BBC One · Ended

Resort to Murder

Crime, Thriller, Mystery · 1995

Last aired: S1 E5, Episode 5 · 1995-08-24

Resort to Murder follows Joshua Penny, a post-graduate student whose mother, Harriet, is herself murdered after having been the sole eyewitness to another murder. The series is set in and around Brighton.

Cast

Ben Chaplin Joshua Penny

Steven Waddington Neville

Kelly Hunter Lucy Chapman

Peter Firth Peter Dennigan

David Daker Sam Penny

Nigel Terry Kepler

John Stahl Inspector Reed

Sean Gilder PC Graham

Season 1

E1 Episode 1 1995-07-27 · 50 min Under the derelict West Pier at Brighton a young woman's body is found. Joshua Penny, a post-graduate student, returns home to track down the killer of his mother, a witness to the first murder. His only clue is a tattoo of a snake and dagger on the murderer's arm.

E2 Episode 2 1995-08-03 · 50 min Joshua's investigations into his mother's murder continue.

E3 Episode 3 1995-08-10 · 50 min While in search of his mother's murderer, Joshua Penny finds himself in the alternative world of Camden's Goth clubs. His father stands accused of the murder and time is getting short. Who is the mysterious tattooed man?

E4 Episode 4 1995-08-17 · 50 min A sinister ventriloquist, an unscrupulous fisherman and a philandering tutor are all implicated in Harriet Penny's murder, but the identity of the Tattooed Man has still not been revealed.

E5 Episode 5 1995-08-24 · 50 min As the number of suspects diminishes, Joshua and Lucy discover the identity of the Tattooed Man. But will they survive?

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