Tell Tale Hearts

Tell Tale Hearts is a BBC Scotland television serial drama, written by Stephen Lowe, which stars Bill Paterson and was directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan.

The three-part psychological thriller was broadcast down on BBC1 on 1 November 1992.[1] The serial was nominated twice in the 1993 BAFTA Scotland awards - for best drama serial and best television actor (Bill Paterson).[2]

Plot

Anthony Steadman (Paterson) is a child-murderer set to begin a new life having been released from prison after seventeen years. Sally McCann, (Brid Brennan), a mother whose child disappeared around the time of the original murder, is pursuing Steadman to learn the truth about her missing child. Also on Steadman's trail is Becky Wilson (Emma Fielding), a local radio reporter, for whom the case brings back ghosts from her own past.[3]

Cast

Anthony Steadman: : Bill Paterson
Becky Wilson: Emma Fielding
Sally McCann: Brid Brennan
Adrian Fell: Clive Russell
John Wilson: John Woodvine
Hilary Wilson: Morag Hood
Pete Akins: Benny Young
Mike McCann: Martin Cochrane
David Seilors: Doug Rayscott
Ex-Supt Walters: John Fraser
Mrs Walters: Lynne Christie
Revjeffrey Tiller: Michael David
Emma Johnson: Vari Sylvester
Sam: Joseph Brady
Eddie: Alastair Galbraith
Rick Peters: John Straiton
Maureen: Carol Ann Crawford

Production

Written By: Stephen Lowe
Producers: David Blair and Norman McCandlish
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan

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References
  1. "Radio Times listings". BBC Genome. BBC. 1 November 1992. pp. Issue 3592. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. "Nominations suggest honours could be shared in 'tartan Oscars'". The Herald. Glasgow: Herald & Times Group. 14 October 1993. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  3. "Tell Tale Hearts". iMDb. Amazon. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
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