frances Jeater ... Lady Bracknell
Miles Richardson ... Algernon / Vicar
Susie Trayling ... Gwendoline / Vicar's wife
Gail Kemp ... Nurse
Karl Picton ... Dying patient

Season 2, Episode 4: Deception on His Mind

31 March 2003

Matthew Wait ... Gerry Devitt
Sharon Small ... Barbara Havers
Anjalee Patel ... Hadiyyah
Tanveer Ghani ... Azhar Taymullah
Anjali Jay ... Shala Malik

Saeed Jaffrey ... Akram Malik
Sophie Walker ... TV reporter

T.J. Ramini ... Muneer Malik (as Tarek Ramini)
Emily Joyce ... Emily Barlow
Demelza Randall ... Rachel Winfield
Amita Dhiri ... Yumna Malik
Terence Hillyer ... Basil Treves

Nathaniel Parker ... Thomas Lynley

Joe Shaw ... Theo Shaw
Ronnie McCann ... Trevor Ruddock

Noah Huntley ... Cliff Hegarty
Quill Roberts ... Fahad Qamar

Thorston Manderlay ... Klaus Reuchlein
James Howard ... Male Nurse

Season 3


Season 3, Episode 1: In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner

4 March 2004

Tom Lawrence ... Gerry Cole
Emma Willis ... Nicola Maiden

Nathaniel Parker ... Inspector Thomas Lynley
Sharon Small ... Detective Constable Barbara Havers
David Burke ... DSI Webberley

Caroline Hayes ... Samantha Blair
Al Weaver ... Billy Slavin
Jack Deam ... Hanken
Lesley Vickerage ... Helen Lynley
Barbara Wilshere ... Dr. Kennedy
Sorcha Cusack ... Nan Maiden
Timothy West ... Andy Maiden
Simon Williams ... Jeremy Britton
Tom Burke ... Julian Britton
Marlene Sidaway ... Mrs. Baden
Phillippa Downes ... TV Interviewer

Steven Elder ... Dr. Gavin Webster

Kari Corbett ... Vi Nevin
Suzanne Procter ... Clerical Worker
Tim Dantay ... Martin Reeve

Fiona Gillies ... Joanne Webster

Simon Delaney ... Young Officer

Season 3, Episode 2: A Traitor to Memory

11 March 2004
Lynley and Havers (who plans to resign from the force in a month) are assigned to the hit and run (and hit and run again) of a woman.

Patrick Kennedy ... Gideon Martin
David Calder ... Richard Martin
Rosalind Jones ... Accompanist
Mandy More ... Eugenie Martin
Kananu Kirimi ... WPC Mason
John McGlynn ... DS David Leach
Sharon Small ... Detective Constable Barbara Havers
David Burke ... DSI Webberley
Diana Hoddinott ... Mrs. Webberley

Nathaniel Parker ... Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley
Richard McCabe ... Theatre Manager

Michael Culkin ... Raphael
Jason Baughan ... SOCO Officer
Anthony Higgins ... James Pitchley
Lesley Vickerage ... Helen Lynley
Dinsdale Landen ... Major Wiley
Bay White ... Sister Elise
Joanna Kanska ... Katja Wolff
Anna Kirkey ... Marcie

Season 3, Episode 3: A Cry for Justice

18 March 2004
Barbara Havers is re-appointed to her rank of Detective Sergeant and she and Inspector Lynley are assigned to investigate the murder of Morag McNicholl. The killing was made to look like a suicide but it is clear she was killed by a blow to the head and that her wrists were slit after her death. The police also find a large amount of cash in the flat so they can rule out robbery as a motive. The police pursue several lines of inquiry. The dead woman was membership secretary at a prestigious private club so Havers goes undercover there to see what information she can glean. Lynley looks into identifying a young man who was apparently stalking Morag. Throughout, Lynley is having difficulty coming to grips with his impending fatherhood, fearing that his own dysfunctional family background will get in the way.
Catherine McDonough ... Morag McNicholl

Steven Webb ... Daniel Morgan
Sharon Small ... Barbara Havers
Al Weaver ... Billy Slaven
Terence Harvey ... Nigel Sanderson

Daniel Ryan ... Red McGuire

Nathaniel Parker ... Thomas Lynley
Lesley Vickerage ... Helen Lynley
Shaughan Seymour ... Inspector Fraser

Tim Frances ... Asst. Commissioner Hillier

Jenny Agutter ... Jemma Sanderson
Gabrielle Reidy ... Nancy Brooks (as Gabriel Reidy)
Susan Gilmore ... Marjorie Carter