| "Care" | ||
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| UK, Episode 1.01 | → | |
| Production number: First aired (US): 6 October 2010 First aired (UK): 23 February 2009 First aired (CAN): 11 June 2009 First aired (AUS): 12 August 2009 | ||
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| Written By Chris Chibnall Directed By Omar Madha | ||
Summary[]
A baby's carcass is spotted inside a bag at the local hospital, poisoned by gas fumes from a faulty heater in his mother's apartment. A fellow tenant, Mike Turner, has been bribed by the landlord, Maureen Walters, to harass the occupants into leaving so that she can renovate the building for higher rents, and he is charged with tampering with the heater and killing the infant. Although a mistrial is initially called when the building's French caretaker is mistranslated, D.S. Brooks gets the trial back on track when he finds that Mrs. Walters has been bribing environmental health officers and persuades Turner to testify against her.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Bradley Walsh as Detective Sergeant Ronnie Brooks
- Jamie Bamber as Detective Sergeant Matt Devlin
- Harriet Walter as Detective Inspector Natalie Chandler
- Ben Daniels as Senior Crown Prosecutor James Steel
- Freema Agyeman as Junior Crown Prosecutor Alesha Phillips
- Bill Paterson as Crown Prosecution Service Director George Castle
Recurring Cast[]
- Patrick Malahide as Robert Ridley, QC
- Lorraine Ashbourne as Maureen Walters
- Nicholas Blane as Oswald Spear
- Gillian McCutcheon as Judge Margaret Blake
- Alexander Perkins as S.O.C.O. Officer Pete
- Robert Glenister as the Narrator (uncredited)
Guest Cast[]
- Tony Maudsley as Mike Turner
- Venetia Campbell as Dionne Farrah
- Michelle Asante as Leona Collins
- Angela Terence as Serena Jackson
- Louise Marwood as Anna Shorofsky
- Babou Ceesay as Daniel Matoukou
- Mark Roper as Parker
- Amanda St. John as Lucas
- Andrew Pritchard as James
- Alison Lintott as P.C.S.O. Rachel Evans
- Geoffrey Burton as P.C.S.O. Bob White
- Louise Ford as Sharon
- Angela Sims as Angie
- Angelo Andreou as Kostas
- Genevieve Allenbury as Mrs. Stavrou
- Cally Lawrence as Mrs. Jackson
- John Mackay as Lindford
- Sarah Flind as Sarah
- Joan Hodges as Mrs. Murphy
- Jane Jeffery as Clarke
- Barbara Joslyn as Harris
- William Brand as Martin Stanton
- Michael O'Connor as Albert Norman
- Iarla McGowan as Lampton
- Rupert Farley as Charlie Dias
- James Benson as Frank Hearn
Background information and notes[]
- Adapted from the Law & Order episode "Cradle to Grave".
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