Miniseries (1987)
Release date: 1987-12-04
Director: Tom Clegg
Writer: Ron Hutchinson
Novel: Hugh C. Rae
Episodes (3):
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1. Episode 1
Weaver believes he can spend the rest of his life in sunny exile, but a letter from Liverpool eventually arrives telling him his young son has been murdered in a crime of futile viciousness.
Release date: 1987-12-04
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2. Episode 2
Weaver is back in his adopted city to find the killers of his young son, but he needs the name of a bent copper from his partner-in-crime Irwin, even at the risk of aborting their well-planned heist.
Release date: 1987-12-11
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3. Episode 3
Doyle has been murdered, and Brown sets out to take his friend's body home to Ireland while Weaver pursues the killers, helped by Hazel.
Release date: 1987-12-18
Cast
David Threlfall
as Weaver
Leslie Ash
as Hazel
Richard Griffiths
as Brown
James Ellis
as Doyle
Michael Angelis
as Irwin
Craig Charles
as MacFadden
Andrew Schofield
as Leadbetter
Ray Kingsley
as Bremner
Dawn Archibald
as O'Hara
Eithne Browne
as Muriel
Terence Harvey
as Greerson
Philip Whitchurch
as Kelling
Tariq Yunus
as Santok
Nick Maloney
as Brand
Sean McKee
as Comic #1
Gary Bleasdale
as Comic #2
Ian Hart
as Comic #3
Rest of the cast - click here to expand
Jimmy Coleman - Club Compere, Mike Hayden - Hotel Clerk, Al T. Kossy - Drunk, Kevin Carson - Weaver's Son, Gloria Rodriguez - Girl in Spain
Crew - click here to expand
Tom Clegg - Director, Richard Thompson - Music, Peter Filleul - Theme Song Performance, Hugh C. Rae - Novel, Richard Thompson - Theme Song Performance, Peter Filleul - Music, Craig Charles - Poem, Ron Hutchinson - Writer, Sally Head - Producer