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The Lakes
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TV Show
First Air Date: September 14, 1997
Last Air Date: March 14, 1999
Genre: Mystery, Drama
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 14
Episode Runtime: 60 min
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Cast: John Simm, Charles Dale, Kaye Wragg, Elizabeth Bennett, Robert Pugh
Created By: Jimmy McGovern
Network: BBC One
Overview
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.