Mayo Episode One (BBC-1 12 Mar 2006, with Margo Stilley)

Mayo and his team, including new Detective Sergeant Alex Jones (an old girlfriend of Mayo’s), are called in to investigate a death at the luxury Rossi Clinic (a bit like the Priory, where the well off go to try and wean themselves off drugs). It looks like a straight forward case of suicide but Mayo is convinced there is more to it than that.

A good introductory episode with the opening scenes setting out Mayo’s MO well enough, he likes to recreate the crime scene in miniature using models and the team get around in a Wistern Valley pantechnicon. We also get introduced to Mayo’s home life, a single parent with a teenage daughter as well as his fetish for buying things off ebay.

production details
UK / BBC One / 1×50 minute episode / Broadcast 12 March 2006

Writer: Simon Booker / Director: Metin Huseyin

Series: Mayo Episode 1 of 8

guest cast
PATERSON JOSEPH as Dr Rossi
MARGO STILLEY as Roma Sheraton
BEN WILLBOND as Simon Johnstone
RUTH MILLAR as Sylvia McCallister
CRISPIN REDMAN as Clive Letherbridge
CLAIRE COX as Caroline Letherbridge
ANDY HERDERSON as Matt Gallagher
ROGER HAMMOND as Mr Russell
ABIGAIL DAVIES as Janice Mason
STEPHEN DA COSTA as Terry Mason
ALYSSA HYRIA as Chambermaid
MATT ACHESON as Cyclist
JAMES RAWLINGS as Male Nurse