TV Show Details
Air Date:September 14th, 1997
Last Air Date:March 14th, 1999
Network:BBC One
Status:Ended
Genres:Drama , Mystery
Original Language:English
Production Companies:BBC, Company Pictures
The Lakes on the Web:Official Website
The Lakes (1997-1999)
TV ShowBBC One
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Plot
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.
