Anna Lee (TV series)
| Anna Lee | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Starring |
Imogen Stubbs John Rowe Peter Wight Brian Glover |
| Theme music composer | Luciana Caporaso |
| Composer(s) |
Richard Hartley (1993) Anne Dudley (1994) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Nick Elliott (1993) Sarah Wilson (1994) |
| Producer(s) |
Sue Britwistle (1993) Brian Eastman (1994) |
| Running time | 101 minutes (including adverts) |
| Production company(s) |
Carnival Films LWT |
| Distributor | ITV Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 14:9 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 10 January 1993 – 27 March 1994 |
Anna Lee is a British television series produced by Brian Eastman and Carnival Films for London Weekend Television. Following a 1993 pilot, five two-hour programmes were produced in 1994, loosely based on the detective novels of Liza Cody. These were broadcast in the U.S. on the A&E cable network. The title role was played by Imogen Stubbs. Music was by Anne Dudley with theme song "Sister, Sister" and some additional songs by Luciana Caporaso (who appeared in the final episode). Considerable alterations were made from the original books so that sometimes they seem to share only their titles.
Cast
- Anna Lee (Imogen Stubbs): a former police officer now working as a private detective
- Commander Martin Brierly (John Rowe): her boss
- Beryl Doyle (Sonia Graham): his secretary
- Bernie Schiller (Peter Wight): a fellow detective
- Steve Johnson (Wilbert Johnson): another fellow detective
- Selwyn Price (Brian Glover): lives in Anna's apartment building, an ex-wrestler
- Ros Russell (Ceri Jackson): a former police colleague, still on the force
- Maggie Daniels (Sally Baxter)
Episodes and guests
Headcase (Pilot)
[The pilot had a mostly different cast apart from Stubbs and Glover.]
- Commander Brierly (Michael Bryant)
- Beryl Doyle (Barbara Leigh-Hunt)
- Bernie Schiller (Ken Stott)
- Mr. Hahn (Alan Howard)
- Thea Hahn (Kate Beckinsale)
- Mrs. Westerman (Shirley Anne Field)
- Quex (Eoin McCarthy)
Original ITV air date: 10 January 1993
Written by Andrew Davies; Directed by Colin Bucksey
Dupe
- Slinger (Anthony Newley)
- Francis Leary (Eddie O'Connell)
- Alan Lucas (Tony Vogel)
- Alistair Draper (Walter Sparrow)
- Ken Daniels (Roger Martin)
Original ITV air date: 27 February 1994
Written by Anthony Horowitz; Directed by Christopher King
Stalker
- Peter Wainwright (Peter Firth)
- Thurman/McKinnon (Michael Attwell)
- Carla Wainwright (Jacquetta May)
- Jane Marsham (Eve Bland)
- Ken Daniels (Roger Martin)
Original ITV air date: 6 March 1994
Written by Douglas Watkinson; Directed by Peter Barber-Fleming
Diversion
- Adrian Wesley (John Bird)
- Matthew Daniels (Jack Shute)
- Jane Vermont (Mary Conlon)
- Tania Jones (Jaye Griffiths)
- Edwin Doyle (Tenniel Evans)
Original ITV air date: 13 March 1994
Written by Anthony Horowitz; Directed by Christopher King
The Cook's Tale
- Dominic Jones (Adrian Edmondson)
- Laura Jones (Sara Stewart)
- Eva Lambert (Ann Bell)
- David Lambert (Robert Lang)
- Mark Fletcher (Clive Francis)
Original ITV air date: 20 March 1994
Written by J.E.M. Brooks; Directed by Christopher King
Requiem
- William Gilmore (Jesse Birdsall)
- Martin Mayhew (Greg Proops)
- Mike Trevor (Michael Grandage)
- Lucy (Luciana Caporaso)
Original ITV air date: 27 March 1994
Written by Anthony Horowitz; Directed by Peter Barber-Fleming
Trivia
Like his character Selwyn Price, Brian Glover was an ex-professional wrestler. His room is full of wrestling posters on the wall and are real posters featuring Leon Arras. That was the name Glover used when wrestling.
External links
- Anna Lee: Headcase on IMDb
- Anna Lee on IMDb