Episode

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Playing for the Ashes

Name: The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Playing for the Ashes
Released: 2003-03-10
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Nathaniel Parker, Sharon Small, Lesley Vickerage, Paul Hickey, Shaun Parkes

The Inspector Lynley MysteriesSeries 22003-03-10

Overview

While investigating the death of star cricketer Kenneth Waring with DS Havers, DI Lynley delves into his complex personal life and is forced to break the rules.

Details

Series: The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Season: Season 2
Episode: Episode 1
Air date: 2003-03-10
Runtime: 90 min

Episode context

Playing for the Ashes is Episode 1 in Series 2 of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. It aired on 2003-03-10. The runtime is 90 min.

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Episode 2: In the Presence of the Enemy 2003-03-17 | 90 min The relationship between Lynley and Havers reaches its all-time low when they investigate a case of kidnapping and murder involving the secret child of a member of parliament and a newspaper editor.

More episodes from this season

Episode 3: A Suitable Vengeance 2003-03-24 | 90 min Lynley returns to his ancestral home in Cornwall to celebrate his engagement to Helen. His difficult relationship with his dysfunctional family is soon overshadowed by a murder on part of his own estate - and the chief suspect is Peter, Lynley's drug-addict brother.

Episode 4: Deception on His Mind 2003-03-31 | 90 min The body of a young Asian man is found on the beach at the seaside town of Balford-le-Nez, leading the police into a web of racial tensions, family loyalties and illicit sexuality in investigating the murder. Havers has time on her hands while Lynley is on honeymoon in Peru, and when she finds the Balford-le-Nez investigation is being run by a friend she joins the hunt.