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Release Date:
14 September 1997 (UK) morePlot:
Danny Kavanagh leaves Liverpool for the Lake District, finding work at a hotel and love with a local girl named Emma... moreAwards:
2 wins & 4 nominations moreUser Comments:
Unnecessary Sequel moreCast
(Series Cast Summary - 25 of 33)| John Simm | ... | Danny Kavanagh (14 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Elizabeth Bennett | ... | Mrs. Archer / ... (14 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Charles Dale | ... | Chef (14 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Mary Jo Randle | ... | Bernie Quinlan (14 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Kaye Wragg | ... | Lucy Archer (14 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Robert Pugh | ... | Father Matthew (14 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| James Thornton | ... | Pete Quinlan (14 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Samantha Seager | ... | Julie (14 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Robin Laing | ... | Joey (14 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Kevin Doyle | ... | John Fisher / ... (13 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Matt Bardock | ... | Albie (13 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Elizabeth Rider | ... | Sheila Thwaite (13 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Emma Cunniffe | ... | Emma Kavanagh / ... (13 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Paul Copley | ... | Peter Quinlan (13 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Tony Rohr | ... | Grandad (13 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Nicholas Day | ... | Mr. Archer / ... (13 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Clare Holman | ... | Simone Fisher / ... (11 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Lee Oakes | ... | Tharmy (11 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Elizabeth Berrington | ... | Ruth (11 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Jessica Perry | ... | Annie Quinlan (11 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Barbara Wilshere | ... | Dr. Sarah Kilbride / ... (10 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Bob Mason | ... | Sergeant Slater / ... (10 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Marshall Lancaster | ... | Ged Hodgson (8 episodes, 1997-1999) | |
| Annabelle Apsion | ... | Beverly (8 episodes, 1999) | |
| Amanda Mealing | ... | Jo Jo Spiers (7 episodes, 1999) |
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The Lakes was a typically powerful piece of Jimmy McGovern-written television, with many memorable images and characters who will live in the mind for a long time.
This second series was, frankly, quite unnecessary. There was a sense at the beginning that some storylines and characters were going to have to be contrived in order to wring more out of the situation and it teeters dangerously on the edge of becoming soapy.
However, Jimmy McGovern is still an extraordinary writer (though someone else wrote some of the episodes) and the second series is very well directed and acted, so still compulsive stuff - I just prefer to think this story finished after the first series.
I hope that credibility is not stretched any further and this portrait will end with this one.