Blackpool

Blackpool

2004 · 1 season · 6 eps · ★ 6.9 · Comedy , Drama

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Ripley Holden is a small-time entrepreneur desperate to make it big with his new state-of-the-art amusement arcade. The opening extravaganza is overshadowed by the find of a dead body on the premises. DI Carlisle is called in and quickly finds he has more on his mind than murder, when he falls in love with Ripley's long-suffering wife.

Created by Peter Bowker

Network: BBC One

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