A Likeness in Stone

Directed by

Charles Beeson

Country

United Kingdom

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A retired police detective returns to duty when a student's body is found ten years after she disappeared. He works to find the killer and bring closure to the victim's family.

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What happens

A Likeness in Stone is a British television crime drama serial, broadcast across two nights between 11 and 12 September 2000 on BBC One. The serial stars Liam Cunningham as Detective Inspector Bill Armstrong, a retired cop who returns to service after the body of a student is discovered, 10 years after her disappearance. Determined to uncover the murderer, Armstrong seeks to go behind the call of duty to bring justice to the victim's family. The serial was based upon the novel of the same name by author J. Wallis Martin which was published in Hardback by Hodder and Stoughton (UK) 1997, and translated into several languages. The serial co-starred Jonathan Firth, Andrew Lincoln, Ruth Jones and Cherie Lunghi. It was broadcast across two consecutive nights, on 11 and 12 September 2000. Reviews of the serial were favourable. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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