The Lakes
1997, Series, 237 min, Drama, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 68
The Lakes is a mystery drama created and written by Jimmy McGovern for BBC1. The first series – comprised of four episodes – broadcast from 14 September to 5 October 1997. A second series of ten episodes ran from 10 January to 14 March 1999. Danny Kavanagh leaves Liverpool for the Lake District, finding work at a hotel and love with a local girl named Emma. Yet Danny remains an outsider in the close-knit community, and through the machinations of fate, he finds himself implicated in a tragedy. The secrets, lies, and crimes, of the seemingly tranquil community continue to be revealed.
Directed by David Blair, Sallie Aprahamian, Bill Anderson, David Moore, Roberto Bangura
Cast
- Kaye Wragg as Lucy Archer
- John Simm as Danny Kavanagh
- Charles Dale as Chef
- Robert Pugh as Father Matthew
- Mary Jo Randle as Bernie Quinlan
- James Thornton as Pete Quinlan
- Elizabeth Bennett as Doreen Archer
- Paul Copley as Peter Quinlan
- Samantha Seager as Julie
- Robin Laing as Joey
More like this
- Below (2026)
- The Survivors (2025)
- Bag of Bones (2011)
- Sterling Point (2026)
- Insomnia (2024)
- Tell Me Lies (2022)
- We Were Liars (2025)
- Midnight Mass (2021)
- The Mist (2017)
- Sherlock & Daughter (2025)
- Death and Other Details (2024)
- Harper's Island (2009)