The Lakes (Series 2) - 2-DVD Set ( The Lakes 2 ) ( The Lakes - Series Two )

The Lakes (Series 2) - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Lakes 2
Alternate Title: The Lakes - Series Two
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
375 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Bill Anderson

Written By:
Jimmy McGovern

Actors:
John Simm ..... Danny Kavanagh
Emma Cunniffe ..... Emma Kavanagh
Kevin Doyle ..... John Fisher
Clare Holman ..... Simone Fisher
Bob Mason ..... Sergeant Slater
Peter Stark ..... Naked German
Paul Copley ..... Peter Quinlan
Mary Jo Randle ..... Bernie Quinlan
Tony Rohr ..... Grandad
James Thornton ..... Pete Quinlan
Charles Dale ..... Chef
Elizabeth Berrington ..... Ruth
Amanda Mealing ..... Jo Jo Spiers
Jessica Perry ..... Annie Quinlan
Joel Phillimore ..... Thomas Alcock
Robert Pugh ..... Father Matthew
Robert Morgan ..... Charles Kilbride
Elizabeth Rider ..... Sheila Thwaite
David Westhead ..... Arthur Thwaite
Barbara Wilshere ..... Dr. Sarah Kilbride
Kaye Wragg ..... Lucy Archer
Matt Bardock ..... Albie
Samantha Seager ..... Julie
Robin Laing ..... Joey
Lee Oakes ..... Tharmy
Elizabeth Bennett ..... Mrs. Archer
Nicholas Day ..... Mr. Archer
Marshall Lancaster ..... Ged Hodgson

Synopsis:

Following on from the tragic death of three of the villages children and with personal relationships and alliances growing ever more tangled, the second series of The Lakes revisits a community driven by guilt, suspicion and grief and besieged by emotional, sexual and domestic tensions. Danny (John Simm) struggles to control his gambling and provided for his new wife Emma (Emma Cunniffe) and baby, whilst enduring the hostility of the Quinlan family home. Despite his good intentions, working in the hotel he becomes enmeshed in the defence of his one-time antagonist, Lucy (Kaye Wragg) in the wake of a shocking incident of sexual violence. But Danny is not the only one who has trouble staying on the straight and narrow: murder, lust and betrayal permeate lives throughout the village.

Danny is a modern-day Alfie whose tragic-comic adventures take him from Liverpool to a small community in the scenic Lake District. Working as a porter in a local hotel, Danny enters a world of casual sex and petty rivalries. He falls in love with a local girl, gets her pregnant and marries her in an orgy of recrimination, bruised eyes and broken limbs. Then four schoolgirls drown in an accident on the lake, and the ugly finger of blame is pointed at the outsider - Danny.

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. As the series goes on, the secrets, lies, and crimes, of the seemingly tranquil community continue to be revealed.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 20 December, 2010.