Class of '76 (2005) (TV)

Director:

Ashley Pearce

Writer:

John Ireland (writer)

Release Date:

3 October 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Class Picture | Classmate | Mystery Killer

Cast

Robert Carlyle	...	DI Tom Monroe
Daniel Mays	...	DS Steven Grant
Claire Skinner	...	Dr. Kate Tremaine
Robert Glenister	...	Frank Thompson
Sean Gallagher	...	Colin Somerville
Tony Haygarth	...	DS Pritchard
Anton Lesser	...	Martin Gibson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Acton	...	Psychologist
Emma Cater	...	Sharon Reid
Amelia Curtis	...	Monica Grant
Kevin French	...	Aiden Thompson
Davyd Harries	...	Cliff Fisher
Martin Herdman	...	Caretaker
Belle Hithersay	...	Alison Carter (as Belle Mary Hithersay)
William Ilkley	...	Charlie Drain
Paul Ireland	...	Andy
Tonya Kerins	...	Receptionist
Peter Lovstrom	...	Petrol Station Manager
Stephen Mapes	...	Pat Fisher
Rosalind March	...	Mrs. Mitchell
Diana Payan	...	Anne Thompson
Veronica Roberts	...	Mrs. Spencer
Pip Torrens	...	Supt Flood

Directed by
Ashley Pearce

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Ireland		writer

Produced by
Adrian Bate	....	executive producer
Matthew Bird	....	producer
Bill Shephard	....	line producer

Original Music by
Richard G. Mitchell		(as Richard Mitchell)

Cinematography by
Dominic Clemence		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
David Blackmore

Casting by
Matt Western

Production Design by
Tom Brown

Art Direction by
Nick Palmer

Set Decoration by
Nicola De Fresnes

Costume Design by
Linda Alderson

Makeup Department
Lesley Noble	....	hair stylist
Lesley Noble	....	makeup artist
Roseann Samuel	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Susan Buckle	....	post-production supervisor
Kevin Jackson	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Scott Bates	....	second assistant director
John Bennett	....	first assistant director
Simon Dale	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Philippa Broadhurst	....	stand-by art director
Garry Dawson	....	stand-by props
Gary Dawson	....	stand-by props
Shane Harford	....	dressing props
Paul Humbles	....	stand-by props
Adam Jennings	....	stand-by carpenter
David Reilly	....	props storeman
Tom Roberts	....	stand-by painter
Amy Short	....	art department assistant
Chloe Short	....	buyer
Steve Wheeler	....	property master

Sound Department
Pat Boxshall	....	sound editor
Joanne Dunphy	....	sound assistant
Peter Eusebe	....	sound maintenance
Laurence Gale	....	sound editor
Jamie McPhee	....	sound editor
Alexej Müngersdorrf	....	sound editor
John Rodda	....	sound recordist
Alan Snelling	....	dubbing mixer

Stunts
Lee Bagley	....	stunt driver
Steve Caswell	....	stunt double
Rod Woodruff	....	stunt coordinator (as Roderick Woodruff)

Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Bird	....	best boy
Richard Brierley	....	focus puller (as Richard Brierly)
John Cooling	....	stand-by rigger
Russell Diamond	....	grip
Paul Donachie	....	camera operator
Gary Hayler	....	electrician
Tom Hyde	....	electrician
Abi Oseni	....	assistant camera
Jim Russell	....	electrician
Sam Smith	....	clapper loader
Jon White	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Corinne Goodman	....	costume supervisor
Lora E. Revitt	....	costume assistant
Karen Simmonds	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Simon Bullen	....	assistant editor
Dan Coles	....	colorist
Marco Fabbri	....	on-line editor
Sarah Howie	....	post-production assistant

Other crew
Patsy de Lord	....	production coordinator
Alan Fairholm	....	production executive
Ian Hogan	....	location manager
Alexandra Jones	....	script executive
David Lobatto	....	production runner
Lisa Mail	....	script supervisor
Tony Miller	....	production accountant
Ruth Nicol	....	unit nurse
Kirsten Wing	....	production secretary
Katie Bevell	....	script secretary (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Zenith Entertainment

Distributors

• Independent Television (ITV) (2005) (UK) (TV)
• Pan Vision (2007) (Sweden) (DVD)

Other Companies

• JAM Location Services  location assistants
• Pepper Post Production  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

Monroe - Class of '76 (Australia)

Runtime:

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

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK

Company:

Zenith Entertainment

Quotes:

[first lines]
Pat Fisher: Amy was the first. It happened on a Sunday. She was picking Bluebells. The place where they found her was always a favorite. We built our tree house near there then, our sanctuary. Her last minutes of trouble-less innocence...

Variable thriller saved by good acting

As others have written, this thriller starts out as an enthralling and incomprehensible mystery. A young man appears to commit suicide after visiting the site where a classmate was murdered thirty years before. It seems he is haunted by the murder, or is he threatened by the murderer, who has never been caught? Robert Carlyle, who, as usual, gives an excellent performance, plays the detective investigating the mysterious death. However, the show spends a lot of time with spooky photography, revisiting the original murder, and with Carlyle driving up and down country lanes to the town where the murder was committed. We have the usual dimwit Chief Inspector telling him to back off, the somewhat clodhopping junior officer doing it all wrong, and Carlyle taking leave to continue with his investigation because of his obsession with the case. The second episode loses the plot a bit, and it becomes irritating as the plot becomes silly. It was an interesting mystery, well acted, but the end is more than a bit daft and I ended up not feeling very satisfied by it.