Instinct (2007) (TV)

Director:

Terry McDonough

Writer:

Lizzie Mickery (written by)

Release Date:

26 February 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

In Part 1, D.C.I. Thomas Flynn is called upon to solve the riddle of a murder scene without a corpse...

Cast

Anthony Flanagan	...	D.C.I. Thomas Flynn
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andonis Anthony	...	Surveillance Officer
Christine Bottomley	...	Milly
Anthony Bowers	...	Young Funeral Director
Liam Boyle	...	Jake
Alison Burrows	...	Receptionist
James Cartwright	...	Jogger
Lorraine Cheshire	...	Judith
Jack Dawber-Axon	...	Sid
Peter De Jersey	...	Neil Langley
Jon Foster	...	D.S. Groves
Alan French	...	Rob Evans
Fiona Glascott	...	D.C. Ali Peters
Jaye Griffiths	...	D.S. Shakia Barton
Claire Hackett	...	Sue Richards
Michael Hodgson	...	Phil Richards
Sara Kestelman	...	Jill Bright
Vanessa Knox-Mawer	...	Mrs. Snoden
Frank Lauder	...	Van Man (as Frank J. Lauder)
Rina Mahoney	...	Nurse
Lucy Meacock	...	News Announcer
Jacqueline Naylor	...	Estelle
Paul Ritter	...	D.C. Daniel Yelland
Richard Sinnott	...	Anthony Snoden
Tom Ward	...	Ian Stanford
Mike Dolan	...	Grave digger (uncredited)

Directed by
Terry McDonough

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Lizzie Mickery		written by

Produced by
Hilary Bevan Jones	....	executive producer
Adam Browne	....	line producer
Paul Frift	....	producer
Keith Halsall	....	associate producer
Lizzie Mickery	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Tim Phillips

Cinematography by
Ben Smithard		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Crispin Green

Casting by
Doreen Jones

Production Design by
David Butterworth

Art Direction by
Andrea Hughes

Costume Design by
Diana Moseley

Makeup Department
Kathy Ducker	....	hair designer
Kathy Ducker	....	makeup designer
Rebecca Hodgkinson	....	trainee hair stylist
Rebecca Hodgkinson	....	trainee makeup artist
Davy Jones	....	prosthetics
Sharon Perks	....	assistant hair stylist
Sharon Perks	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Jonathan Davies	....	unit manager
Heidi Mount	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jude Campbell	....	first assistant director
Nathan Holmes	....	third assistant director
Cath Lill	....	second assistant director (as Cath Ashworth)

Art Department
Colin Bircham	....	stand-by carpenter
Trevor Devoy	....	production buyer
Michael Gleeson	....	stand-by props (as Mike Gleeson)
Michael Horrocks	....	property master (as Mick Horrocks)
Tommy Jolliffe	....	painter (as Tom Jolliffe)
Gavin Lewis	....	stand-by art director
Tony Martin	....	stand-by props
Kim Rowley	....	art department assistant
Linsey Shepherd	....	art department assistant (as Lynsey Shepard)
Colin Smith	....	construction manager
Roy Vivash	....	dressing props
Alan Waterfall	....	dressing props (as Alan 'Wilbur' Waterfall)
John White	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Mark Briscoe	....	dubbing mixer
Dave Gibson	....	sound assistant
Paul Horsfall	....	dialogue editor
Reg Mills	....	sound mixer
John Senior	....	sound effects editor
Stuart Wright	....	boom operator

Stunts
Gary Connery	....	stunt coordinator
Glenn Foster	....	stunt performer
Gary Hoptrough	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
David Bell	....	focus puller
Stuart Drummond	....	gaffer
Diederick Engelbrecht	....	camera trainee
Ron Fleet	....	grip
Steve Gartside	....	electrician
Eddie McCarthy	....	electrician
David Ode	....	stand-by rigger
Matilda Smith	....	assistant camera
John Welsh	....	best boy

Casting Department
Liz Vincent-Fernie	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Russell Barnett	....	costume supervisor
Samantha Green	....	wardrobe supervisor
Jason Marshall	....	wardrobe trainee

Editorial Department
Andy Donaldson	....	on-line editor
Susie Harrison	....	assistant editor
Neil Parker	....	telecine colorist

Other crew
Jo Beckett	....	script supervisor
Lee Clyne	....	unit medic
Ian Galley	....	location manager
Karen Ingles	....	assistant accountant (as Karen Inglis)
Michelle McDermott	....	floor runner
Catriona McKenzie	....	script executive
Lisa Neely	....	production runner
Amanda Wasey	....	production coordinator
Charlotte Wilkinson	....	production runner
Helen Wood	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• Independent Television (ITV)
• Ingenious Broadcasting (for)
• Tightrope Pictures (co-produced) (as Tightrope North)

Distributors

• Independent Television (ITV) (2007) (UK) (TV)

Other Companies

• Touch  music design
• Vehicles in Vision  action vehicles supplier

Runtime:

UK:180 min (2 parts) (including commercials)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Independent Television (ITV)

Dreadful rubbish

We've seen a lot of this type of police thriller on British TV. It's the basic Lynda La Plante type.

This one is trashy. The story is wildly unbelievable, with paper-thin motivation and plotting for the characters, especially the murderer.

Anthony Flanagan is pretty dull in this. He plays the supposedly high-flying but uptight DCI in charge of the case. He is more or less a charisma-free automaton for large parts of the story, but gets to emote a bit near the end. Actually the character is boring. How he's supposed to have become a DCI by his early thirties is the biggest mystery in the programme.

Tom Ward is not good here either. He is cut out to play nice guys who are possibly slightly impulsive (his role in Silent Witness), and that's basically what he does here. Unfortunately he can't decide about his accent (he sporadically tries to sound northern). The supposed actions of his character are laughable and not sufficiently explained or supported by what has gone before.

We're living in times like those of the Roman Empire. Sensationalism for the masses is the order of the day. In this type of film the murders seemingly have to get more and more horrid with more and more shots of putrefying bodies and the like. Why do film makers have to be such slaves of fashion and the Zeitgeist?