Blind Date, The (ITV 2000 with Zara Turner and Ben Miller)

UK / ITV – London Weekend Television / 2×90 minute episodes / Broadcast 13 – 20 March 2000 Mondays 9.00pm

Writer: Simon Booker / Novel:Frances Fyfield / Producer: Alison Davis / Costume Design: Jeremy Turner / Music: Hal Lindes / Camera: Sean Van Hales / Script Editor: Angus Towler / Executive Producer: Jo Wright, Laura Mackie / Director: Nigel Douglas.

Thriller. Lucy Kennedy, a one time police detective whose sister was murdered, has her memories of that terrible time (and the trouble she caused by agreeing to ‘honey trap’ the prime suspect for the murder) revived when a friend of hers goes on a horrific blind date.

cast
Zara Turner as Lucy Kennedy
Ben Miller as Joe Maxwell
Mark Letheren as Jack De Souza
Peter Wight as D. I. Harry Jenkins
Samantha Beckinsale as Patty
Regina Freedman as Angela
Joanna David as Diana Kennedy
Maureen O’Brien as Mrs Smythe
Mark Aiken as Michael
Hazel Ellerby as DCI Anthea Cooper

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