The Lakes - Complete Series 1

The Lakes - Series One (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
237 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Alternative Footage
Commentary
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Bill Anderson
Sallie Aprahamian

Written By:
Jimmy McGovern

Actors:
Annabelle Apsion ..... Beverly
Matt Bardock ..... Albie
Justin Brady ..... Joey
Paul Copley ..... Peter Quinlan
Emma Cunniffe ..... Emma Quinlan
Charles Dale ..... Chef
Nicholas Day ..... Mr Archer
Kevin Doyle ..... John Fisher
Lee Oakes ..... Tharmy
Robert Pugh ..... Father Matthew
Mary Jo Randle ..... Bernie Quinlan
John Simm ..... Danny Kavanagh
Kaye Wragg ..... Lucy Archer

Synopsis:

The Lakes brought writer Jimmy McGovern and actor John Simm a great deal of critical praise in 1997. Following a particularly dry period for British TV drama, the show's realistic characterisations and their painfully honest decisions hit audiences hard. Simm is a twentysomething trapped in a life of compulsive gambling, theft and being on the dole in Liverpool. On a whim he heads north to the Lake District. He expects to find the countryside quietude where his hidden poetical leanings might find a home, but instead gets caught up in a community like any other. Lies, temptation and tragedy beset every household just as much as the big city.

The focus of Series 1 is Danny's relationship with Emma (Emma Cunniffe) and the consequences of having a child. As time races by, his link to the Lakes becomes an exercise in torment when the eyes of blame fall easily upon him after the accidental deaths of four schoolgirls. Stoking the flames of a series of secondary explosions in waiting are a pair of affairs, one adulterous, the other complicated by religion.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 14 December, 2007.

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