Never Come Back
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{{Infobox television
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| genre = Crime drama
| image =
| caption =
| creator = David Pirie
| based_on = {{Based on|Never Come Back|John Mair}}
| starring = {{plainlist|
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| composer = Stanley Myers
| theme_music_composer =
| language = English
| country = United Kingdom
| num_series =
| num_episodes = 3
| list_episodes =
| producer = Joe Waters
| executive_producer =
| company =
| runtime = 3x 50 minutes
| network = BBC Two
| network2 = BBC One
| first_aired = {{Start date|1990|03|21|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1990|04|04|df=y}}
| released2 = {{Start date|1990|12|17|df=y}}
}}
Never Come Back is a television crime drama mini-series created by David Pirie, and produced by the BBC. Three episodes were made and were first broadcast on BBC Two in 1990, on 21 March, 28 March, and 4 April.{{sfn|MeTV}} An edited version was broadcast on BBC One later that year, on 17 December.{{sfn|Lavender|1995|p=390}}
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Plot
In September 1939, Desmond Thane is attracted to Anna Raven, a beautiful young woman, but soon finds himself involved in a murder mystery.{{sfn|Lavender|1995|pp=143, 160–162, 390}}
Cast
- Nathaniel Parker as Desmond Thane
- James Fox as Foster
- Jonathan Coy as Marcus
- Jo Ross as Woman Neighbour
- Suzanna Hamilton as Anna Raven
- Ingrid Lacey as Sarah
- Paul Casselle as PC at Hospital
- Robin Miller as Party Guest
- Martin Clunes as Luke
- Timothy Bateson as Poole
- Louise Ashbourne as Sally
- David Becalick as Wellman
- Serena Evans as Annabelle
- Brian Capron as Plain Clothes PC
- John Woodnutt as Sir John
- Mary Wimbush as Aunt Olivia
- Gareth Forwood as Male Neighbour
- Nigel Pegram as Dr. Carver
- Larry Dann as Frederick
- Ken Sharrock as Uninformed PC
- Charles Pemberton as Police Sergeant
- Anthony Dawes as Embury
- Stella Tanner as Brothel madame
- Alec Linstead as Menswear President
- Christopher Saul as Detective
- John Baker as John Lilley
- Peter Robert Scott as Army officer
- Jamie Ripman as Army officer
- Colin Dunn as Lang
- Kenneth Midwood as Party Guest
- Tony Collins as A.R.P. Warden
- Richard Jamieson as Film studio man
Production
=Writing=
Never Come Back was written by David Pirie{{sfn|BFI 507857}} and based on the novel by John Mair.{{sfn|Mair|1986}} The novel also inspired the storyline of Tiger by the Tail (1954), which was co-written with John Gilling and Willis Goldbeck.
=Filming=
The series was filmed in the Severn Gorge and Bridgnorth, in Shropshire, England, UK.
References
=Citations=
{{reflist}}
=Sources=
==Books==
{{refbegin}}
- {{cite book
|last= Mair
|first= John
|others= Julian Symons (Introduction)
|title= Never Come Back
|date= 1986
|orig-date= 1941
|edition= New
|type= hardcover
|location= London
|publisher= Little, Brown (1941) / Oxford Paperbacks (1986)
|isbn= 978-0-192-82000-6
}}
{{refend}}
==Websites==
{{refbegin}}
- {{cite thesis
|last= Lavender
|first= Andrew Mark
|title= THATCHER'S THRILLERS: British Television Thriller Serials of the 1980s
|pages= 143, 160–162, 390
|date= October 1995
|degree= Thesis submitted for PhD in Drama
|location= London
|publisher= Goldsmiths College, University of London
|url= https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/33813/1/GOL_LavenderA_1995.pdf
|access-date= 3 October 2023
}}
- {{cite web
|title= Never Come Back (BBC-2 1990, Nathaniel Parker, Suzanna Hamilton)
|date= 15 November 2018
|location= Chicago, Illinois
|publisher= Memorable TV
|url= https://www.memorabletv.com/tv/never-come-back-bbc-2-1990-nathaniel-parker-suzanna-hamilton/
|access-date= 3 October 2023
|ref= {{sfnref|MeTV}}
}}
- {{cite web
|title= Pirie, David (1953 –)
|quote= When Pirie (with director Bolt) returned with the three-part Never Come Back (BBC, 1990), an adaptation of an obscure wartime thriller by author John Mair, his love of the film noir atmosphere of 1940s cinema was brought across to remarkable effect.
|date=
|location= London
|publisher= British Film Institute
|url= http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/507857/index.html
|access-date= 3 October 2023
|ref= {{sfnref|BFI 507857}}
}}
{{refend}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0097963|title=Never Come Back}}
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Category:BBC television dramas
Category:1990 British television series debuts
Category:1990 British television series endings
Category:Films shot in Shropshire
Category:1990s British drama television series
Category:1990s British mystery television series
Category:1990s British television miniseries
Category:British English-language television shows
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