Case Histories (Season 1) - 2-DVD Set ( Case Histories - Season One )

Case Histories (Season 1) - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Case Histories - Season One
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
348 min + 15 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Behind the scenes
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Bill Anderson
Dan Zeff

Written By:
Kate Atkinson
Matthew Graham

Actors:
Jason Isaacs ..... Jackson Brodie (6 episodes, 2011)
Amanda Abbington ..... DC Louise Munroe (6 episodes, 2011)
Zawe Ashton ..... Deborah Arnold (6 episodes, 2011)
Millie Innes ..... Marlee Brodie (6 episodes, 2011)
Natasha Little ..... Julia Land (4 episodes, 2011)
Kirsty Mitchell ..... Josie Brodie (4 episodes, 2011)
Edward Corrie ..... Marcus Stewart (4 episodes, 2011)
Maarten Stevenson ..... Archie Munroe (4 episodes, 2011)
Rory Barraclough ..... Young Jackson (3 episodes, 2011)
Allan Lindsay ..... Francis Brodie (3 episodes, 2011)
Fenella Woolgar ..... Amelia Land (2 episodes, 2011)
Paterson Joseph ..... Patrick Carter (2 episodes, 2011)
Adam Godley ..... Martin Canning (2 episodes, 2011)
Sylvia Syms ..... Binky Rain (2 episodes, 2011)
Keith Allen ..... Richard Moat (2 episodes, 2011)
Philip Davis ..... Theo Wyre (2 episodes, 2011)
Tom Goodman-Hill ..... Neil Hunter (2 episodes, 2011)
Marion Bailey ..... Gloria Hatter (2 episodes, 2011)
Aisling Loftus ..... Lily Rose (2 episodes, 2011)
Neil McKinven ..... Gary Moore (2 episodes, 2011)
Rose Leslie ..... Laura Wyre (2 episodes, 2011)
Simon Weir ..... Paul Bradley (2 episodes, 2011)
Morven Christie ..... Michelle Moore (2 episodes, 2011)
Orla O'Rourke ..... Tatiana (2 episodes, 2011)
Mark Prendergast ..... Stuart Lappin (2 episodes, 2011)
Brian McCardie ..... Terence Smith (2 episodes, 2011)
Shauna Macdonald ..... Shirley Manning (2 episodes, 2011)
Alexander West ..... Andrew Jones (2 episodes, 2011)
Tessa Titterington ..... Young Amelia (2 episodes, 2011)
Gary French ..... Billy Teague (2 episodes, 2011)
Sandy Welch ..... Victor Land (2 episodes, 2011)
Stella Hetherington ..... Young Julia (2 episodes, 2011)
Anna Nierobisz ..... Iriana (2 episodes, 2011)
Pippa Bennett-Warner ..... Emma Drake (2 episodes, 2011)
Natasha Watson ..... Young Sylvia (2 episodes, 2011)
Layla Grace Kerr ..... Olivia Land (2 episodes, 2011)
Victoria Balnaves ..... Rosemary Land (2 episodes, 2011)
Niall Macgregor ..... Stan Jessop (2 episodes, 2011)
Mark Rowley ..... Josh Fairlie (2 episodes, 2011)
Carole Anders ..... Neighbour (2 episodes, 2011)
Sylvestra Le Touzel ..... Sylvia Land (2 episodes, 2011)
Glenna Morrison ..... Jean Stanton (2 episodes, 2011)
Neve McIntosh ..... Joanna Hunter (2 episodes, 2011)
Gwyneth Keyworth ..... Reggie (2 episodes, 2011)

Synopsis:

Case Histories is a character driven, not procedural, detective series. Each story is, first and foremost, an exploration and revelation of character structured by the unravelling of a crime mystery. Distinctive in its humanity and modernity, its storytelling embodies emotional depth and humour. Each two part story reflects the novel from which it is adapted, yet clearly belongs to a returnable series. The series has the ambition of the best jigsaw puzzles of Kate Atkinson's novels, aiming to delight both her established audience and a mainstream TV audience with her immensely likeable and original characters. At the heart of these stories and characters is private investigator, Jackson Brodie played by Jason Isaacs. It all adds up to a clever, compelling drama, with warmth and wit from Jackson, alongside the mystery and murder of the dark world outside.

