Jimmy McGovern
Director
The Lakes (1997)
Series 2
The Lakes is a mystery drama created and written by Jimmy McGovern for BBC1. The first series – comprised of four episodes – broadcast from 14 September to 5 October 1997. A second series of ten episodes ran from 10 January to 14 March 1999. Danny Kavanagh leaves Liverpool for the Lake District, finding work at a hotel and love with a local girl named Emma. Yet Danny remains an outsider in the close-knit community, and through the machinations of fate, he finds himself implicated in a tragedy. The secrets, lies, and crimes, of the seemingly tranquil community continue to be revealed.
Released Sept. 14, 1997
Episode 43 min
None+
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Production Companies: BBC, Company Pictures
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
1.0
S2E1 - Episode 5
Danny is forced to make the most important decision of his life as he contemplates suicide.
Jan. 10, 1999, midnight
S2E2 - Episode 6
Father Matthew and the married Bernie Quinlan try to resist their passion.
Jan. 17, 1999, midnight
S2E3 - Episode 7
Beverly flirts with John Fisher, unaware that he has murdered her sister.
Jan. 24, 1999, midnight
S2E4 - Episode 8
John and Beverly continue their romance while destroying evidence of Simone's murder.
Jan. 31, 1999, midnight
S2E5 - Episode 9
Lucy struggles to come to terms with the sexual assault.
Feb. 7, 1999, midnight
S2E6 - Episode 10
Bernie discovers that she is pregnant by Father Matthew. In a rare moment of trust, Danny confesses to Lucy that he knows she was raped.
Feb. 14, 1999, midnight
S2E7 - Episode 11
Rory catches up with micropig breeder Rob Rose as he tries to bring a grumpy pig back into the fold with the help of his long-suffering partner Helen.
Feb. 21, 1999, midnight
S2E8 - Episode 12
Bernie and Father Matthew seek advice from the Bishop.
Feb. 28, 1999, midnight
S2E9 - Episode 13
Lucy takes to the witness stand to confront her rapists.
March 7, 1999, midnight
S2E10 - Episode 14
Danny is desperate to be reconciled with Emma.
March 14, 1999, midnight
BBC One
43 min/ep
602 min
Sept. 14, 1997
March 14, 1999, midnight
Ended
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