"Wire in the Blood"
The Mermaids Singing: Part 1 (2002)

Director:

Andrew Grieve

Writer:

Patrick Harbinson (writer)

TV Series:

"Wire in the Blood" (2002)

Original Air Date:

12 July 2002 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Investigation | Murder | Police | Psychiatrist | Team

Cast

Robson Green	...	Dr. Tony Hill
Hermione Norris	...	DI / DCI Carol Jordan
Alan Stocks	...	DS Don Merrick
Mark Letheren	...	DS Kevin Geoffries
Tom Chadbon	...	Chief Insp. John Brandon
Doreene Blackstock	...	DS Annie Reiss
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stephen Bent	...	David Biggs
Mark Bonnar	...	Stevie McTeer
Elaine Claxton	...	Maggie Thomas
Tom Fisher	...	Angelica Bain
Richard Frame	...	PC Damien O'Connell
Nicky Goldie	...	Mrs. O'Connell
James Horne	...	Mr. O'Connell
Mark Penfold	...	Dr. Ashley Vernon
Ben Price	...	Michael Jordan
Paul Simpson	...	Ian Thomson
Philip Whitchurch	...	Supt. Tom Cross
Kaye Wragg	...	Penny Burgess

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Trivia:

The title "Wire in the Blood" is a phrase that comes from T.S. Eliot’s "Four Quartets": "The trilling wire in the blood / sings below inveterate scars / appeasing long-forgotten wars." As for the meaning, in an interview Robson Green said the phrase was taken to mean a genetic kink, something impure and unusual in the blood, that leads to the kind of psychosis Dr. Tony Hill might deal with. Series writer Val McDermid says: "Who knows what Eliot really meant by that line? Robson's explanation is as good as any. For myself, I've always taken it to be a metaphor for the thrill of adrenaline surging through the bloodstream. But we'll never know for sure".