Starring: Philip Madoc
Directed by: Peter Edwards
Produced by: Mike Parker
Written by: David Joss Buckley
Workaholic detective Noel Bain (Philip Madoc, Manhunt) has a talent for solving complex crimes-and a tendency to side with the underdog. In seven sizzling episodes, Bain goes undercover at a seaside resort, gets pinched between extreme environmentalists and big business, gets involved in a devilish case of vigilantism, hunts the man who killed his wife, and more.
Item Number: 15945
English Subtitled for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
• Cast filmographies
• Clip from Episode 4 of Yr Heliwr, the Welsh-language version of the series (7 min.)
Workaholic detective Noel Bain (Philip Madoc, Manhunt) has a talent for solving complex crimes-and a tendency to side with the underdog. In seven sizzling episodes, Bain goes undercover at a seaside resort, gets pinched between extreme environmentalists and big business, gets involved in a devilish case of vigilantism, hunts the man who killed his wife, and more. Get ready for feature-length mysteries with gritty realism and no-holds-barred storytelling.
Episode 1: Bloodline
What looks like a suicide pact between brothers gets complicated when another body is found. Bain uncovers a family saga of blackmail, abuse, and revenge and also copes with disturbing news from his daughter, Hannah.
Episode 2: Deathwatch
When the charred remains of a body are found inside a burned-out car, Bain travels to a town where vigilante justice prevails. Despite the locals' disrespect, he attempts to unravel an unsettling chain of events that led to murder.
Episode 3: Gameplan
Bain goes undercover at a seedy seaside resort to investigate a young woman's murder. Then Hannah shows up for her own holiday, much to her father's chagrin.
Episode 4: Head of the Valleys
Called in to investigate a five-year-old corpse found beneath a parking lot, Bain suspects a local crime dynasty and their ruthless matriarch. While tracking down leads, he confronts his own attitudes towards wealth and power.
Episode 5: Inheritance
A wooded sanctuary in a small rural village has become a battleground between big business and local environmentalists. Investigating a string of violent killings, Bain is caught between two militant and potentially dangerous groups.
Episode 6: Strange Territory
When a teenager turns up dead in a Celtic burial ground, the top suspects are her scorned boyfriend and the local psychic who discovered her. Inconsolable with grief, the victim's family decides to take justice into their own hands.
Episode 7: Green Wounds
Plagued with nightmares about the death of his wife-killed 12 years earlier by a drunk driver-Bain takes a leave of absence to seek revenge against the man who ruined his life.
| DCI Noel Bain | --- | Philip Madoc |
| Hannah Bain | --- | Ffion Wilkins |
| Professor Margaret Edwards, pathologist | --- | Sharon Morgan |
| DS Alison Griffiths | --- | Gillian Elisa |
| Sgt Tom Swann | --- | Ieuan Rhys |
| DS Carwyn Phillips | --- | Geraint Lewis |
| Superintendent Jack Bevan | --- | Michael Povey |
| DS Leila Hamoudi | --- | Sara McGaughey |
| DC Meic Challis | --- | Bryn Fôn |
| Alan Bryant | --- | Simon Fisher |
| Paul Tam | --- | Richard Harrington |
| DC Richard Lynch | --- | Huw Llyr Roberts |
| DI Frankie Butt | --- | Elen Bowman |
| Frank Greening | --- | Aneirin Hughes |
| Mrs. Fenner | --- | Anwen Williams |
| DS Brickley | --- | Ifan Huw Dafydd |
| Lucy Allen | --- | Nia Williams |
| DC Jones | --- | Iwan Tudor |
| Geraint Humphries | --- | Mark Lewis Jones |
| Patrick Tam | --- | Nicholas McGaughey |
Directed by Peter Edwards, Edward Thomas, Philip John
Written by David Joss Buckley, Jeff Dodds, Lyn Ebenezer , Sion Eirian
Produced by Mike Parker, Peter Edwards
Executive Produced by Dafydd Huw Williams
Original Music by Mark Thomas
Cinematography by Peter Thornton
Film Editing by John Gillanders