Cape Wrath (TV series)

Cape Wrath
The show's UK intertitle
Also known as	Meadowlands
Format	Drama
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Running time	approx. 45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Showtime (US) Channel 4/E4 (UK)
Original run	USA: 17 June 2007 – 5 August 2007 UK: 10 July 2007 – 7 August 2007
External links
Website

Cape Wrath (Meadowlands in the United States) is a British drama television series produced by Ecosse Films[1][2] which focuses on a family trying to escape its past while confronting an even more uncertain future. The series opens with Danny (David Morrissey) and Evelyn Brogan (Lucy Cohu) along with their two teenage children Zoe (Felicity Jones) and Mark (Harry Treadaway) entering a witness protection programme, moving to a bucolic neighbourhood, Meadowlands, to begin a new life. Picturesque and crime-free, Meadowlands appears to be a suburban paradise where the Brogan family can start a new life. But they soon realise that it is not so easy to escape the past and their safe haven becomes a world of paranoia and psychological intrigue with surprises around every corner.

The series is produced by Ecosse Films for Channel 4 in the UK and Showtime in the US, and premièred in the United States on 17 June 2007 at 22:00 EST, on Showtime. The United Kingdom première was on 10 July 2007 at 22:00 BST on Channel 4.

Meadowlands itself is actually two locations: the titles, overhead "establishing shots" and the main characters homes were filmed at The Lakes [3], a new housing development next to Leybourne Lakes Country Park near New Hythe in Kent, south east England. Samantha Campbell's "headquarters" as well as the doctor's surgery were filmed in a warehouse close to Maidstone Studios., The post production was carried out in London at St Anne's post production house.

After each episode airs on Showtime, the background of a character's life before they moved to Meadowlands (including their real name) is revealed on the show's official website. After low ratings Channel 4 confirmed that a second series would not be commissioned.^[1]

Cast

Main article: List of Cape Wrath characters

The Brogans

• David Morrissey as Danny Brogan
• Lucy Cohu as Evelyn Brogan
• Felicity Jones as Zoe Brogan
• Harry Treadaway as Mark Brogan

Other characters

• Sian Brooke as Lori Marcuse
• Ralph Brown as Bernard Wintersgill
• Emma Davies as Abigail York
• Tristan Gemmill as Dr. David York
• Don Gilet as Freddie Marcuse
• Tom Hardy as Jack Donnelly
• Sean Harris as Gordon Ormond
• Melanie Hill as Brenda Ogilvie
• Ella Smith as Jezebel Ogilvie
• Nina Sosanya as Samantha Campbell
• Scot Williams as Tom Tyrell
• David Smallbone as Green Suit
• John Warman as Green Suit

Crew

• Caroline Levy - Producer
• Douglas Rae - Executive Producer
• Duane Clark - Director
• Matthew Alridge - Executive Producer
• Robert Murphy - creator and writer

Episodes

#	Episode	Writer	Director	Original airdate (US)	Original airdate (UK)
01	"Episode 1"	Robert Murphy	Duane Clark	17 June 2007 (2007-06-17)	10 July 2007 C4[2]
The Brogans arrive at Meadowlands and meet their neighbours: bad boy handyman Jack Donnelly, vivacious and bubbly Brenda, and general practitioner Dr. York, all of whom harbour secrets as potentially devastating as the Brogans' themselves.
02	"Episode 2"	Robert Murphy	Duane Clark	24 June 2007 (2007-06-24)	10 July 2007 C4[2]
A day that begins with hope for the future ends with tragedy when Mark's experimentation with cross-dressing results in a brutal attack that leaves him traumatized again and Danny reeling from his own murderous rage.
03	"Episode 3"	Christopher Dunlop	Duane Clark	30 June 2007 (2007-06-30)	10 July 2007[3]
Local cop Wintersgill becomes suspicious of Jack Donnelly's absence and begins investigating his disappearance, while Danny and Mark struggle to keep Jack's murder a secret.
04	"Episode 4"	Robert Murphy	Duane Clark	8 July 2007 (2007-07-08)	17 July 2007
A vicious psychological game of cat and mouse ensues between Danny and Wintersgill, as Mark has a charged encounter with neighbour Brenda and Evelyn learns a shocking truth that affects both her past and future.
05	"Episode 5"	Chris Denne Joel Jenkins	Paul Walker	15 July 2007 (2007-07-15)	24 July 2007
Danny's handlers frame Ormond for Jack's murder, while Evelyn pleads with Dr. York to lie about Danny's fertility test results, and Zoe undertakes an investigation of Jack's death with the help of former journalist Tom Tyrell.
06	"Episode 6"	Robert Murphy	Paul Walker	22 July 2007 (2007-07-22)	31 July 2007
Danny attempts to decipher the truth about Cape Wrath, while Samantha's visit with her dying father reveals more of the history behind Meadowlands, and the romantic triangle between York, Abigail and Evelyn takes a disturbing turn.
07	"Episode 7"	Christopher Dunlop	Andrew Gunn	29 July 2007 (2007-07-29)	7 August 2007
Danny launches a desperate plan to escape from Meadowlands with his family, while York becomes increasingly unhinged and demands sexual favours from Evelyn in exchange for keeping her secret.
08	"Episode 8"	Robert Murphy	Andrew Gunn	5 August 2007 (2007-08-05)	7 August 2007[4]
Season finale. The painful truth about Danny's relationship to his children is finally revealed, as is the shocking location of Meadowlands — but his escape plan gets a hand from a most unlikely source.

Notes and references

1. ^ Hemley, Matthew (2007-08-28). "Edinburgh bites: Cape Wrath no, Marchioness no, Jekyll maybe". The Stage. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070930183818/http://www.thestage.co.uk/tvtoday/2007/08/edinburgh_bites_cape_wrath_no_marchioness_no_jekyl.php. Retrieved 2007-08-28. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Episodes one and two were edited together into a single 77-minute episode when first broadcast on Channel 4
3. ^ From Episode 3 onwards episodes were broadcast on Channel 4's digital-only channel E4 as part of its "First Look" strand, immediately following the showing of the previous episode on the parent channel Channel 4.
4. ^ This episode was shown straight after episode 7 on E4. Due to it being shown after, it was technically shown on 8 August 2007 at 00:05.

External links

• Cape Wrath at Channel4.com
• Meadowlands at Showtime
• "Welcome to Meadowlands" quiz
• Cape Wrath at the Internet Movie Database
• Cape Wrath at TV.com