📺 Series
The Lakes
Created by: Jimmy McGovern
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.
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John Simm
Danny Kavanagh 
Charles Dale
Gary Archer/'Chef' 
Kaye Wragg
Lucy Archer 
Elizabeth Bennett
Doreen Archer 
Robert Pugh
Father Matthew 
Mary Jo Randle
Bernie Quinlan 
Paul Copley
Peter Quinlan 
Samantha Seager
Julie 
Robin Laing
Joey 
