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The Last Detective: Benefit to Mankind

Series 2, episode 3

Written by
Directed by
Gavin Millar

Originally Aired On: Friday, 27 February 2004

Mod inspires Davies to undergo assertiveness training after his colleagues subject him to another humiliating practical joke and even Julie is impressed when he turns up demanding visiting rights to their dog. Meanwhile, the death of one medical researcher and the disappearance of a second under mysterious circumstances reveal the stakes are high in the pharmaceutical world when a drug to treat Alzheimer's disease is rumoured to be nearing the end of clinical trials. Drama, starring Peter Davison and Sean Hughes

Cast

Image for Peter DavisonPeter Davison...Det. Constable 'Dangerous' Davies
Sean Hughes...Mod Lewis
Rob Spendlove...DI Aspinall
Emma Amos...Julie Davies
Charles De'Ath...DS Pimlott
Billy Geraghty...DC Darren Barrett
Elizabeth Ann Bennett...Mrs. Dorothy Fulljames
Michele Austin...WPC Cheryl
Colin MacLachlan...Sgt. Stone
Vineeta Rishi...WPC Kapoor
Simone Bendix...Dr. Ingrid Eriksson
David Daker...Jervis Beauchamp
Alan David...Tecwyn Hughes
Richard Dixon...Pathologist
Poppy Elliott...Anna Beauchamp
Peter Jonfield...Pearly Gates
Michael Maloney...John Swannee
Laura McNair...Daisy
Lesley Nicol...Stella Beauchamp
Image for Ronald PickupRonald Pickup...Professor Quentin Tapscott
Steve Speirs...Caradoc
Mark Stobbart...Olly
Image for David ThrelfallDavid Threlfall...Carl Swannee
Susan Wooldridge...Sestrina Swannee