TV Productions
Wire In the Blood Series One
Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill is asked to help police track down the brutal killer of three men in Bradfield.
Wire In The Blood Series Two
Dr Tony Hill finds his work with the police compromised when a student from his university is abducted.
Wire In The Blood Series Three
Tony suspects a killer is luring unhappy children to their deaths when the bodies of three boys are found in different locations in Bradfield. Each of the victims had suffered abuse. Could the killer believe he or she is righting wrongs and alleviating suffering by ending their lives?
Wire In The Blood Series Four
An old case reopened by lawyers, catches Tony Hill out. So does the surprise news that Carol Jordan has been replaced. Combative and wily new detective Alex Fielding doesn't like Tony or his methods..
Wire in the Blood Series Five
Robson Green and Simone Lahbib are back on the trail of horrific and callous serial killers in a new series of the hard-hitting and acclaimed ITV1 drama WIRE IN THE BLOOD from Coastal Productions.
Wire in the Blood - Prayer of the Bone
Rocket Man
The series follows George Stevenson’s attempts to build a rocket capable of launching 62 miles into the sky, while juggling a chaotic life as a single dad.
Beaten
A hard man in a hard world, Michael has a secret. Haunted by a tormented past and childhood betrayal, when violence erupts in his home the whole family fights to stop their world from crumbling. Michael goes on the run with Jamie, his young son, and his wife, Stephanie, finds her own painful childhood history repeating itself.
Take Me
Jack and Kay Chambers are thrilled when the residents of Hadleigh Corner welcome them to their new home with open arms. But then the neighbours invite them to share their beds too…
Grafters Series One
Robson Green plays Joe Purvis, an audacious character who is always looking for something else, juggling his love life and business ventures, while Stephen Tompkinson plays his brother Trevor, who is sensitive, caring and easily led by his impulsive sibling.
Grafters Series Two
Trevor is re-building his career and his life after separating from his wife and losing contact with their son Daniel, and soon he is involved with Nick's sister, Clare, much to Joe and Nick's mutual disgust. Joe, in typically reckless fashion has started an affair with Viv, their site architect, but how will their relationship survive when she suggests that her big shot ex-husband comes to work on the project?
Unconditional Love
Pete and Lydia Gray (Robson Green and Sarah Parish) are an unexceptional couple. Until their son is kidnapped. Max's captor doesn't want money - he wants Pete and Lydia to commit a robbery.
Touching Evil Series Three
The OSC is a revolutionary, international rapid response squad of dedicated police officers, established to combat the menace of serial crime.
Me & Mrs Jones
Liam manages to gatecrash an important event to gain material for another highly critical article about the government under his pseudonym, but his encounter with the Prime Minister provides more than column inches.
Close & True
John receives a call from Steve Sheedy, his best friend from Newcastle. Steve has been charged with attempted murder and begs John to help him. John can't let his best friend down, but he has no experience of criminal law and he soon finds himself way out of his depth.
The Last Musketeer
Top fencer Steve McTear (Robson Green) is about to fulfil his dream of joining the British World Championships fencing team when he meets and spends a passionate night with Dr Elizabeth Fraser (Arkie Whiteley), the head of a girls’ school in Scotland.
Blind Ambition
Richard suddenly realises his life is still worth living during quality time with Tim in the park and he decides to run again - determined to race in the Paralympics and aided by his friend and former coach Clive. Richard and Clive begin an arduous training programme, with Clive the weaker runner, struggling all the way. Whilst running is a turning point for Richard, it isn't for Annie, who still feels completely rejected by Richard. Desperately lonely, Annie turns to Clive for comfort and they begin an affair.
Rhinoceros
Robson Green stars as ex-star footballer Michael Flynn who is thrown together with his estranged wife Julie when their teenage son Danny, who has special needs, goes missing while making his first unaccompanied train journey to London from a special college in Wales.
