"Lynda La Plante (Prime Suspect) brings her tademark intensity and depth of characterization in this gripping British crime series. Each feature-length drama traces a crime from commission to courtroom, revealing the complex motives and machinations of the police, the accused, and the attorneys. At the same time, the series never loses sight of the victims and their families, compassionately showing the scars left as a consequence of crime. David Hayman (Hope and Glory) and Victoria Smurft (About a Boy) star as DCS Mike Walker and DCI Roisin Connor, two former rivals who share a fanatical devotion to thier profession. In these three cases, they investigate a schooteacher's murder complicated by racial tensions, the tragic death of a toddler, and the killing of a politically prominent couple in their home. Created by the 'playwright laureat of women crime-stoppers' (NPR's Weekend Edition), this unflinching detective drama boasts innovative direction and daring storytelling."--Container.
Publisher:Silver Spring, Md. : Acorn Media Group, c2010.
General Note: Home use only."From the creator of Prime Suspect"--Container16:9 widescreen.Special features: Photo galleries ; biography of Lynda La Plante ; cast filmographies.Contains three feature-length episodes from Series 10 of the British crime drama series, which originally aired on TV in 2007, plus bonus features on 3 discs.
Formatted Contents Note: v. XII. Paradise lost (ca. 137 min.)
Creation/Production Credits Note: Written by Lynda La Plante ; directed by Tristram Powell, Andy Hay and Edward Hall.
Participant or Performer Note: David Hayman and Victoria Smurfit.