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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.
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