News : British series Wire in the Blood delves into trauma during Austin shoot
British series 'Wire in the Blood' delves into trauma during Austin shoot
Star Robson Green says the tropical heat helps set the mood
By Rob Palladino
SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN
Sunday, August 19, 2007
What's that Noël Coward song about mad dogs and Englishmen going out in the midday sun?
Robson Green, the genial actor behind forensic psychologist Dr. Tony Hill on BBC America's "Wire in the Blood," scoffs at the oft-quoted reference while shooting an episode on location in Austin, but explains the method behind the madness.
"It is incredibly hot, but it's perfect for this story," says Green. "What we have here is an alien in Texas, we have a very British character coming into a very, very Texan culture and it works brilliantly for the story."
"Wire in the Blood," which airs on ITV in the United Kingdom, is the latest "staff ace" from BBC America, which is making waves — and ratings — with shows such as "Murphy's Law," "MI-5," "Jekyll" and "Hotel Babylon." A dark, stylish, frenetically paced and, at times, genuinely disturbing psychological drama series, it brings protagonist Hill to Texas for the trial of an Iraq veteran.
"All I'm here for — meaning Tony Hill — is to come in as an expert witness for the prosecution basically to see if this suspect, this guy, Darius Grady, who's charged with murdering his wife and children, I'm just here to see if post-traumatic stress disorder has caused the trauma, therefore has caused him to kill his wife and his children," Green says when waiting for his scene at the Texas Capitol on Aug. 12. "Working through the story, Tony suddenly realizes that neither the prosecution nor the defense wants him here, nor does anyone in Texas."
It's all part of a three-week shoot for a one-off, yet-to-be-scheduled special episode called "Prayer of the Bone," set in the fictitious small Texas town of Luther.
In addition to the punishing heat, Hill experiences "Luther Hospitality" — rattlesnakes are placed in his car and his bed, a child confronts him with a shotgun and he is chased by a Rottweiler that needs more than half an hour on his couch.
"Then, when I realize they want to execute this man, Darius, I tell them, 'I know it's Texas, but what's the hurry?' " Green says.
Green says Hill is "nothing like a Hollywood hero. He doesn't drive the flashy car or anything like that. He heals minds, or tries to. He gets things wrong sometimes, he's clumsy and he carries what he needs in a blue polythene bag," an affectation Green incorporated after researching his part with revered British forensic psychologist Julian Boon, who told the actor his blue bag contained his "life."
Starring alongside Green for this special is Augusta, Ga.-born Naima Imani Lett. The accomplished theater, television and film actress plays attorney Anita Addison of a fictitious organization, the Southern Justice League, which defends Grady.
"Anita really wants to like this guy," says Lett about her character's on-screen problems with the British psychologist, "but he's on the side of the prosecution and stands for everything she's against. It's the kind of dynamic that is wonderful to watch, and great to participate in."
"What we delve into with this episode is really what would drive someone to murder his wife and children," she says.
The underlying theme of this special is also bound to court some controversy, since the character Darius Grady is a returning Iraqi war veteran. The episode's director, Oxford-born Declan O'Dwyer, admits that dealing with a subject like this is possibly treading on thin ice.
"You've got to be really careful when you're doing stuff like this," O'Dwyer says, "but if you can do it responsibly, it's a good thing, but you can't be pro-war or anti-war.
"It's bad what's going on at the moment, so to be making 'entertainment' from it is a very, very dodgy subject. But post-traumatic stress disorder is the real issue, and this episode isn't about 'Iraqi Trauma,' this is about trauma, full stop. The war is used more as a backdrop, a possible catalyst, for this guy's actions. But whenever you do these sorts of subjects, whether it's politics or whatever, you have to be careful, but not shy away."
As for coming back to work in Austin, Green and O'Dwyer betray no hesitation.
"Oh, I'd come back tomorrow," Green says.
O'Dwyer concurs: "We've been working with (Quentin) Tarantino's and Robert Rodriguez's crew, and they are just so cool. Apart from this heat, it just doesn't get any better than this."
Posted by ken on August 30, 2007