Season 1

Season 1, Episode 1: Episode #1.1
Original Air Date-5 June 2011
Divorced ex-policeman Jackson Brodie works a a private eye on largely mundane cases until,by chance,he meets sisters Amelia and Julia Land. They ask him to look into the disappearance of their little sister Olivia thirty years earlier now that her favourite toy has surfaced in the belongings of their late father. At the same time agitated lawyer Theo Wynne,impatient at police lack of progress,has him investigate the recent murder of his teen-aged daughter Laura at his office. With reluctant help from ex-colleague Louise Jackson learns that Laura's teacher Jessup made a pass at her but he had an alibi. Her boyfriend Josh,however,recalls that she had another,jealous admirer though Theo refuses to believe it of his little girl. Jackson is then picked up in a bar by Shirley,who asks his help in finding her missing niece Tanya. All these circumstances remind him of the murder of his sister years ago when he was a young boy.

Season 1, Episode 2: Episode #1.2
Original Air Date-6 June 2011
Jackson finally solves the mystery of Laura's killer whilst Shirley,about to make a wealthy marriage,tells him that she feels guilty because she promised to look after Tanya,the daughter of her sister Michelle who was sent to prison for murdering her husband. Tanya went off the rails on discharge from a care home and Shirley wants to make amends. A meeting with Michelle however paints a different picture and Jackson is convinced that Shirley only wants Tanya found so that she does not ruin the marriage. Fortunately a happy coincidence brings closure for Tanya and Theo whilst the Lands' eldest sister,now a nun,throws light on the fate of Olivia. Jackson,however,is perturbed to learn that his ex-wife is leaving,with their daughter,for a job in New Zealand.

Season 1, Episode 3: One Good Turn, Part 1
Original Air Date-12 June 2011
After seeing the corpse of a woman in the river - which disappears before the police arrive - Jackson intervenes,along with crime writer Martin Canning, when Paul Bradley is the victim of an apparently random road rage attack. At the hospital's request Martin accompanies Paul home on his discharge and gets a shock when he looks in his bag. Meanwhile Jackson learns that the dead girl was Russian and worked for a rather sinister cleaning company. The trail leads to an orthodox church also used by dominatrix Tatiana who was pleasuring dodgy businessman Graham Hatter when he succumbed to a massive heart attack and who strikes up an unlikely friendship with Graham's wife Gloria. After another Russian girl's corpse is found Jackson has reason to believe Martin is in danger and rushes to his house but somebody has been there ahead of him.

Season 1, Episode 4: One Good Turn, Part 2
Original Air Date-13 June 2011
The dead man is not Martin ,who reappears,having been drugged by the mysterious Bradley who then disappeared. Jackson learns that Graham Hatter ran the cleaning company, which is a front for sex-trafficking and approaches Gloria who identifies Smith,the man who attacked Bradley and Jackson as one of Graham's most trusted employees. Gloria introduces Jackson to Tatiana and the two women plan to leave town with Graham's ill-gotten gains. However Smith comes calling and once again Martin proves himself to be a hero whilst Bradley's identity is revealed. Jackson,however,prepares to bid goodbye to his daughter Marlee as she leaves for New Zealand.

Season 1, Episode 5: When Will There Be Good News> Part One
Original Air Date-19 June 2011
Louise's date with doctor Patrick Carter is interrupted when she has to attend at a train wreck,caused when an elderly woman driver died at the wheel and crashed her car on the line. Jackson had tried to save her and is in turn rescued by Reggie,a young nanny who knew the dead woman and wants him to locate her employer Joanna Hunter,a doctor,who disappeared with her baby son. She is not convinced by Joanna's husband Neil's story that they are staying with an aunt. Using the identity of Andrew Jones,a man whose wallet Reggie picked up from the railway lines in mistake for Jackson's they hire a car and discover that Neil was lying about Joanna's alleged visit to her aunt. Then Jackson is arrested, as Andrew Jones is a wanted man.

Season 1, Episode 6: When Will There Be Good News> Part Two
Original Air Date-20 June 2011
Louise vouches for Jackson,who is released,the real Andrew Jones killing himself,though a sinister link is established between him and an incident from Joanna's girlhood. Through Reggie's brother Billy Jackson learns that Neil knows more about his family's disappearance than he claims and together Reggie and Jackson track Joanna and her baby down,though Jackson's working day is not over,thanks to an obsessive husband in a divorce case.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 12 September, 2011.

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