Media Archive
Ultraviolet
(1998)
Station: Channel 4 / Sky 1 (UK) / Sci-Fi Channel (US)
Genre: Fantasy / Thriller
Writer/Director: Joe Aherne
Executive Producer: Sophie Balhetchet
Producer: Bill Shapter
Production Designer: Jon Bunker
Director of Photography: Peter Greenhalgh b.s.c.
Costume Designer: Amy Roberts
Make-up Designer: Elisa Johnson
Original Music by: Sue Hewitt
Film Editors: Nick Mcphee and Jason Krasucki
** Ultraviolet is produced by World Productions for Channel Four.
CAST
Michael - JACK DAVENPORT \
Angie - SUSANNAH HARKER \
Vaughan - IDRIS ELBA \
Pearse - PHILIP QUAST \
Jack - STEPHEN MOYER \
Kirsty - COLETTE BROWN \
Frances - FIONA DOLMAN \
Pollard - RONNIE LETHAM \
Carter - MARC BOLTON \
DS Ferman - JOHN ASHTON \
Sue - LARA J. WEST
Synopsis: Fantasy thriller serial. A detective sergeant finds himself tangling with modern day vampires. Divided into 6 one-hour episodes.
Summary: Code Vs do not show in mirrors, photographs or videos. Their voices cannot be recorded or transmitted by phone. Image and sound can only be detected face to face. They are immortal. They cannot be killed, only reduced to ashes.
They look like us. they act like us. for centuries vampires have co-existed in harmony with humans...
until now
Now, amidst the growing threat of viral epidemic and the possibility of worldwide environmental catastrophe, humanity has an unprecedented ability to destroy itself. In order to prevent further contamination or loss of their food supply, the vampires have organized and are pouring funds into all manner of human scientific research. Though they profess to be a persecuted and misunderstood minority, eager to achieve a symbiotic relationship with mankind, many of their experiments are motivated by darker desires.
What if the government believed the truth that vampires existed?
Jack Davenport stars as former police detective-sergeant Michael Colefield who's recruited into CIB - an elite government force that has been formed to combat the threat. Joined by a squad of covert government investigators led by ex-soldier Vaughan Rice (Idris Elba), former priest Pearse Harman (Philip Quast) and scientist Dr. Angela March (Susannah Harker), their mission is to seek out the enemy. But when eternal life is offered, no one is beyond temptation...
Habeas Corpus - In Nomine Patris - Sub Judice - Mea Culpa - Terra Incognita - Persona Non Grata
Habeas Corpus
When Police informant Pollard is murdered in a busy shopping arcade and his contact, Detective Jack Beresford, mysteriously disappears on the eve of his wedding, Michael begins his search for some answers. Jack is found to have had an unusually healthy bank balance, and an involvement with some very sinister people who only seem to appear at night. His absence and Michael’s involvement attracts the attention of a powerful organisation which operates out of a high-tech base above Cannon Street station in London, and with full government blessing. They make Michael aware of just what it is they are fighting, and how big a threat their enemy represents to humanity’s future. Upon meeting Jack for the last time, Mike must make his choice and fight for one side or the other.
Support Cast: Jack Beresford - Stephen Moyer\
Pollard - Ronnie Letham\
Carter - Marc Bolton\
DS Paul Ferman - John Ashton\
Sue - Lara J West\
Nurse - Blondell Taylor\
Street Artist - Daniel Moynihan\
Computer Operator - Colin Kerrigan\
Pathologist - Ian Crowe
In Nomine Patris
The reclusive, wayward son of a wealthy public figure has a brush with a maddened biker during daylight hours and suffers hideous, and permanent, damage to his body. Michael and the team begin to close in on the financial backing behind his wealth as he pulls the plug on his City investments and tempts his market dealer, Danni, who is facing a mid-life crisis, into joining him in his night life. Michael also faces the very necessary task of having to shed elements of his personal life, including Kirsty, to keep anyone from harm because of his new connections.
Support Cast: Danni - Jane Slavin\
Gideon - Trevor Bowen\
Lester - Christopher Villiers\
Neil - Neil Maskell\
Sal - Julie Smith\
Nurse at Home - Victoria Byrne\
Bank Official - Simon Cowell-Parker\
Squash Player - Dean Lepley\
Margaret - Angela Wyndham Lewis
Sub Judice
Marion Wainwright, a barrister, is attacked in an under-ground car park, but passes out, only to come to and find her assailants dead at her feet. It appears her husband, who committed suicide some years ago, is still keeping an eye on her, as his colleagues conduct a sinister cross-fertilisation experiment with the sperm samples Marion is using in an attempt to become pregnant. While Kirsty resorts to contacting a journalist, Jacob, to help her find Mike, Frances tracks him down at his new flat, and is interested in knowing more about his new career.
