Place of Execution (Parts 1-3)

Place of Execution (Parts 1-3) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

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

Running Time:
139 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Daniel Percival

Written By:
Patrick Harbinson
Val McDermid

Actors:
Lee Ingleby ..... DI George Bennett (3 episodes, 2008)
Emma Cunniffe ..... Ruth Hawkin (3 episodes, 2008)
Philip Jackson ..... Old George Bennett (3 episodes, 2008)
Juliet Stevenson ..... Catherine Heathcote (3 episodes, 2008)
Elizabeth Day ..... Sasha Heathcote (3 episodes, 2008)
Tony Maudsley ..... DS Tommy Clough (3 episodes, 2008)
Greg Wise ..... Philip Hawkin (3 episodes, 2008)
Poppy Goodburn ..... Alison Carter (3 episodes, 2008)
Mikey North ..... Charlie Lomas (3 episodes, 2008)
Danny Tennant ..... PC Swindells (3 episodes, 2008)
Sheila Reid ..... Ma Lomas (3 episodes, 2008)
Danny Sapani ..... Keith Slocombe (3 episodes, 2008)
Joy Blakeman ..... Kathy Lomas (3 episodes, 2008)
Zoe Telford ..... Nicola Curry (3 episodes, 2008)
Liz Moscrop ..... Laura (3 episodes, 2008)
Philip Whitchurch ..... DCI Culver (2 episodes, 2008)
Romy Baskerville ..... Margaret Bennett (2 episodes, 2008)
Dave Hill ..... Old Tommy Clough (2 episodes, 2008)
Peter Cartwright ..... Judge Sampson (2 episodes, 2008)
Chris Brailsford ..... Dan Crowther (2 episodes, 2008)
Leena Dhingra ..... Dr. Panaseer (2 episodes, 2008)
Miranda Williams ..... Young Catherine (2 episodes, 2008)
Paul Wyett ..... Don Smart (2 episodes, 2008)
Dirk Smith ..... PC Dawson (2 episodes, 2008)

Synopsis:

In 1963, young Alison Carter left her home in the small English village of Scardale and vanished. The mystery devastated the community and captivated police officer George Bennett. In modern day London, journalist Catherine Heathcote is putting the finishing touches on her documentary about the case. However, the previously helpful Bennett, now in his seventies, suddenly pulls out of the film. What makes him hesitant to discuss the case that made him a hero? The past and present interweave as both Bennett and Heathcote attempt to unravel the mysteries...

Season 1
Episode #1.1 S1, Ep1 22 Sep. 2008
In 1963 schoolgirl Alison Carter disappears from the village of Scardale and young policeman George Carter investigates. Although there is no body it is treated with the seriousness of a murder case, suspects numbering Alison's school-friend Charlie Lomas, though he is eliminated from enquiries and her uncle Simon, a known sex offender, who is later found dead in a field, an apparent suicide. Further evidence points towards Alison's stepfather, Philip Hawkin, an aloof man disliked by the locals and when a gun is stolen from a friend of Hawkin's, George pulls him in...
Episode #1.2 S1, Ep2 29 Sep. 2008
George brings Hawkin in for interview and later arrests him after finding his blood-stained shirt and pornographic photographs of Alison. Still protesting his innocence Hawkin stands trial for murder. In the present Catherine is surprised when George suddenly tells her that he no longer wants to take part in her film and she has some reason to suspect that he may have framed Hawkin by doctoring the photographs, which have recently been destroyed. After George suffers a heart attack and is hospitalized Catherine is perturbed when her boss Keith seems to want to subvert...
Episode #1.3 S1, Ep3 6 Oct. 2008
Despite his barrister's assertion that George Bennett faked the photographs Hawkin is found guilty of the rape and murder of Alison and is hanged - to the joy of the village. In the present Keith sacks Catherine and sends his assistant Nicola to interview George but George's sister refuses her access. Aware that Keith is out to discredit George Catherine persuades Tommy to go to Scardale with her to interview surviving locals and find out what really happened but they are met with hostility and driven away. Returning to the village alone Catherine accidentally...

A young girl mysteriously vanishes from her English village home. Forty-five years later, a journalist's attempts to make a documentary on the case threaten to shatter the lives of all involved.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 20 March, 2015.