DCI Banks on TV: PBS Bay Area. Check your local listings.
The Yorkshire countryside provides a striking and contrasting backdrop to these chilling murder stories based on the Inspector Banks novels by Peter Robinson.Aftermath (#101H) Duration: 1:29:33 STEREO TVPG
The Hill is a seemingly
ordinary house in an ordinary street. But when police officers Janet
Taylor and Dennis Morrisey arrive, it is clear things are far from
normal. The young, beautiful Lucy Payne is unconscious in the hallway of
the house, bleeding from a head wound. Hiding in the cellar is her
husband - Marcus Payne - ready to wield a knife at anyone who tries to
enter, desperate to protect his secret. By the time Detective Chief
Inspector Alan Banks is called to the house, one of the officers is
dead, the other fighting for their life and career, and Marcus Payne has
been revealed as a serial killer. Hidden behind the walls and floor of
the cellar are the bodies of young women with one thing in common - they
all have blonde hair. This discovery marks the start of a shocking
investigation that tests Inspector Banks to the limit.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Mon, Jan 7, 2013 -- 9:00pm
- KQED Plus: Tue, Jan 8, 2013 -- 3:00am
When a fire on a houseboat leads to
the discovery of the charred body of Leslie Whittaker, Banks and Annie
believe they have uncovered a case of art fraud when a briefcase,
containing a forgery of a famous Turner painting and £25,000 in cash,
is found in the hull of the boat. At the scene, Banks trawls through the
wreckage of the boat, and is informed that an unoccupied second boat,
belonging to British Waterways, was moored alongside Whittaker's boat at
the time of the fire, and that it subsequently sank when the fire
spread on to it. The investigation soon leads to Jake McMahon, a local
artist known to have connections with Whittaker. When Banks visits his
house, he is confronted by a gun-wielding McMahon, who appears to
believe that Banks is a man named Morrison. Banks manages to prove him
otherwise, but he denies any involvement in art forgery. The post mortem
on Whittaker discovers that he had been drugged prior to the time of
the fire, meaning that he had no chance of escape once the fire had
started. Annie enlists the help of art expert Mark Keane, in an attempt
to discover if Whittaker could have gotten away with passing the Turner
off as a real painting. However, things get steamy between the pair, and
they subsequently sleep together. Meanwhile, Banks receives a shock
when a second body is found - that of local student Christina Aspen.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Mon, Jan 14, 2013 -- 9:00pm
- KQED Plus: Tue, Jan 15, 2013 -- 3:00am
- Friend of the Devil (#103H) Duration: 1:28:28 STEREO TVPG
Annie is called to the scene of a
murder on Eastvale moor, and arrives to find a paralysed female in a
wheelchair who had had her throat cut. Meanwhile, Banks is called to the
scene of a girl found murdered in an alleyway in the town centre.
Hayley Daniels, who had been out partying with her friends the previous
night, is found strangled with her knickers in her mouth, and Banks
immediately suspects the man who found her - a local shopkeeper, Timothy
Randall. Meanwhile, Annie discovers the identity of the woman in the
wheelchair - Lucy Payne. She discovers that Payne had been given a new
identity following an acid attack on her whilst she was serving time for
being an accomplice to the crimes committed by her husband Marcus. She
discovers that Payne had been living at a care home due to no longer
being able to communicate, and on the morning of her murder, had been
escorted out for a walk by a woman named Mary. Meanwhile, Banks visits
pathologist Elizabeth Waring to discover the circumstances surrounding
Hayley Daniels' death. Banks believes he may have a serial killer on his
hands - and when junior DC Kevin Templeton decides to return to the
scene of the crime, he is subsequently murdered.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Mon, Jan 21, 2013 -- 9:00pm
- KQED Plus: Tue, Jan 22, 2013 -- 3:00am
Cold Is The Grave (#104H) Duration: 1:29:07 STEREO TVPG
Banks is asked by Superintendent
Gerry Rydell to track down his missing daughter, Emily, and Annie gets
lumbered with an armed carjacking and the murder of a small time crook,
Charlie McKai. Travelling from Eastvale to South London, Banks comes
across one of Emily's friends and her ex-flatmate, Ruth, who informs him
that since their bust-up, Emily has been living with a well known
criminal and drug baron, Barry Clough. Paying a visit to Clough, Banks
realises that Emily could be in danger, and after encouragement from
Emily's mother, decides to try and persuade her to return to Eastvale
with him. Meanwhile, Annie delegates that McKai's murder and the
carjacking are related to a much bigger operation - but without a
testimony from the owner of the carjacked van, struggles to find a lead
to pursue. Banks returns to Eastvale with Emily, however, no sooner have
they returned than Emily disappears again - and hours later, he
receives a phone call relating to a dead body in a nightclub toilet,
believing it to be Emily's friend Ruth - however, when he arrives,
discovers that is in fact Emily who is the victim. The investigation
takes a number of alarming twists before uncovering a conspiracy,
pointing to one of the team being an informant relating to Clough. As
Banks pushes all the suspects hard, the case threatens to undermine his
integrity as an officer and brings his relationship with Annie to
breaking point.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Mon, Jan 28, 2013 -- 9:00pm
- KQED Plus: Tue, Jan 29, 2013 -- 3:00am
Strange Affair (#105H) Duration: 1:30:00 STEREO TVPG
When DCI Alan Banks receives a
disturbing message from his brother Roy, he drops everything to find
him, just as new recruit DI Helen Morton finds evidence linking Banks to
the body of a murder victim.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Mon, Feb 4, 2013 -- 9:00pm
- KQED Plus: Tue, Feb 5, 2013 -- 3:00am
Dry Bones That Dream (#106H) Duration: 1:30:00 STEREO TVPG
DCI Alan Banks and DI Helen Morton
must learn to reconcile their conflicting policing styles and
personalities while trying to unravel the increasingly puzzling murder
of a local accountant who has been leading a secret double life.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Mon, Feb 11, 2013 -- 9:00pm
- KQED Plus: Tue, Feb 12, 2013 -- 3:00am
When a teenage schoolgirl is found
strangled, Banks and his team quickly identify their prime suspect. But
the closer Banks seemingly moves towards a conviction, the more the
course of the investigation distances him from Helen.
Upcoming Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Mon, Feb 18, 2013 -- 9:00pm
- KQED Plus: Tue, Feb 19, 2013 -- 3:00am
2 comments:
I love these books, and they've picked some of the best ones to dramatize.
We have watched the first two episodes. We have found the character of Banks to be boorish, incompetent, and generally unlikable. Unlike most British Mysteries this series displays little of the intrigue and character normally associated with this genre.
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