Lloyd & Hill | |
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Genre | Crime drama |
Created by | Jill McGown |
Written by | Richard Maher |
Directed by | Philippa Langdale |
Starring |
Philip Glenister Michelle Collins Shaun Dingwall John Light Carol Starks Lloyd Hutchinson Hywel Bennett |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 1 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Charles Elton Jonathan Powell |
Producer | Lars MacFarlane |
Cinematography | John Daly |
Editor | Jon Costelloe |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production company | Carlton Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 3 October 2001 |
Lloyd & Hill (also known as Lloyd & Hill: A Shred of Evidence) [1] is a British television crime drama film, written by Richard Maher, that first broadcast on ITV on 3 October 2001. The film, based upon the novel A Shred of Evidence by author Jill McGown, follows unconventional police detectives Danny Lloyd ( Philip Glenister) and Judy Hill ( Michelle Collins), as Judy transfers into an East Anglian squad run by Lloyd, her ex-Lover, and is assigned to the case of a strangled schoolgirl. [2] The film gathered 6.95 million viewers on its debut broadcast. [3]
Collins said of her role in the film; "I've always been on the other side of the law, since a very early appearance in The Bill, and it's been very exciting. However, I thought it would nice to be a police officer for a change!" [4] The film was intended as a backdoor pilot for a potential series, although poor critical reception and average viewing figures resulted in the series not being picked up for a full run. [5] The film was broadcast in the United States on BBC America on 16 January 2003, [6] and has since been made available on streaming service Acorn TV. [7] Notably, the film has never been released on VHS or DVD.