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A British police drama, set in the fictional town of Newtown, near Liverpool. It ran from 1962 to 1978, and was mainly broadcast as weekly 50-minute episodes.
Episode title: Waste
Transmission date: 25th February, 1974
Lewis’s character: Derek Cunningham
Synopsis: A police hunt for an escaped convict leads to the discovery that Derek’s parents have kept him locked in the attic for two years, in the belief that he had committed a murder.
Cast:
D.C. Skinner | - | Ian Cullen |
P.C. Quilley | - | Douglas Fielding |
Matthew Cunningham | - | Peter Schofield |
June Cunningham | - | Marjory Yates |
Derek Cunningham | - | LEWIS COLLINS |
Parsons | - | Bob Peck |
Lewis’s comment:
"(I played) a retarded Liverpool lad, locked away in an attic. Very intense. Very introverted"
"(I played) a retarded Liverpool lad, locked away in an attic. Very intense. Very introverted"