Rent Murder in Mind: Series 1 (2001)
3.7 of 5 from 12 ratings
6h 51min
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- Synopsis:
In a series of self-contained short films exploring the psychology and motive of an array of different killers, a respected headmaster gets embroiled in a rent boy's accidental murder, an off-duty police officer turns vigilante and ends up murdering a convicted paedophile, a lonely call-centre worker becomes obsessed with her boss and decides to murder the co-worker she suspects of having an affair with him, and a mother decides to take a brutal revenge on the man responsible for bullying her son and forcing him to suicide over 25 years ago.
1. Teacher
A respected headmaster, with a blameless life behind him, has one moment of madness -and his world falls apart.2. Flame
When fireman, Joe Waterman (Steve McFadden), discovers his wife is having an affair with a colleague, he makes contact with a mysterious man who offers to solve all his problems.
3. Motive
On the spur of the moment, Michael Davies (Reece Dinsdale) decides to murder the babysitter. With his wife helping keep up the facade, could they have committed the perfect crime?
4. Mercy
Dr. Collins (Timothy West) has helped his wife Margaret (Judy Parfitt) with a so-called assisted suicide. To the police, he is a suspect. To the public, Dr. Collins is a hero. But what is the truth?
5. Vigilante
Following a drinking session, a police officer and his mates pay a visit to a local man labelled by the press as a 'paedophile'.
6. Neighbours
The new 'neighbours from Hell' have made Nigel (Kevin Whately) and Joanne's (Caroline Goodall)'s quiet suburban life a nightmare, but they remain oblivious to the transformation it causes in Nigel's character.
7. Sleeper
Impending exams and a fractious relationship with her boyfriend are getting to Deborah (Keeley Hawes). She sleeps fitfully and sleepwalks - but could she really sleep-murder?- Actors:
- David Suchet, Gillian Kearney, Richard Ridings, Chiwetel Ejiofor, James McAvoy, Mark Letheren, Kiran L. Dadlani, Paul Chahidi, Delon Watson, Shenagh Govan, Joanne Unwin, Stanley Kaye, Steve McFadden, Keith Allen, Sharon Maiden, Ryan Philpott, James Puddephatt, Gary Lammin, William Vanderpuye, Charles Haydn
- Directors:
- Coky Giedroyc, Ferdinand Fairfax, Nick Jones, David Innes Edwards, Frank W. Smith
- Producers:
- Paul Knight
- Creators:
- Anthony Horowitz
- Writers:
- Anthony Horowitz, Stephen Leather, Simon Sharkey, Guy Burt
- Studio:
- BBC
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Crimes, TV Dramas, TV Mysteries, TV Thrillers
