Name: The Lakes
Genre: Mystery, Drama
Released: 1997-09-14
Rating: 3.5

Overview

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

Series 1

4 Episodes

1997

E01

Episode 1

9/14/1997·93m

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.

E02

Episode 2

9/21/1997·47m

The village is shattered by grief and guilt as it becomes clear that none of the children survived the rowing accident.

E03

Episode 3

9/27/1997·48m

Danny tries to find the truth behind the tragedy of the three drowned schoolgirls.

E04

Episode 4

10/5/1997·39m

Will Danny be found guilty at the inquest? Will the priest and Bernie consummate their relationship? As the village turns against the chef, all is revealed.

Series 2

10 Episodes

1999

E01

Episode 5

1/10/1999·39m

Danny is forced to make the most important decision of his life as he contemplates suicide.

E02

Episode 6

1/17/1999·37m

Father Matthew and the married Bernie Quinlan try to resist their passion.

E03

Episode 7

1/24/1999·37m

Beverly flirts with John Fisher, unaware that he has murdered her sister.

E04

Episode 8

1/31/1999·36m

John and Beverly continue their romance while destroying evidence of Simone's murder.

E05

Episode 9

2/7/1999·38m

Lucy struggles to come to terms with the sexual assault.

E06

Episode 10

2/14/1999·38m

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.

E07

Episode 11

2/21/1999·38m

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.

E08