Blue Murder - Series One to Five - 9-DVD Box Set ( Blue Murder - Complete Series 1-5 ) ( Blue Murder - Entire Series 1 to 5 )

Blue Murder - Series One to Five - 9-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

$44.99

Original Title: Blue Murder - Complete Series 1-5
Alternate Title: Blue Murder - Entire Series 1 to 5
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
1164 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Juliet May
Pip Broughton

Written By:
Cath Staincliffe
Elizabeth-Anne Wheal

Actors:
Paul Loughran ..... DS Butchers / ... (18 episodes, 2003-2009)
Nicholas Murchie ..... DS Shap / ... (18 episodes, 2003-2009)
Caroline Quentin ..... DCI Janine Lewis / ... (18 episodes, 2003-2009)
Ian Kelsey ..... DI Richard Mayne / ... (18 episodes, 2003-2009)
Ceallach Spellman ..... Tom Lewis (16 episodes, 2003-2009)
Eden Garrity ..... Ellie Lewis / ... (13 episodes, 2006-2009)
Saskia Wickham ..... Louise Hogg / ... (9 episodes, 2006-2009)
Joe Tucker ..... Pete Lewis (9 episodes, 2003-2007)
Geoff Breton ..... Michael Lewis (9 episodes, 2003-2009)
David Schofield ..... DCS Hackett (6 episodes, 2003-2006)
Belinda Everett ..... Kat Skerton (6 episodes, 2009)
Catherine Jenkins ..... Eleanor Lewis (6 episodes, 2003-2006)
Judith Vause ..... Tina (4 episodes, 2006)
Nina Fog ..... Connie (4 episodes, 2004)
Sushil Chudasama ..... Shaz Chowdhary (2 episodes, 2004)
Rhea Bailey ..... DC Lisa Goodall / ... (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Brendan Coyle ..... Derek Jowell (2 episodes, 2009)
Kieran O'Brien ..... Terry Camerton (2 episodes, 2009)
Vera Filatova ..... Tanya Lucas (2 episodes, 2009)
Colin Wells ..... Paul Faber (2 episodes, 2009)
Heather Peace ..... Sally Jowell (2 episodes, 2009)
Felicity Grant ..... Hannah Jowell (2 episodes, 2009)
Maxine Finch ..... Pathologist (2 episodes, 2009)
Pauline Daniels ..... Mrs. Hilyard (2 episodes, 2009)
Benjamin Robinson ..... Charlotte Lewis (2 episodes, 2004)
Adam Robinson ..... Charlotte Lewis (2 episodes, 2004)
Neil McCaul ..... Mr. Bannister (2 episodes, 2009)
Karl Haynes ..... Dave (2 episodes, 2009)
Lucy Meacock ..... TV Journalist (2 episodes, 2009)
Rachel Davies ..... Margi McAteer (2 episodes, 2006)
John McArdle ..... Colin McAteer / ... (2 episodes, 2006)
Louise Delamere ..... Lynne Aziz / ... (2 episodes, 2006)
Ace Bhatti ..... Saadiq Aziz (2 episodes, 2006)
Paul Kynman ..... Carmichael / ... (2 episodes, 2003-2009)
Abigail Lyon ..... Charlotte Lewis (2 episodes, 2004)
Olivia Lyon ..... Charlotte Lewis (2 episodes, 2004)
Tim Barlow ..... Stubbins (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
Chris Wilson ..... Desk Sergeant / ... (2 episodes, 2006-2007)

Synopsis:

Caroline Quentin (Jonathan Creek, Men Behaving Badly) stars as Detective Janine Lewis in this fast paced police drama. Lewis is a single mum who's been deserted by her wayward husband, striving to balance the responsibilities of her high-powered career and close-knit team with the demands of her family. This 9 disc collection features all episodes from the hit ITV1 detective drama series.

Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: Episode #1.1
Original Air Date-18 May 2003
DCI Janine Lewis, faced with a disintegrating marriage and an unforeseen addition to the family, investigates the murder of a teacher.
Season 1, Episode 2: Episode #1.2
Original Air Date-19 May 2003
With her elder son Michael in trouble at school and her younger boy Tom suffering from an asthma attack,Janine faces criticism from her ex-husband that she is putting her work before her family. At least she is able to tell Lesley Tully that Dean Hendrix has been arrested,but then she gets a phone call that makes her realise that she could be in danger.
Season 2
Season 2, Episode 1: Hit and Run
Original Air Date-6 September 2004
DCI Lewis finds that a hit-and-run she witnessed that killed a young girl and the mutilation murder of an illegal immigrant lap dancer may be linked.
Season 2, Episode 2: Up in Smoke
Original Air Date-13 September 2004
A crematory worker points out to DCI Lewis that a computer analysis of the weight of ashes proves that two people, not one, were cremated in the same coffin.
Season 2, Episode 3: Fragile Relations
Original Air Date-20 September 2004
The arson murder of a socially-conscious mullah in Manchester's Pakistani community stirs simmering racial tensions.
Season 2, Episode 4: Lonely
Original Air Date-27 September 2004
A twelve year old autistic child holds the key to the stabbing murder of his caregiver if DCI Lewis can get him to talk.
Season 3
Season 3, Episode 1: Steady Eddie
Original Air Date-20 October 2006
An investigation starts when a teenage girl knocked down by the getaway car after a jewellery robbery.
Season 3, Episode 2: Make Believe
Original Air Date-27 October 2006
Less than two weeks after 3 year old Sammy Wray goes missing from a children's playground, a child's body is found in a sewer. DCI Lewis is leading the inquiry and the pathologist's report cites the cause of death as a blow to the skull. The investigation soon reveals that the boy's father, Clive Wray, is lying to them about his whereabouts the day the boy went missing. His ex-wife is known to have made threats against his new family and she becomes a suspect as well. The case is thrown into chaos however when DNA testing reveals that the dead boy isn't Sammy Wray. The police now have two cases to solve and it's back to square one interviewing Sammy parents, neighbors, workmen and any others who might have be in the area when Sammy disappeared. They're convinced his disappearance and the death of another child of the same age have to be connected but there is no apparent link.
Season 3, Episode 3: The Spartacus Thing
Original Air Date-3 November 2006
Alan Hickson strangles his wife, Paula, with a dog chain after she drowns his dog in the garden pond, and is sentenced to three years in prison. He is released after having only served 18 months, but he is soon found dead - having been strangled with a dog chain.
Season 3, Episode 4: In Deep
Original Air Date-10 November 2006
A petty crook is found dead in the same lake that has been frequented by four old fishing buddies.
Season 4
Season 4, Episode 1: Not a Matter of Life and Death
Original Air Date-3 December 2007
DCI Lewis and her team are on the scene quickly when a 19 year-old lad is stabbed just outside their local. The young man, Dwayne Kent, was out celebrating his birthday with his brother and others. He was an up and coming footballer that the papers referred to as the Golden Boy. He was found by his brother Lee just a few minutes after Dwayne had a run-in with three other young men who chased after him. It doesn't appear however that they were responsible. Dwayne was clearly living well beyond his means and seemed to own his own flat, which is news to his parents. False assumptions and mixed identities are key to solving the crime.
Season 4, Episode 2: Desperate Measures
Original Air Date-10 December 2007
DCI Jeanine Lewis and her team investigate the murder of Dr. Donald Haliwell who was shot as he was leaving his surgery. There are several possible suspects. He had just been exonerated at a Coroner's Inquest over the drug overdose death of a young woman whose mother, Marcie Young, believes he reduced their daughter's methadone dosage too quickly. Then there's a young associate, Dr. McKee, who has just learned that he was to be released at the end of his contract. Lastly, the surgery in question had previously been the subject of a burglary by the Wilson gang and the police had intelligence that the gang was planning another major robbery. Staff at the surgery also think Dr. Halliwell may have been stealing drugs. The solution definitely lies in a connection with the surgery.
Season 4, Episode 3: Crisis Management
Original Air Date-17 December 2007
DCI Jeanine Turner and her team investigate the murder of a senior NCO at an army base. They're getting some cooperation from the military, but they're worried about bad publicity and aren't being entirely truthful about what they know about their personnel. From the beginning, she finds the case has all of the hallmarks of a family dispute but a second and then a third death points to illegal drug use, affairs and the challenges of having to face an impending relocation to a war zone. Jeanine has to deal with her own feelings for Major Tim Fairhead who she had only recently met and who feels the same about her. That relationship also elicits a sharp reaction from DI Richard Mayne.
Season 5
Season 5, Episode 1: Having It All
Original Air Date-7 September 2009
A cheer leading coach is bludgeoned to death with a hammer after her team loses a tough competition.
Season 5, Episode 2: Inside
Original Air Date-14 September 2009
Detective Mayne risks his life to go undercover in prison to expose a murderer.
Season 5, Episode 3: Tooth and Claw
Original Air Date-21 September 2009
A woman is found strangled in a rural area of Greater Manchester and DCI Lewis thinks it may be linked to a string of local arson fires.
Season 5, Episode 4: This Charming Man
Original Air Date-28 September 2009
The investigation of the murder of a rock star takes Janine and her team into the seamy side of Manchester's rock world.
Season 5, Episode 5: Private Sins
Original Air Date-5 October 2009
After being honored as a "super cop," DS Shap begins a private rogue investigation of the murder of an illegal Belarusian immigrant.
Season 5, Episode 6: Private Sins: Part 2
Original Air Date-12 October 2009
With Tanya Lucas dead - apparently killed by the same person to killed Peter Williams - Shap finds his own situation deteriorating. He admits to DI Mayne that he slept with the girl the evening she was killed and it eventually comes out that he was using her to try and locate Terry Camerton. He's still holding out about his true relationship with Terry and his ex-wife Sally Jowell. Meanwhile, the evidence begins to point to Sally's new husband Derek as the likely murderer. DCI Lewis still has major problems at home with son Tom and thinks she will apply for the the Superintendents' Board thinking she may have more regular hours and a more balanced lifestyle.

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