Badger (BBC-1 1999-2000 with Jerome Flynn and Rebecca Lacey)

Crime drama series Badger detailed the cases of DC Tom McCabe, a special wildlife liaison officer in the heart of Northumberland.

UK / BBC1 / 13×50 minute episodes / 1999-2000

Creator: Kieran Prendiville / Music: Nigel Hess / Consultant: Paul Henerey / Titles:Diverse Design / RSPB Advisor:Graham Elliott / Script Editor: Juliette Howdell / Producer: Murray Ferguson

Transmission details: Season One: 11 July – 15 August 1999 Sundays 8.00pm/8.30pm / Season Two: 9 July – 1 September 2000 Sundays 8.00pm then Fridays 9.30pm

cast
JEROME FLYNN as Tom McCabe
ADRIAN BOWER as Cassidy
PHILIPPA WILSON as Steph
REBECCA LACEY as Claire Armitage
JAYNE CHARLTON McKENZIE as Julia
ALISON MAC as Wilf
KEVIN DOYLE as David Armitage

EPISODE GUIDE
SEASON ONE
1. IT’S A JUNGLE OUT THERE
2. UNDER MY SKIN
3. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO CARP
4. SETTS,LIES AND VIDEOTAPE
5. RHINO AND CHIPS
6. THE LAST FLIGHT
7. LOW FIDELITY

SEASON TWO
1. TROUBLED WATERS
2. THE PRICE OF A DAUGHTER
3. BLOOD TIES
4. COCK O’ THE WALK
5. PREDATORS
6. THE LAST FLIGHT
7. FINDERS KEEPERS

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