A Mind to Kill
| A Mind to Kill | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Yr Heliwr |
| Genre | Crime, drama |
| Created by |
Sion Eirian Lyn Ebenezer |
| Written by |
David Joss Buckley Jeff Dodds (series 4) |
| Directed by | Peter Edwards (series 1-3) Philip John (series 4) |
| Starring |
Philip Madoc Ffion Wilkins Sharon Morgan Bryn Fôn Ieuan Rhys Huw Llyr Elen Bowman Geraint Lewis Gillian Elisa |
| Theme music composer | Mark Thomas |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | Welsh English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 21 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Brian Harris Dafydd Huw Williams (both series 1) |
| Producer(s) | Mike Parker (series 4-5) Peter Edwards (series 1) |
| Location(s) | Aberyswyth and Ceredigion, Wales |
| Cinematography | Peter Thornton (series 1) |
| Editor(s) | John Gillanders (series 1) |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Lluniau Lliw/4L Productions (seriess 1-2) |
| Distributor |
Channel 5 Television Harlech Television (HTV) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Channel 5 HTV S4C |
| Original release | 27 November 1994 – 6 September 2002 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | A Mind to Kill (1991) |
A Mind to Kill is a police detective series set in Wales, UK. It was developed from a 1991 pilot which starred Philip Madoc as DCI Bain, and Hywel Bennett. The series ran from 1994 to 2004 and first aired as Yr Heliwr on S4C, the Welsh language TV channel, before being broadcast on the UK Network channel, Channel 5. The series was filmed in English and in Welsh, with each scene being shot first in one language and then in the other. It has since been dubbed into more than a dozen languages and shown all over the world. The 21 episodes have been divided into 3 series which are now available on DVD. The pilot episode is also available on DVD.
Philip Madoc plays Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Noel Bain, a man who looks back fondly to the days when policing involved chasing villains, playing rugby and drinking beer. However, he has come to realise that contemporary policing imposes dilemmas that no training manual could ever anticipate. He is a man out of time and seeks to protect the old way of life, and what he believes are important traditional values. Bain is a widower who has a tempestuous relationship with his daughter, Hannah, (Ffion Wilkins). Despite resenting the lack of time her father spent with the family because of police work, Hannah becomes a Woman Police Constable (WPC) on the same police force. This is not just a job for Bain but his which means that his journey is often an emotional and painful one as the personal and the universal collide.
DCI Bain has a close friendship with police pathologist Professor Margaret Edwards (Sharon Morgan) but his true feelings for her remain ambiguous. Other regular characters include Gillian Elisa Thomas and Geraint Lewis. Joining the regulars in the last series were Bryn Fôn, Ieuan Rhys, Huw Llyr and Elen Bowman. The series also featured guest characters who were played by, among others, Margaret John, Ioan Gruffudd, Sue Jones-Davies, David Warner, John Rhys-Davies, Archie Panjabi, Siân Phillips and Gwenfair Vaughan.
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