Blue Murder

Set 1 (Discs 1-3)
Newly promoted Detective Chief Inspector Janine Lewis commands a close-knit police team that probes some of Manchester’s most gruesome murders. And, as a single mother, she tends four children at home, handling crises that range from head lice to teenage tippling. Janine throws herself into every challenge with energy and passion—even when her professional and personal lives collide.

Set 2 (Discs 4-5)
On the job, Janine Lewis deals with drive-by executions, decomposed bodies, and abducted children. At home, she interviews nannies, schedules parent-teacher conferences, and bolts breakfast on the run. Such is the life of a detective chief inspector on the Manchester police force who also happens to be a single mum raising four kids.

Set 3 (Discs 6-7)
When strangers ask Janine Lewis what she does for a living, she tells them, "crisis management." And she’s not kidding. As detective chief inspector, she supervises a squad of cops investigating some of Manchester’s most brutal, highly publicized crimes. As a single mom, she wrestles with soccer practices, field trips, and schoolwork for her four children. She handles her daily crises with energy and aplomb, protecting her kids as well as the detectives under her command with a fierce maternal affection.

Set 4 (Discs 8-9)
In the squad room, the cops on the Manchester murder investigation unit call Janine Lewis "Boss." At home, the kids simply call her "Mum." In both places, she manages to keep everybody in line—but just barely—with a firm yet affectionate hand. Award-winning actress Caroline Quentin (Men Behaving Badly, Life of Riley) brings astonishing dramatic depth to her role as a chief detective and single mom trying to balance the demands of career and family. Ian Kelsey (Casualty) costars as Janine’s fiercely loyal second in command and erstwhile romantic interest.

• Text interviews with stars Caroline Quentin and Ian Kelsey
• Behind-the-scenes documentary
• Cast filmographies

Packaging: Boxed set
Run Time: 19 ½ hours, plus bonus programming
Format: Widescreen
Number of discs: 9
Language: English
Subtitles: No
Color or B&W: Color
CC: Yes, Sets 2-4
SDH: No
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Rating: NR

"The most fascinating British female cop since Jane Tennison"—San Francisco Chronicle

"Quentin is marvelous."—Connecticut Post

"The best British mystery you haven’t seen."—San Francisco Chronicle

"Intricate storytelling, convincing characterizations and pleasing plot twists are the hallmarks of this whodunit"—DVD Talk

National Television Awards (UK) Nomination for Most Popular Actress (Caroline Quentin, 2005)

Disc 1
Episode 1:Private Sins(Part 1)
While mulling over a promotion that would take her off the squad, Janine supervises a case involving an illegal Belarusian immigrant and private investigator found murdered in a parking lot. At the same time, DS Tony Shap launches a covert investigation of his own.

Episode 2:Private Sins(Part 2)
After a key informant winds up dead, Shap’s involvement strains relations on the squad and puts his career in jeopardy. Meanwhile, the tangled affairs between the Belarusian’s employer and the family whom he was watching reveal even more motives for murder.

Episode 3:Tooth & Claw
Someone strangled veterinarian Ruth Turner on her daily run near bucolic Hunter’s Low. Janine and her team find illicit sex and illegal activities roiling under the placid surface of the community. And a series of arsons, which may or may not be connected to the murder, complicates their investigation.

Disc 2
Episode 4: Having It All
On the morning after her team’s crushing defeat in a cheerleading competition, Melanie Gaskell discovers her mother, Helen, bludgeoned to death in the garage. Helen had also coached the cheerleaders, and Janine realizes that the squad harbors emotions more sinister than team spirit.

Episode 5:This Charming Man
Jack Taylor—charismatic leader of an up-and-coming rock band—dies in his apartment after a sold-out concert. The investigation takes Janine and Richard deep into Manchester’s music scene, where personal and professional jealousies run riot.

Episode 6:Inside
For 15 years, Bernard Aspen served a life sentence while his family protested his innocence and campaigned for his release. When someone drowns him in a prison washroom, Richard sees only one way to catch the killer—go undercover inside the jail, risking his own life in the process.

• Cast filmographies

Packaging: Boxed Set
Run Time: 271 minutes
Format: Widescreen
Number of discs: 2
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
Color or B&W: Color
CC: Yes
SDH: No
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Rating: N/A

"The best British mystery you haven’t seen."—San Francisco Chronicle

Grade A "The episodes on this DVD set are all expertly written, directed and acted."—Exclusive Magazine

• National Television Awards (UK) Nomination for Most Popular Actress (Caroline Quentin, 2005)

Disc 1
Episode 1:Not a Matter of Life and Death
After footballer Duane Kent—a rising star in the youth league—gets stabbed in a street brawl outside a nightclub, Janine and her team investigate. They soon find that the dead teen seems to have led a double life, far from the golden boy image held up by his parents, girlfriend, and coaches.

Episode 2:Desperate Measures
In the midst of a much-publicized malpractice lawsuit, Dr. Donald Halliwell is shot dead outside his office. Then a disgruntled doctor in Halliwell’s practice goes missing. Janine and Richard uncover a real mess in the good doctor’s personal and professional life—and plenty of motives for murder.

Disc 2
Episode 3:Crisis Management
Only a week before the regiment’s deployment to the Persian Gulf, a sergeant major dies on the supposedly friendly confines of his base, the victim of a vicious attack. Called to the scene, Janine seems quite taken by her handsome military counterpart in the investigation. But Richard believes that the military has its own agenda, and his suspicions involve more than mere jealousy.

• Behind-the-scenes documentary
• Cast filmographies

Packaging: Boxed Set
Run Time: 204 minutes
Format: Widescreen
Number of discs: 2
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
Color or B&W: Color
CC: Yes
SDH: No
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Rating: N/A