The Lakes

The Lakes

1997
★★★☆☆ 6.7/10
📺 2 Seasons
🎬 14 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 60 min/episode
MysteryDrama
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.

Seasons

Season 1
1997 • 4 Episodes
The experiences of Danny Kavanagh, a 21-year-old gambler and womaniser, who leaves home and enters the dark soul and sexual quicksand of a small Lake District community.
Season 2
1999 • 10 Episodes
Danny is forced to make the most important decision of his life as he contemplates suicide.

Cast

John Simm
John Simm
Danny Kavanagh
Charles Dale
Charles Dale
Gary Archer/'Chef'
Kaye Wragg
Kaye Wragg
Lucy Archer
Elizabeth Bennett
Elizabeth Bennett
Doreen Archer
Robert Pugh
Robert Pugh
Father Matthew
Mary Jo Randle
Mary Jo Randle
Bernie Quinlan

Crew

Producer
Matthew Bird, Charles Pattinson, George Faber

Network

BBC One

Production

BBC, Company Pictures

Keywords

suiciderapesmall townboatlakeliverpool, englandtragedytrialguiltoutsider