Case Sensitive (ITV1 2011, Olivia Williams, Darren Boyd)

Two part crime drama Case Sensitive begins when Detective Sergeant Charlie Zailer and Detective Constable Simon Waterhouse are called in to investigate the shocking deaths of a mother Geraldine Bretherick and her five year old daughter Lucy.

Unsure whether it is murder or suicide Zailer and Waterhouse must examine every angle, including putting husband Mark under close scrutiny. Meanwhile Sally Thorne who previously had an affair with Mark decides to get back in touch with him only to discover that the man she believed to be Mark is someone else entirely!

Good to see a Sophie Hannah adaptation, she pens a nice line in psychological thrillers and there is a nice line in antigonism between Zailer and Waterhouse too. A second Case Sensitive two parter followed a year later, this was called The Other Half Lives after that ITV confirmed they would not be making further episodes.

production details
UK | ITV Network – Hat Trick Productions

RUNNING TIME: 60 minutes | NUMBER OF EPISODES: 4 | AIRDATES: 2 May 2011 – 13 July 2012

WRITERS: Kate Brooks (Episode 1), Shelagh Stephenson (Episode 2) | NOVEL: Point of Rescue by Sophie Hannah | PRODUCER: Christopher Hall | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Mark Redhead | DIRECTOR: Charles Martin

cast
OLIVIA WILLIAMS as DS Charlie Zailer
DARREN BOYD as DC Simon Waterhouse
AMY BETH HAYES as Sally Thorne
RUPERT GRAVES as Mark Bretherick
TOM GOODMAN-HILL as Steve Harbord
GEOFFREY STREATFIELD as Jonathan Hey
RALPH INESON as DC Sellers
CLAUDIA HARRISON as Cordy O’Hara
EMILY ROBBINS as Oonah O’Hara
PETER WIGHT as Proust
MELISSA TAYLOR as Lucy
ELLY FAIRMAN as Esther Taylor
ELOISE CARTWRIGHT as Amy
SEETA INDRANI as Dr Chaudry
HUW RHYS as Nick Thorne
HOLLY ATKINS as Mrs Brett
DIANA PAYAN as Maggie
SAMIA RIDA as Business Woman
NINA HOSSAIN as Newsreader