Ended

The Lakes

Created by: Jimmy McGovern

7.0 12

1997

1h

2 seasons

MysteryDrama

The Lakes is a mystery drama created and written by Jimmy McGovern for BBC1. The first series – comprised of four episodes – broadcast from 14 September to 5 October 1997. A second series of ten episodes ran from 10 January to 14 March 1999. Danny Kavanagh leaves Liverpool for the Lake District, finding work at a hotel and love with a local girl named Emma. Yet Danny remains an outsider in the close-knit community, and through the machinations of fate, he finds himself implicated in a tragedy. The secrets, lies, and crimes, of the seemingly tranquil community continue to be revealed.

Seasons

Series 2

Series 1

Cast

Gary Archer/'Chef'

Elizabeth Bennett

Samantha Seager

Emma Kavanagh, Emma Quinlan

Elizabeth Rider

John Fisher, John Parr

Elizabeth Berrington

Annie Quinlan, Jessica Quinlan

Simone Fisher, Simone Parr

Barbara Wilshere

Dr. Sarah Kilbride

Sgt. Eddie Slater

Marshall Lancaster

Annabelle Apsion

Joel Phillimore

Charles Kilbride

Kate Fitzgerald

Dicken Ashworth

Olive Pendleton

Caroline O'Neill

Billy's Solicitor

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