Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omnibus | 20101008 | When a number of distinguished members of government committees are found dead in suspicious circumstances, it falls to DCI Kate Duncan of Scotland Yard's Sensitive Cases Squad to discover what the connecting factor is. Mark Lawson's deftly plotted murder-mystery gets to grips with a major concern at the heart of our cash-strapped NHS: the post code lottery and exactly who is to be considered deserving of the most expensive life saving drugs on the market. Kate Duncan- Haydn Gwynne Lorenzo- Lloyd Thomas Briggs- Chris McHallem Hermione Sharp - Abigail McKern Dame Imelda Sharp- Honor Blackman Sue Wells- Abigail McGibbon Dr Tom Cready- Nick Dunning Dee Mortimer- Stella McCusker Jeremy Vine- Himself Written by Mark Lawson. The Power of Life and Death was directed in Belfast by Eoin O'Callaghan. Omnibus: Mark Lawson's murder mystery about the suspicious deaths of MPs. | |
| 01 | The Resurrection Of Imelda Sharp | 20101004 | When a number of distinguished members of government committees are found dead in suspicious circumstances, it falls to DCI Kate Duncan of Scotland Yard's Sensitive Cases Squad to discover what the connecting factor is. Mark Lawson's deftly plotted murder-mystery gets to grips with a major concern at the heart of our cash-strapped NHS: the post code lottery and exactly who is to be considered deserving of the most expensive life saving drugs on the market. Kate Duncan- Haydn Gwynne Lorenzo- Lloyd Thomas Briggs- Chris McHallem Hermione Sharp - Abigail McKern Dame Imelda Sharp- Honor Blackman Sue Wells- Abigail McGibbon Dr Tom Cready- Nick Dunning Dee Mortimer- Stella McCusker Jeremy Vine- Himself Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. Written by Mark Lawson. DCI Kate Duncan must discover the connection between some suspicious deaths. |
| 02 | A Pill For Everything | 20101005 | When a number of distinguished members of government committees are found dead in suspicious circumstances, it falls to DCI Kate Duncan to discover what the connecting factor is. A series of anonymous letters suggested that Dame Imelda Sharpe might have been murdered. An exhumation of the body revealed the presence of a prescription drug not mentioned in her medical records. Mark Lawson's deftly plotted murder-mystery gets to grips with a major concern at the heart of our cash-strapped NHS: the post code lottery and exactly who is to be considered deserving of the most expensive life saving drugs on the market. Kate Duncan-Haydn Gwynne Lorenzo-Lloyd Thomas Briggs-Chris McHallem Hermione Sharp -Abigail McKern Dame Imelda Sharp-Honor Blackman Sue Wells-Abigail McGibbon Dr Tom Cready-Nick Dunning Dee Mortimer-Stella McCusker Jeremy Vine-Himself Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. Written by Mark Lawson. A series of anonymous letters suggests that Dame Imelda Sharpe might have been murdered. |
| 03 | The Red Triangle | 20101006 | When a number of distinguished members of government committees are found dead in suspicious circumstances, it falls to DCI Kate Duncan to discover what the connecting factor is. An autopsy has revealed that Dame Imelda Sharp may have been killed by an experimental drug which she had not been prescribed. Now toxic levels of another unprescribed drug have been found in the body of a second patient of the same GP, Dr Tom Cready. DI Kate Duncan of Scotland Yard's Sensitive Cases Squad is investigating. Mark Lawson's deftly plotted murder-mystery gets to grips with a major concern at the heart of our cash-strapped NHS: the post code lottery and exactly who is to be considered deserving of the most expensive life saving drugs on the market. Kate Duncan - Haydn Gwynne Lorenzo - Lloyd Thomas Briggs - Chris McHallem Hermione Sharp - Abigail McKern Dame Imelda Sharp - Honor Blackman Sue Wells - Abigail McGibbon Dr Tom Cready - Nick Dunning Dee Mortimer - Stella McCusker Jeremy Vine - Himself Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. Written by Mark Lawson. An autopsy reveals that Dame Imelda Sharp may have been killed by an experimental drug. |
| 04 | Nice Distinctions | 20101007 | When a number of distinguished members of government committees are found dead in suspicious circumstances, it falls to DCI Kate Duncan to discover what the connecting factor is. Two elderly female patients of Dr Tom Cready - a GP - have been found to have died from experimental drugs which they had not been prescribed. The doctor was a critic of the NHS's prescription policy and it has emerged that the two dead women served on drug-licensing committees. DCI Kate Duncan is urgently returning to interview Dr Cready. Mark Lawson's deftly plotted murder-mystery gets to grips with a major concern at the heart of our cash-strapped NHS: the post code lottery and exactly who is to be considered deserving of the most expensive life saving drugs on the market. Kate Duncan - Haydn Gwynne Lorenzo - Lloyd Thomas Briggs - Chris McHallem Hermione Sharp - Abigail McKern Dame Imelda Sharp - Honor Blackman Sue Wells - Abigail McGibbon Dr Tom Cready - Nick Dunning Dee Mortimer - Stella McCusker Jeremy Vine - Himself Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. Written by Mark Lawson. DCI Kate Duncan interviews a GP, two of whose patients have died from experimental drugs. |
| 05 | A Death For A Death | 20101008 | When a number of distinguished members of government committees are found dead in suspicious circumstances, it falls to DCI Kate Duncan to discover what the connecting factor is. An autopsy has revealed that Dame Imelda Sharp may have been killed by an experimental drug which she had not been prescribed. Now toxic levels of another unprescribed drug have been found in the body of a second patient of the same GP, Dr Tom Cready. DI Kate Duncan of Scotland Yard's Sensitive Cases Squad is investigating. Mark Lawson's deftly plotted murder-mystery gets to grips with a major concern at the heart of our cash-strapped NHS: the post code lottery and exactly who is to be considered deserving of the most expensive life saving drugs on the market. Kate Duncan - Haydn Gwynne Lorenzo - Lloyd Thomas Briggs - Chris McHallem Hermione Sharp - Abigail McKern Dame Imelda Sharp - Honor Blackman Sue Wells - Abigail McGibbon Dr Tom Cready - Nick Dunning Dee Mortimer - Stella McCusker Jeremy Vine - Himself Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. Written by Mark Lawson. DCI Duncan believes the victims' deaths are linked to decisions about new drugs on the NHS |