Waking the Dead
Wounds
Series 7 Episode 5

Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd : Trevor Eve
Psychological Profiler Grace Foley : Sue Johnston
Detective Inspector Spencer Jordan : Wil Johnson
Detective Constable Stella Goodman : Félicité du Jeu
Dr. of Everything Eve Lockhart : Tara Fitzgerald

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Luke Boyd : George Rainsford
Victor Coleridge : Lorcan Cranitch
Harold Bloom : Ian Puleston-Davies
Chris Dearden : Ian Dunn
Josh Findlay : Christopher Fulford
Frank Monk : Ralph Ineson
Michael Hurst : Rob Jarvis
Louise Hurst : Nimmy March
Jimmy Dearden : Robert Boulter
Lucy Dearden : Julia Ford

written by Paul Farrell

directed by Sam Miller
produced by Colin Wratten
Exec Producer Susan Hogg

It was another great week for Waking the Dead. The first half of the fourth episode drew 6.1 million viewers for a 25 percent share at 9:00 on Monday. The second half of the Skin episode also drew 6.1 million but this represented a greater share of the viewers, 27 percent for the timeslot.

source: The Guardian

Waking the Dead
Skin
Series 7 Episode 4

Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd : Trevor Eve
Psychological Profiler Grace Foley : Sue Johnston
Detective Inspector Spencer Jordan : Wil Johnson
Detective Constable Stella Goodman : Félicité du Jeu
Doctor Eve Lockhart : Tara Fitzgerald

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Jim Brown : Philip Whitchurch
Natalie Brown : Jo Woodcock
Raymond Ayanike : Cyril Nri
Terry Wilson :John Dougall
George /Sam : Johnny Palmiero
Marie Waters : Kelly Hunter
Rashid Said : Selva Rasalingam
Martin Armstrong : Russell Boulter
Selim Said : Sagar Radia
Charlie Ayanike : David Gyasi
Luke Boyd : George Rainsford
Dr. Emma McKenna : Michelle Bonnard
Hassan : Junade Khan

written by Clive Bradley & Declan Croghan

directed by Edward Bennett
produced by Colin Wratten
Exec Producer Susan Hogg

Unfortunately, Yahrzeit didn’t win this year’s Edgar award, but there’s always next year. Congratulations to the winner, Burn Notice. I’ve seen the pilot of Burn Notice, it was actually pretty entertaining.

BEST TELEVISION EPISODE TELEPLAY

“Pilot” - Burn Notice, Teleplay by Matt Nix (USA Network/Fox Television
Studios)

Waking the Dead
Duty and Honour
Series 7 Episode 3

Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd : Trevor Eve
Armchair Profiler Grace Foley : Sue Johnston
Detective Inspector Spencer Jordan : Wil Johnson
Detective Constable Stella Goodman : Félicité du Jeu
Doctor Eve Lockhart : Tara Fitzgerald

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Rob Lomax : Jamie Sives
Douglas Malham : Nicholas Farrell
Paul Overton : Luke Bailey
Andy Tyrrel : Richard Riddell
Mark Bennet : Elliott Jordan
Francis Duggan : Lee Turnbull
John Garret : Rupert Graves
Martin Duggan : Mark White
Gerry Samuels : Tim Faraday
Shahla Ahmed : Katie Jones
Nicola Bennet : Holliday Grainger
Mushrat Badawi : Stefan Kalipha
Susan Carlyle : Lorraine Stanley
James Malham : Harry Hadden-Paton
Luke Boyd : George Rainsford
Young Luke Boyd : Lewis Bingley
Hadi Ahmed : Chaitum Bagary
Picnic Woman : Lucy Evans
Barman : Ross Gurney-Randal

written by Adrian Mead

directed by Robert Bierman
produced by Colin Wratten
Exec Producer Susan Hogg

The Mystery Writers of America will be holding their 62nd Annual Edgar Awards on May 1, 2008 and in the running for Best Television Episode Teleplay is none other than Declan Croghan for his work on series 6’s Yarhrzeit. Note, this is for the BBC America edited down version.

