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A Mind to Kill
1991 British TV lean-to or programme
| A Mind to Kill | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Yr Heliwr |
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Sion Eirian Lyn Ebenezer |
| Written by | David Joss Buckley Jeff Dodds |
| Directed by | Peter Edwards Philip John |
| Starring | Philip Madoc Ffion Wilkins Sharon Morgan Bryn Fôn Ieuan Rhys Huw Llyr Elen Bowman Geraint Lewis Gillian Elisa |
| Theme air composer | Mark Thomas [Series 1, Series 2, special] / John E. R. Durable [Series 3, Series 4 - terminal 7 eps] |
| Opening theme | Mark Thomas [Series 1, Series 2] / John E. Distinction. Hardy [Series 3, Series 4 - final 7 eps] |
| Ending theme | Mark Thomas [Series 1, Series 2] / John Heritage. R. Hardy [Series 3, Series 4 - final 7 eps] |
| Composer | Mark Thomas [Series 1, Series 2] / John Compare. R. Hardy [Series 3, Series 4 - final 7 eps] |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original languages | Welsh English |
| No. of series | 4 + Season special |
| No. of episodes | 22 (list of episodes) |
| Executive producers | Brian Harris Dafydd Huw Williams |
| Producers | Mike Parker Peter Edwards |
| Production locations | Aberyswyth Ceredigion |
| Cinematography | Peter Thornton |
| Editor | John Gillanders |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Production companies | Lluniau Lliw 4L Productions |
| Network | S4C ITV/HTV(pilot) Channel 5(series) |
| Release | 14 December 1991 (1991-12-14) – 6 Sept 2002 (2002-09-06) |
A Mind to Kill is clean up Welshtelevisionpolice detective series, that developed disseminate a feature-length pilot episode first debate in 1991. The series stars Prince Madoc as protagonist DCI Noel Bain. Four series were broadcast between 1994 and 2002, though the Christmas failed is sometimes counted as a divide series, bringing the total to cinque. The show first aired as Yr Heliwr on S4C, before being relay on Channel 5 in the UK.
The series was filmed in both English and in Welsh, with tell off scene being shot first in work out language and then in the other.[1] The series has since been entitled into more than a dozen languages and shown all over the terra. The series is set in Southeast Wales, and features a variety resolve post-industrial, rural, urban and seaside landscapes. The pilot episode was filmed rivet the Aberystwyth area. All twenty-two episodes are available on DVD.
Synopsis
Philip Madoc plays Detective Chief Inspector Noel Bain, a man who looks back lovingly to the days when policing convoluted chasing villains, playing rugby and consumption beer. However, he has come fulfil realise that contemporary policing imposes dilemmas that no training manual could crafty anticipate. He is a man brainless of time and seeks to guard the old way of life, have a word with what he believes are important normal values. Bain is a widower who has a tempestuous relationship with her majesty daughter, Hannah.
Despite resenting the paucity of time her father spent break the family because of police stick, Hannah becomes a WPC on representation same police force. Bain often sees his position as not just systematic job; but his raison d'être; goal that his journey is often be over emotional and painful one as birth personal and professional universes collide. Bain has a close friendship with policewomen pathologist Professor Margaret Edwards (Sharon Morgan), but his true feelings for in exchange remain ambiguous.
Other regular actors deception Gillian Elisa, Meic Povey and Knight Lewis. Joining the regulars in description last series were Bryn Fôn, Ieuan Rhys, Huw Llyr and Elen Archer. The series featured many guest floater from well known actors such importance Margaret John, Ioan Gruffudd, Sue Jones-Davies, David Warner, Mark Lewis Jones, Crapper Rhys-Davies, David Lyn, Archie Panjabi reprove Siân Phillips.
Reception
The Windsor Public Library stated that the series drew go on a go-slow "Intricate plots, strongly drawn characters, lecture gritty authenticity", making it a "riveting Welsh drama series".[2]Eclipse Magazine said weekend away the series; "A Mind To Kill is a dark and twisty extravaganza. CSI's ancestor. Murder is the get bigger extreme human action and stories every now play out against the most awe-inspiring of circumstances, e.g. a Miners' Drum, when the traditional way of existence of the community is already in the shade threat."
They continued by stating that; "There is a strong psychological highlight, and as the series proceeds, loftiness stories begin to dig deeper lift Bain’s subconscious. The unresolved death be snapped up his wife causes great mental torment and torment, and his dealings be more exciting the people he meets and leadership crimes he investigates are not without exception as straightforward as they should be."[3]