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The Suspicions of Mr Whicher is a British series of television films made by Hat Trick Productions for ITV, written by Helen Edmundson and Neil McKay. It stars Paddy Considine in the title role of detective inspector Jack Whicher of the Metropolitan Police. The first film, The Murder at Road Hill House, was based on the real-life Constance Kent murder case of 1860, as interpreted by Kate Summerscale in her 2008 book The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House, which was the winner of Britain's Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction in 2008, and was read as BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week in April the same year.
Original Release
04/25/2011
US Release
04/25/2011
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paddy Considine | Mr Whicher / Detective Whicher / Mr. Whicher |
Tim Pigott-Smith | Commissioner Mayne |
William Beck | Chief Inspector 'Dolly' Williamson / Dolly Williamson |
Nancy Carroll | Mrs Piper |
John Heffernan | Captain Charles Shore |
Helen Bradbury | Lady Jane Coverly |
Peter Capaldi | Samuel Kent |
Olivia Colman | Susan Spencer |
Adrian Quinton | Asim Jabour |
Alex Robertson | Matthew Thorogood |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder at Road Hill House | Monday, 25 April 2011 |
2 | The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane | Sunday, 12 May 2013 |
3 | The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Beyond the Pale | Sunday, 07 September 2014 |
4 | The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Ties That Bind | Sunday, 14 September 2014 |
Directors
Geoffrey Sax, David Blair, James Hawes, Christopher Menaul
Writers
Kate Summerscale, Neil McKay, Helen Edmundson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paddy Considine | Mr Whicher / Detective Whicher / Mr. Whicher |
Tim Pigott-Smith | Commissioner Mayne |
William Beck | Chief Inspector 'Dolly' Williamson / Dolly Williamson |
Nancy Carroll | Mrs Piper |
John Heffernan | Captain Charles Shore |
Helen Bradbury | Lady Jane Coverly |
Peter Capaldi | Samuel Kent |
Olivia Colman | Susan Spencer |
Adrian Quinton | Asim Jabour |
Alex Robertson | Matthew Thorogood |
Tom Georgeson | Superintendent Foley |
James Wilson | Pickpocket Youth |
Laura Morgan | Katherine Shore |
Paul Longley | Constable |
Risteard Cooper | Sir Henry Coverly |
Raphael Brandman | William Shore |
Emma Fielding | Mary Kent |
Andy Gathergood | Sergeant Parker |
Luke Thompson | Joshua Hallows |
Tyler Bennett | James Shore |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mark Redhead | Executive Producer |
Neil McKay | Executive Producer |
David Boulter | Producer |
Kate Murrell | Producer |
Charlotte Bloxham | Producer |
Rob Bullock | Producer |
Nigel Marchant | Producer |