The full list for this category is:

“It’s Alive” - Dexter, Teleplay by Daniel Cerone (Showtime)
“Yahrzeit” - Waking the Dead, Teleplay by Declan Croghan (BBC America)
“Pie-Lette” - Pushing Daisies, Teleplay by Bryan Fuller (ABC/Warner Bros Television
“Senseless” - Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Story by Warren Leight & Siobhan Byrne O’Connor, Teleplay by Julie Martin & Siobhan Byrne O’Connor (Wolf Films/NBC Universal)
“Pilot” - Burn Notice, Teleplay by Matt Nix (USA Network/Fox Television Studios)

The awards banquet will be held in New York City at the Grand Hyatt Hotel and tickets are selling for $175 per person. Al Roker will be hosting the event. On Tuesday & Wednesday, April 29-30, 2008 they are also holding a symposium which actually sounds pretty cool for any mystery fan.

One of the sessions claims to answer the question: What do Forensic Pathologists and Forensic Psychologists really do? My guess is that it won’t resemble anything we see Grace or Frankie and her replacements ever do on Waking the Dead.

The first part of Sins drew 6.3 million viewers, topping the nearest competitor, Taggart, by roughly 1.6 million.

A bunch of football (soccer) fans may never know how the mystery turned out because the second half of Sins could only convince 5.9 million viewers to turn from Chelsea and Liverpool. Still, Waking the Dead’s viewers did represent a very respectable 24 percent of the overall audience.

source: The Guardian

Waking the Dead
Sins
Series 7 Episode 2

Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd : Trevor Eve
Pyschological Profiler Grace Foley : Sue Johnston
Detective Inspector Spencer Jordan : Wil Johnson
Detective Constable Stella Goodman : Félicité du Jeu
Doctor Eve Lockhart : Tara Fitzgerald

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Luke Boyd : George Rainsford
Linda Cummings : Ruth Gemmell
Michael Kelleher : David Schofield
Dr. Damien Hooper : Michael Maloney
Cathy Reading : Alexandra Moen
Pike : Rob Dixon
Terry Ryan : Tony Maudsley
James Reading : Paul Ridley
Owens : Benny Young
Julie Reading : Heather Croghan-Miksch
Nabil : Gregg Chillin

written by Declan Croghan

directed by Daniel Percival
produced by Colin Wratten
Exec Producer Susan Hogg

The second half of Missing Persons drew over six and one half million viewers for a 28 percent share of the television audience on Tuesday night. It is always good when the audience sticks around to see how things end. The first half of the episode drew 6.8 million for a 27 percent share of the viewing audience.

A great start for Series seven.

They were missed. Welcome Back Cold Case Squad.

Overnight ratings for the first part of Missing Persons gives Waking the Dead a 27 percent share of the audience, more than doubling the pull of the nearest show, The Fixer, which captured 13 percent of the viewing audience. source: The Guardian

Who is this mysterious Luke Boyd person who popped up in the seventh series opener of Waking the Dead? I have a sneaking suspicion that he supposed to be Peter Boyd’s long lost son. The problem is that Boyd’s long lost is named Joe. Could Joe or possibly Luke be a nickname? Did someone just not bother to watch the early episodes? Is this a different son or relation? What happened to Joe’s mother?

If you have any answers, please drop by the forum, there are a bunch of us who are dying to know.

Technically, this is in spoiler territory, and normally I wouldn’t post something like this on the main page, but hopefully, given the extraordinary nature of this silliness, spoiler avoiders will forgive me.

Click here for more on the Legend of Joe Boyd It was written during the first series/ season.

Waking the Dead
Missing Persons
Series 7 Episode 1

Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd : Trevor Eve
Forensic Psychologist Grace Foley : Sue Johnston
Detective Inspector Spencer Jordan : Wil Johnson
Detective Constable Stella Goodman : Félicité du Jeu
Doctor Eve Lockhart : Tara Fitzgerald

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Sarah : Michelle Forbes
Lore Carson : Beatriz Batarda
Una Doyle : Justine Mitchell
Fatima Yacif : Marina Koem
Brahim Haddou : Daniel Cerqueira
Stephen Carson : Angus Wright
Terese Carson : Gemma Lawrence
Linda Carson : Lucy Joyce
Andrew Lloyd : Lee Mara
Hunny : Bryony Afferson
Rose Delaney : Hannah Storey
Young Rose : Emma True
Young Lore : Gaia Young
Mama : Cristina Barreiro
Papa : Alex Zorbas
Luke Boyd : George Rainsford
Young Luke Boyd : Lewis Bingley
Nurse : Darren Clarke
Interrrogator : Pano Masti
Afrim : Agron Biba
Newscaster : Candida Benson

written by Declan Croghan
directed by Tim Fywell
produced by Colin Wratten
Exec Producer Susan Hogg