A contemporary British detective who's a top cop and a single mom of four;
Catching killers, juggling life...it's all in a day's work
Debuts on DVD January 29, 2008
SILVER SPRING, MD; November 27, 2007 - Acorn Media announces the January 29, 2008 DVD debut of Blue Murder, Set 2, offering four contemporary, deftly plotted police procedurals enhanced with honest, touching domestic interludes.
On the job, Janine Lewis deals with drive-by executions, decomposed bodies, and abducted children. At home, she interviews nannies, schedules parent-teacher conferences, and bolts breakfast on the run. Such is the life of a Detective Chief Inspector on the Manchester police force who also happens to be a single mum raising four kids. Caroline Quentin (Jonathan Creek, Men Behaving Badly) brings sensitivity, passion, and wry humor to her role as a woman balancing the demands of a high-risk, high-profile profession with the need to nurture her high-maintenance family. Ian Kelsey (Casualty) co-stars as DI Richard Mayne, Janine's sexy second in command—a source of romantic and sometimes professional tension on their tight-knit team.
Like Prime Suspect, Blue Murder relies on meticulous attention to police procedures to unravel its hard-edged, contemporary mysteries. In these four all-new crime dramas, Blue Murder realistically depicts the everyday toils and triumphs of police work alongside the insistent tug of family life for a single mother.
The British mystery series is a ratings hit in the U.K. but has not been broadcast in the U.S. In Set 2, Saskia Wickham (Peak Practice, Clarissa) joins the cast, and Jack Ellis (Bad Girls, Prime Suspect) and Kevin Kennedy (Coronation Street) guest star.
SPECIAL FEATURES: Text interviews with stars Caroline Quentin and Ian Kelsey and cast filmographies.
Headquartered in suburban Washington, D.C., Acorn Media distributes distinctive home video releases to the North American market with a special focus on the best of British television. Acorn's DVD sets are available from select retailers, catalog companies, and direct from Acorn Media at (888) 870-8047 or www.acornonline.com.
Street: January 29, 2008
DVD 2-Vol. Boxed Set: 4 episodes - approx. 275 min. - Closed Captioned
SRP: $39.99
