4. Message Sent (1991)
Michael Murray has reached panic level, and sends the researcher, Philip, on a mission to find three people: his missing brother Franky (along with the council car), his mother, and Eileen Critchley. Frank Twist catches up with Jim Nelson to tell him that an important local party meeting has been called. The meeting is to be packed with "new members" consisting of the trouble-makers under Peter's direction. Barbara's attempt to obtain Mr. Weller's old school records for Michael Murray and Eileen Critchley fail, and Weller deposits the incriminating evidence with Jim Nelson, on the night before he leaves on holiday. Lou Barnes tells Barbara that they now have Murray at breaking point, but because they do not yet have Weller's documents, Murray must be "relaxed" a bit, and Barbara will have to do the job. It looks like it's Michael's lucky night.
Release date: 1991-06-27
Season number: 1
Episode number: 4
Runtime: 81 minutes
Cast
Michael Palin
as Jim Nelson
Robert Lindsay
as Michael Murray
Lindsay Duncan
as Barbara Douglas
Julie Walters
as Mrs. Murray
Dearbhla Molloy
as Laura Nelson
Tom Georgeson
as Lou Barnes
Andrew Schofield
as Peter Grenville
Alan Igbon
as Teddy
Michael Angelis
as Martin Niarchos
David Ross
as Mr Weller
Philip Whitchurch
as Franky Murray
Daniel Massey
as Grosvenor
Jane Danson
as Eileen Critchley
Peter-Hugo Daly
as Bubbles McGuire
Paul Daneman
as Mervyn Sloan
Bill Stewart
as Geoff
Julia St. John
as Diane Niarchos
Colin Douglas
as Frank Twist
Jimmy Mulville
as Philip
John Henshaw
as Murray's Minder
Anna Friel
as Susan Nelson
Wayne Foskett
as Macker
Niall Tóibín
as Michael Murray Snr
Steve Halliwell
as Bubbles' Friend
Clifford Rose
as Judge Critchley
William Gaunt
as Hunningdon
Amanda Mealing
as Beth
Paul Butterworth
as Terry
Freddie Fletcher
as Poacher Vic
Peter Armitage
as Mr Burns
Jean Anderson
as Dr Goldup
William Franklyn
as Distinguished Gent
Jake Abraham
as Black Waiter
Noreen Kershaw
as Maureen Murray
Ken Kitson
as Vince
Kulvinder Ghir
as Ravi
Keith Clifford
as Coach Driver
Rest of the cast - click here to expand
Gareth Tudor Price - Richard Grenville, Hayley Fairclough - Jessica Nelson, Edward Mallon - Mark Nelson, Daniel Street-Brown - Robbie Burns, Serena Harragin - Miss Hutchinson, Stephen Hall - Young Michael Murray, Michelle Atkinson - Young Barbara, Ayesa Toure - Monica, Michael Fernandez - Jake, Paul Oldham - Joey, Gary Mavers - Billy, Cliff Howells - Joseph Cartwright, David J. Nicholls - Poacher Terry, Arthur Spreckley - Grandfather Burns, James Tomlinson - Stan, Chris Hargreaves - Scrawny Thug, Judith Barker - Margie, Debra Gillett - Sylvia, Chris Darwin - Barry, Norman Mills - Redneck Councillor, Ray Emmet Brown - West Indian, Anthony Benson - Norman