"The Inspector Lynley Mysteries" Chinese Walls (2006)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Robert Bierman

Writer:

Ed Whitmore (written by)

TV Series:

"The Inspector Lynley Mysteries" (2001)

Original Air Date:

3 August 2006 (Season 5, Episode 3)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Emily Proctor is found stabbed in Hyde Park. The police learn that the 23-year old was living her dream...

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Isabella Calthorpe	...	Emily Proctor
Sharon Small	...	Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers
Nathaniel Parker	...	Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley
Paul Hickey	...	Lafferty
Shaun Parkes	...	DC Winston Nkata
Ciaran McIntyre	...	O'Neill
Diana Hardcastle	...	Deborah Proctor
David Yelland	...	Guy Proctor
Lindsey Coulson	...	Hester Reed
Blake Ritson	...	Graham Marshall
Samuel West	...	Tony Wainwright
Catherine Russell	...	Helen Lynley
Vee Vimolmal	...	Cleaner
Georgia Mackenzie	...	Lisa Conroy
Joe Armstrong	...	Darren
Wayne Foskett	...	Robert Tanner
Roland Oliver	...	DS Robert Mills

Directed by
Robert Bierman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ed Whitmore		written by

Produced by
Rebecca Eaton	....	executive producer: WGBH
Lynn Grant	....	associate producer
Sharon Hughff	....	producer
Laura Mackie	....	executive producer
Richard Stokes	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Andy Price

Cinematography by
Gordon Hickie		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Steve Singleton

Casting by
Gemma Hancock
Sam Stevenson

Production Design by
John Asbridge

Art Direction by
Antony Cartlidge

Costume Design by
Eleanor Baker

Makeup Department
Laura Hill	....	makeup artist
Irene Napier	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Mohamed Bounechada	....	unit manager
Sam Lucas	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adam Ackland	....	second assistant director
Hanna Haffenden	....	third assistant director
Natasha Romanuik	....	first assistant director (as Natasha Romaniuk)

Art Department
Lucy Baker	....	stand-by art director
Vince Ball	....	stand-by carpenter
Nick Barnett	....	production buyer
James Baylam	....	dressing props (as James Baylan)
Ellena Bleathman	....	art department assistant
Trevor Daniels	....	property master
Barry Kirkham	....	dressing props
Robert Sellers	....	stand-by props
Darren Wisker	....	stand-by props

Sound Department
Laurence Gale	....	dialogue editor
Richard King	....	dubbing mixer
Jamie McPhee	....	sound effects editor
John Mooney	....	production sound mixer
Tristan Tarrant	....	boom operator
Denise Yarde	....	boom operator

Stunts
Paul Weston	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Ian Adrian	....	camera operator
Laurie Dodson	....	best boy
Emma Edwards	....	camera trainee
Nicky George	....	clapper loader
Peter Howard	....	assistant camera
Steve Leverington	....	electrician
Ian Murray	....	stand-by rigger
Barry Read	....	grip
Chris Thomas	....	electrician
Keith Woodward	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Faye Davenport	....	costume trainee
John Laurie	....	costume assistant
Jo Slater	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Richard Fee	....	assistant editor
Kevin Horsewood	....	colorist

Other crew
Jane Barton	....	script supervisor
Chan Chau	....	production coordinator
Andrea Dewsbery	....	production secretary
Mark Galbraith	....	production executive
Richard Green	....	production accountant
Lindsay Hall	....	production runner
Zoe Liang	....	floor runner
Ken Payne	....	assistant production accountant
Robin Pim	....	location manager
Janet Tyler	....	script editor

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2006) (UK) (TV)

Other Companies

• Huge Designs  graphic design

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Movie Connections:

Follows "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Word of God (#4.4)" (2005)

Investigating the death of Emily Proctor...

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

In this well-written, fast-moving British series, NATHANIEL PARKER and SHARON SMALL (as Inspector Lynley and Sgt. Havers) investigate the mysterious death of a young woman.

As in all of these crime stories, their investigation is full of lots of red herrings (a la Agatha Christie), wherein there are a substantial number of suspects, a few of whom seem to be slightly unhinged.

The plot ingredients include an abusive step-father, a mistreated woman protecting her innocent sister, a man whose sweetheart was killed just before their wedding and who is suspected of having a hand in this latest death, and a woman seeking revenge on any woman who wants to marry the man she admires.

It's all done very effectively with clue after clue being examined skillfully by the probing Inspector Lynley, played with the right mixture of sensitivity and determination by Nathaniel Parker.

Enjoyable episode is well worth watching with good insight into human character traits.