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.
John Simm
Danny Kavanagh
Charles Dale
Gary Archer/'Chef'
Kaye Wragg
Lucy Archer
Elizabeth Bennett
Doreen Archer
Robert Pugh
Father Matthew
Mary Jo Randle
Bernie Quinlan
Paul Copley
Peter Quinlan
James Thornton
Pete Quinlan
Samantha Seager
Julie
The Survivors66%
Tell Me Lies76%
We Were Liars72%
Sherlock & Daughter66%
The Mist61%
Midnight Mass75%
Castle Rock72%
Lore68%
Apple Tree Yard64%
The Rainmaker74%
Death and Other Details65%
Wayward61%
Cruel Summer73%
Insomnia61%
Bates Motel80%
Surface62%
Harper's Island69%
And Then There Were None76%
Damages74%
Vanished67%
