M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team (TV series)
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- For the real life investigation squad, see Murder Investigation Team.
| MIT: Murder Investigation Team | |
|---|---|
| Format | Detective |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 90 min. per episode |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV |
| Original run | May 3, 2003 – February 25, 2005 |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
MIT: Murder Investigation Team is a British police drama series produced by the ITV network as a spin-off from the long running series, The Bill. It debuted on 3 May 2003, and received a second series. It is based around the investigations of a London Murder Investigation Team.
The MIT abbreviation was removed from the international broadcasts to avoid confusion with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The first series was filmed with the working title Think Murder
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[edit] Cast
[edit] Main Characters
- Michael McKell as DS Trevor Hands
- Samantha Spiro as DI Vivien Friend
- Lindsey Coulson as DS/DI Rosie MacManus
- Diane Parish as DC Eva Sharpe
- Richard Hope as DS Danny Purvis
- Howard Ward as DS Jim Daws
- Richard Hew as Dr. John Cornell
- Steven Pacey as DCI Malcolm Savage
- Vincenzo Pellegrino as Dr. Fergus Gallagher
- Joe Shaw as DC Scott Granger
- Andrew Somerville as DC Patrick Lincoln
- Will Mellor as DC Jed Griffiths
- Meera Syal as DCI Anita Wishart
- Abhin Galeya as DC Simon Tait
- Hugh Sachs as Dr. Charles Renfield
[edit] Also Featuring
- Lisa Maxwell as DI Samantha Nixon (1 episode)
- Tony O'Callaghan as Sergeant Matthew Boyden (1 episode)
- Nicola Alexis as PC Ruby Buxton (1 episode)
- Roberta Taylor as Inspector Gina Gold (1 episode)
- Cyril Nri as Superintendent Adam Okaro (1 episode)
- Simon Rouse as DCI Jack Meadows (1 episode)
- Andrew Lancel as DI Neil Manson (1 episode)
[edit] Connections with The Bill
The series is a spin-off from the long running series The Bill and the first episode featured the team investigating the drive-by shooting of one of The Bill's popular characters, Sgt. Matt Boyden. Several members of The Bill's cast also appeared in the episode.
DC Eva Sharpe (Diane Parish) joined the show for series 2, transferring from The Bill.
[edit] Production
There were eight one-hour episodes in the first series. Produced by Tom Cotter, the series starred Samantha Spiro, Lindsey Coulson, Richard Hope and Steven Pacey, with guest appearances from Gary Kemp (of Spandau Ballet) and Paul Bown (who previously appeared from 1987 to 1993 with Emma Wray and Liza Tarbuck in the ITV sitcom called Watching).
A second series consisting of four 90-minute episodes was commissioned and filmed, and although the series was shown in Australia in February 2005, its UK broadcast was delayed until July 2005.
In September 2005, The Sun newspaper reported that ITV would not be recommissioning another series.[1]
[edit] Name
The name of Murder Investigation Team was filmed under the working name of Think Murder. The name of the first season was MIT: Murder Investigation Team.
[edit] References
- ^ News round-up (18/9/05. Retrieved on 2007-07-02.
