Appropriate Adult - DaaVeeDee

Appropriate Adult (DVD) (*)

~~$27.99~~ $24.98

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

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

Running Time:
133 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

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

Directed By:
Julian Jarrold

Written By:
Neil McKay

Actors:
Emily Watson ..... Janet Leach (2 episodes, 2011)
Dominic West ..... Fred West (2 episodes, 2011)
Robert Glenister ..... Detective Superintendent John Bennett (2 episodes, 2011)
Sylvestra Le Touzel ..... Detective Constable Hazel Savage (2 episodes, 2011)
Monica Dolan ..... Rose West (2 episodes, 2011)
Anthony Flanagan ..... Mike (2 episodes, 2011)
Samuel Roukin ..... Detective Constabe Darren Law (2 episodes, 2011)
Gerard Horan ..... Howard Ogden (2 episodes, 2011)
Seline Hizli ..... Mae West (2 episodes, 2011)
James McArdle ..... Stephen West (2 episodes, 2011)
Rupert Simonian ..... Josh (2 episodes, 2011)
Sophie Downham ..... Jade (2 episodes, 2011)
Paula Williamson ..... Kirsty Stephens (2 episodes, 2011)
Andonis Anthony ..... Male Journalist (2 episodes, 2011)
Heather Tobias ..... Ruth (2 episodes, 2011)
Steve Scott ..... Himself - TV Reporter (2 episodes, 2011)
Richard Calder ..... Detective Constable (2 episodes, 2011)
Benjamin Knox ..... Policeman (2 episodes, 2011)
Michael J. Tait ..... Detective (2 episodes, 2011)

Synopsis:

Powerful and thought-provoking drama which tells the compelling true story of Janet Leach who played a crucial part in uncovering the shocking crimes of Fred and Rosemary West - two of the most notorious serial-killers in history. Featuring electrifying performances by Emily Watson (as Janet Leach) and Dominic West (as Fred West), it reveals the extraordinary relationship which developed between the two, as West tried to evade responsibility for his crimes and protect his wife Rosemary from justice. Based on extensive research, and consultation with numerous people closely involved in the case, including police officers, surviving victims and relatives of victims of the Wests.

Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: Episode #1.1
Original Air Date-4 September 2011
Trainee social worker Janet Leach is asked by Gloucester police to be the appropriate adult at the interrogation of a simple-minded suspect. He is Fred West, who, with his wife Rosemary, is accused of killing their daughter and burying her in their garden at 25, Cromwell Street. West claims the death was accidental and his wife knew nothing of it. However grisly details gradually come to light and West owns to nine other murders, of girls who stayed at his house. Janet soon finds herself intimidated by the intensity of the situation, gutter press approaches to which her bi-polar husband succumbs and the foul-mouthed threats of Rosemary West. But just as disturbing is the rapport which Fred believes he has with her, terming her his only friend and confessing to her things he will not tell the police.
Season 1, Episode 2: Episode #1.2
Original Air Date-11 September 2011
Continuing to sit in on the police interviews Janet is shocked when she learns of the Wests' sexual depravity and when Fred calls her Anna, one of his victims whom she physically resembles. With both the Wests charged, she is no longer needed but visits Fred in prison privately in the hopes that he will disclose the fates of more victims to her. When he kills himself, the police need Janet to tell them what he revealed to her in order to convict Rosemary and she comes to see how he used her. At Rosemary West's trial Janet's evidence helps secure a conviction, though an end title suggests that the corpses of other West victims have yet to be unearthed.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 30 October, 2011.

Customers who bought this product also purchased

The Field of Blood (DVD)