Episodes cast for
"The Inspector Lynley Mysteries" (2001) More at IMDb Pro »

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Season 1

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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

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Season 2

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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

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Season 3

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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