Supporting Cast: Marion Wainwright - Emer Gillespie\
Jacob - Thomas Lockyer\
Marion's Husband - Simon Donald\
Embryologist - Richard Rees\
Clinic Manager - Charlotte Attenborough\
Pregnancy Counsellor - Martha Cope\
GP - Stephanie Fayerman\
Mrs Seabrook - Anni Domingo\
DS Leigh - Michael Hadley\
Marion's Junior - David Shelley\
First Mugger - Michael Price\
Second Mugger - Jimmy Gallagher\
Angie's Daughter - Elizabeth Earl
Mea Culpa
At a Roman Catholic school a pupil stabs his teacher, a priest, to death, and several other pupils seem to be light sensitive. While Michael is finding his working relation-ship with Rice becoming increasingly uncomfortable, given Rice's unorthodox methods, he uncovers a paedophile with ultraviolet-induced skin problems. The man is carrying a Code V-engineered strain of Meningitis and, unable to keep his tendencies confined, has infected several of the boys at the school. Kirsty loses touch with Jacob while he is trying to trace Michael. He finds his investigations have not gone unnoticed, and he is contacted by the very people Michael is trying to protect Kirsty from. Now the danger to her is closer than ever.
Supporting Cast: Jacob - Thomas Lockyer\
Colin - Rupert Procter\
Gary - Robert Stuart\
Father Downey - Eamon Boland\
Oliver - Jeremy Gilley\
Angie's Daughter - Elizabeth Earl\
Gary's Mother - Jane Wheldon\
Sports Teacher - Jonathan Magnanti\
Orderly - Dennis Banks\
Alter Boy - George Cook\
Boy - Sam Bardens\
Vampire Boy - Andrew Wilkes
Terra Incognita
A Brazilian man steps off a plane bleeding from visible bites to his neck, and Vaughan and Michael learn that the plane was also carrying caskets. While Michael is being diverted by a wild goose chase, Angie is the key to a scheme that hopes to see her husband, a notable blood disorder specialist, returned to "life", but it's Rice who ends up trapped in a disused warehouse with four caskets on timed release and with only desperate minutes to come up with a plan. It seems as if his time has finally run out. Angie and Pearse interview the occupant of the fifth casket, John, an ambassador with a message. Michael's torment over Kirsty hasn't ended with his moving out of her life, as a hastily arranged meeting in a wine bar proves. Would he be able to do his job if she really has joined the opposition?
Supporting Cast: John - Corin Redgrave\
Aguinaldo - Clarence Allen\
Maria - Ellen Thomas\
Maria's Contact - Rob Jarvis\
Custom's Official - Tom Knight\
Nurse - Abigail Hayes\
Stewardess - Dee Sadler\
Pilot - David John Pope\
Cell Guard - Mark Hill\
Jacob - Thomas Lockyer
Persona Non Grata
Kirsty has fled to seek protection from Jacob, little realising what he has become until she stumbles across him feeding. His edited explanation to her about the war he and his kind are involved in gains her sympathy, but it is the news that Michael killed Jack that really jolts her into taking sides. Frances, always helping Michael out by using her own government connections, now takes a more active role as she refuses to help him any further without knowing the full story, which, of course, he cannot reveal. She undertakes some investigations of her own, discovers the true identity of the mysterious "John", bumps into Rice and March, and finds herself undergoing questioning in the team's headquarters. Michael, fearing for Kirsty's life now that Jacob has revealed he is holding her captive, secretly "liberates" a casket from the vault and arranges an exchange meeting. Planning a Nuclear Winter during which they will gain complete control of mankind, Jacob's bosses want Robert March returned to them. But, as Frances undergoes her own shattering initiation into the team at John's execution, conflicting loyalties and a surprise return from the grave test old friendships to the limit. Kirsty is the last to discover the full truth behind recent events while Michael must make his own final choice about his confused loyalties. Life will never be the same again for any of them.
Supporting Cast: John / Paul Hoyle - Corin Redgrave\
Jacob - Thomas Lockyer\
Jack - Stephen Moyer\
Newspaper Editor - Tom Cotcher\
Laird - Helen Anderson\
Security Guard - Simon Harris
Information gathered with help from The Philip Quast Continuum
[http://www.empirenet.com/~wildcard/quast/crossing.htm]
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