"Wire in the Blood" The Mermaids Singing: Part 1 (2002)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Andrew Grieve

Writers:

Patrick Harbinson (writer)
Val McDermid (characters)

TV Series:

"Wire in the Blood" (2002)

Original Air Date:

12 July 2002 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Psychiatrist | Police | Murder | Investigation | Team

Cast

Robson Green	...	Dr. Tony Hill
Hermione Norris	...	DCI Carol Jordan
Elaine Claxton	...	Maggie Thomas
Richard Frame	...	PC Damien O'Connell
Alan Stocks	...	DS Don Merrick
Kaye Wragg	...	Penny Burgess
Mark Letheren	...	DS Kevin Geoffries
Ben Price	...	Michael Jordan
Philip Whitchurch	...	Supt. Tom Cross
Tom Chadbon	...	Assistant Chief Constable John Brandon
Doreene Blackstock	...	DS Annie Reiss
Stephen Bent	...	David Biggs
Mark Penfold	...	Dr. Ashley Vernon
Nicky Goldie	...	Mrs. O'Connell
James Horne	...	Mr. O'Connell

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Trivia:

The title "Wire in the Blood" is a phrase that comes from T.S. Eliot’s "Four Quartets": "The trilling wire in the blood / sings below inveterate scars / appeasing long-forgotten wars." As for the meaning, in an interview Robson Green said the phrase was taken to mean a genetic kink, something impure and unusual in the blood, that leads to the kind of psychosis Dr. Tony Hill might deal with. Series writer Val McDermid says: "Who knows what Eliot really meant by that line? Robson's explanation is as good as any. For myself, I've always taken it to be a metaphor for the thrill of adrenaline surging through the bloodstream. But we'll never know for sure".