SUNDAY 29 JANUARY
Drama
Lewis
9:00pm - 11:00pm
ITV1 London
VIDEO Plus+: 9252
Subtitled, Widescreen, Audio-described
Dramatised by Stephen Churchett
It was never going to be an easy act to follow. The ghost of John Thaw looms large over this handsome Inspector Morse sequel. But between them, Kevin Whately as Lewis, now promoted to inspector, and a shrewd new sidekick in the shape of Laurence Fox, pick up his torch and run with it. It helps that they've got a good script, the kind of precision-tooled whodunnit that reminds you how maddening it is when Midsomer Murders or Taggart take up 90 minutes of your time for a payoff that doesn't quite add up. Here, a student is shot dead at a sleep laboratory and the story behind her killing has elaborate parallels with a certain Shakespeare play. Whately's weary everyman act works as well as ever and Fox looks like he could single-handedly make up the charisma deficit left by Thaw. Let's hope this one-off leads to a series.
RT reviewer: David Butcher
DI Lewis - Kevin Whately
DS Hathaway - Laurence Fox
Ch Supt Innocent - Rebecca Front
Dr Laura Hobson - Clare Holman
Danny Griffon - Charlie Cox
Trudi Griffon - Jemma Redgrave
Rex Griffon - Jack Ellis
Tom Pollock - Danny Webb
Jessica Pollock - Flora Spencer-Longhurst
Regan Peverill - Sophie Winkleman
Ivor Denniston - Michael Maloney
Kate Jekyll - Lizzy McInnerny
DI Knox - Alex Knight
Bernard Beech - Colin Starkey
Mr Tanigaki - Dennis Matsuki
Hal Bose - Marc Elliott
Air stewardess - Rosalyn Wright
Club secretary - Michael Hobbs
Locksmith - Adam Smethurst
Uniformed PC - Mark Small
Secretary - Janet Maw
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If you loved MORSE then watch .........................LEWIS..........................
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RTKangaMummy · 29/01/2006 17:25
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