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The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Paddy Considine in ITV Crime Drama

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 NEWS APRIL 2011

Original Source: SUITE101: THURSDAY 21 APRIL 2011
By Steve Rogerson
Last Updated Apr 20, 2011, Published Apr 19, 2011
 

Tom Georgeson and Anthony Hunt in The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
Photo from ITV/Hat Trick Productions

Paddy Considine stars in The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, an adaptation of the Kate Summerscale book and due to be shown on ITV on Monday 25 April 2011

Based on the book of the same name by Kate Summerscale, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher is a one-off drama due to be shown on ITV on Monday 25 April 2011. Starring Paddy Considine as Inspector Jonathan Whicher, the two-hour play is based on real-life events in 1860 surrounding the murder of three-year-old Saville Kent.

Behind the seemingly respectable middle-class façade of the Kent family, Whicher discovers adultery, insanity and jealousy as well as gossiping servants, a wicked stepmother and rebellious children. And he has to battle the local police, who are working against him, as he tries to solve the crime.

He is also under increasing pressure to solve the crime as the case is picked up by the national newspapers.


The death of a child stolen from his bed and thrust down into the pit beneath a privy represented a terrifying image for the new reading public,” said executive producer Mark Redhead in the official ITV press release. “The case resonated for the public in 1860 in the same way that the tragic case of Madeleine McCann has done in recent years as parents across the land thought there but for the grace of God.”

The Actors in The Suspicions of Mr Whicher


Paddy Considine is better known as a movie actor than he is on television having starred in films such as Dead Man’s Shoes, The Bourne Ultimatum, 24 Hour Party People and Hot Fuzz. His most notable TV credit is as Peter Hunter in Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980.


Peter Capaldi plays Samuel Kent, the bereaved father. As a director, his short film Frank Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life won an Oscar in 1995. His acting credits include as Thomas Walde in Selling Hitler, Larry Blakeson in Chandler & Co, Islington in Neverwhere, Barry McHoan in The Crow Road, Dr Ronnie Pilfrey in Fortysomething, Gordon Fleming in Sea of Souls, Mark Jenkins in Skins and John Frobisher in Torchwood. He is perhaps best known though as Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It. More recently, he played Frank Ryland in Accused and Balthazar in The Nativity.

Alexandra Roach plays the mother Constance Kent. She is currently filming The Iron Lady in which she plays the young Margaret Thatcher. Other roles include Sasha in Being Human and Beth in Candy Cabs.

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher also stars Charlie Hiett as William Kent, Emma Fielding as Mary Kent, Kate O’Flynn as Elizabeth Gough, William Beck as Dolly, Tom Georgeson as Superintendent Foley, Ben Miles as Dr Stapleton, Tim Pigott-Smith as Commissioner Mayne, Ben Crompton as William Nutt , Anthony Hunt as Constable Urch and Richard Lintern as Sir Henry Ludlow.

The Team Behind The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher was adapted for television by Neil McKay and was directed by James Hawes. Made by Hat Trick Productions for ITV, the play’s executive producer was Mark Redhead.

The drama was commissioned by ITV’s director of drama commissioning Laura Mackie and controller of drama commissioning Sally Haynes. Nigel Marchant was the producer. It was filmed on location around London.

Sources:

  • ITV Press Release

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