Blue Murder

Blue Murder - Behind The Scenes
Monday 17 December 2007 10:30pm - 11:30pm on ITV3.

Behind The Scenes… Blue Murder is brand new and exclusive to ITV3.

Shot on location in Manchester, the behind the scenes camera crew join Caroline Quentin, Ian Kelsey, Paul Loughran, Nick Murchie and Rhea Bailey

Viewers will have exclusive access to all the backstage action, including the cast on the set of the incident room, where the banter is just as important as rehearsing the scenes.

Kate Ford makes her first TV drama appearance since leaving Coronation Street and reveals she didn’t get much sleep the night before her first scenes. Simon Williams guest stars as the Doctor who meets a brutal end when locking up the surgery, and we get a unique look at how the special effects work to make a dramatic opening to the second episode, Desperate Measures.

Blue Murder - Desperate Measures
Monday 10 December 2007 9:00pm - 10:30pm on ITV1.

Don Halliwell (Simon Williams), a respected GP nearing retirement, is shot on the doorstep of his surgery, shocking the local community. When one of Halliwell’s younger colleagues cannot be traced in the aftermath of the shooting there are fears for his life.

While efforts are made to contact the missing doctor, suspicion falls on the Wilson gang, widely believed to be responsible for a previous robbery on the surgery.

Dr McKee (Luke Mably) initially refuses to account for his movements, but eventually admits he was being coerced into helping with the earlier robbery to pay off his debts. He had gone into hiding fearing the killing of Halliwell was a botched attempt on his own life. Janine’s concerned the surgery may have been a target for other reasons. Was a patient with a grudge trying to kill Halliwell?

Blue Murder
Monday 3 December 2007 9:00pm - 10:30pm on ITV1.

Janine (Caroline Quentin) and the team are out on a rare Friday night celebrating a good result in court. She leaves early and runs straight into the fallout from a stabbing in a nearby bar. The attack has left an 18 year-old young black man lying dead in a city centre alleyway. He is identified by his wallet as Dwayne Kent.

At first it seems like a random racist attack, and with a crime scene contaminated by drunken weekend revellers, it’s the most difficult of crimes to investigate. Janine calls the team away from the pub to get a head start on the investigation and comes across Dwayne’s distressed younger brother Caleb (Luke Bailey).