The Lakes
Series 2
Created by: Jimmy McGovern
Network: BBC One
Season aired: 1999-01-10
Seasons
Overview
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.
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Episodes · 10
Episode 5
Danny is forced to make the most important decision of his life as he contemplates suicide.
Episode 6
Father Matthew and the married Bernie Quinlan try to resist their passion.
Episode 7
Beverly flirts with John Fisher, unaware that he has murdered her sister.
Episode 8
John and Beverly continue their romance while destroying evidence of Simone's murder.
Episode 9
Lucy struggles to come to terms with the sexual assault.
Episode 10
Bernie discovers that she is pregnant by Father Matthew. In a rare moment of trust, Danny confesses to Lucy that he knows she was raped.
Episode 11
Rory catches up with micropig breeder Rob Rose as he tries to bring a grumpy pig back into the fold with the help of his long-suffering partner Helen.
Episode 12
Bernie and Father Matthew seek advice from the Bishop.
Episode 13
Lucy takes to the witness stand to confront her rapists.
Episode 14
Danny is desperate to be reconciled with Emma.
