Acclaimed actor David Morrissey is the complex and compelling character Detective Inspector Tom Thorne in these nail-biting new crime / mystery thrillers adapted from the best-selling novels by Mark Billingham. 2 disc set includes 2 TV movies.
Featuring an all-star cast including Natascha McElhone, Aidan Gillen and Eddie Marsan, Sleepyhead is a startling new take on the detective story, destined to thrill and chill audiences in equal measure.
Detective Inspector Tom Thorne investigates a series of bizarre murders, each as complex as himself. In Sleepyhead – Thorne is dragged back into the nightmares of his past, as he heads up the investigation into a series of horrifying attacks on young women. As the investigation progresses, it becomes clear the killer’s intention is not to kill but to put the victims in a locked-in state. The similarities between the victims and the old case surrounding the death of a man named Frank Calvert have tensions rising within the team.
Scaredy Cat – A killer selects his victim at St Pancras station, follows her home on the tube, and strangles her to death in front of her child. A second body is discovered at the same time, killed in exactly the same way, at the back of St Pancras station. It is a grisly coincidence that eerily echoes the murders of two other women who were stabbed to death months before on the same day.
- As seen on Prime
- Based on the best selling crime novels by author Mark Billingham
- Comprises 2 x full length telemovies starring and produced by David Morrissey
- Featuring an all-star cast including Natascha McElhone (Californication), Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy), Aidan Gillen (The Wire) and Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes)
- Directed by Stephen Hopkins, creator of 24 Season 1 and Californica
Thorne: Sleepyhead Review
"I can’t quite put my finger on why British TV often surpasses anything produced here. Maybe it just seems that way to a jaded viewer, but I do know that “Thorne,” airing Tuesday and Wednesday nights on Encore, is yet another in a distinguished line of smartly written, acted and, above all, atmospheric English dramas. “Thorne: Sleepyhead,” which airs first on Tuesday night, has enough twists, turns, red herrings and multi-layered narrative to keep you couch-bound for its entire two hours.
Maybe I’m just extremely gullible, but I had at least three different suspects convicted before the actual “Sleepyhead” killer is unmasked — testimony to Dudi Appleton and Jim Keeble’s scintillating writing and to the direction of Stephen Hopkins, who also directed several episodes of “24” (so he knows a thing or two about suspense). The acting is first-rate." New York Post