5.8 /10 1 Votes
4.9/10 TV Genre Crime drama First episode date 5 January 2004 Number of seasons 1 Network ITV Executive producer Andy Harries | 6.8/10 IMDb Also known as Donovan Composer(s) Mark Russell Final episode date 19 May 2006 Number of episodes 5 Director Ciaran Donnelly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Written by Mike Cullen
Charlie Fletcher Directed by Simon Delaney
Ciaran Donnelly Starring Tom Conti
Samantha Bond
Ryan Cartwright
Amelia Bullmore
Dan Fredenburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DNA (originally broadcast as DoNovAn) is a British television crime drama, broadcast on ITV, starring Tom Conti and Samantha Bond as the main protagonists, Joe and Kate Donovan. Two series were produced - the first of which is a two-part story - and the second which features three, unrelated, entirely different cases. The initial series follows the work of Donovan, a retired police forensic pathologist, whose life is turned upside down after being called to a crime scene, only to find his own name scrawled on the wall in blood by the victim. In the second series, Donovan comes out of retirement to head up the FIU (Forensics Investigation Unit).
Contents
The first series was released on DVD in the UK on 18 May 2009. Despite the blurb, this only contains the two-part first series, not all five episodes as stated. A complete box set containing both series was previously released in the US on 13 May 2008.
Cast
Series 2 (2005-2006)
The final episode of the series was due to be shown on July 24, 2005, but was postponed due to the storyline containing elements involving terrorism, which was deemed to be insensitive following two terrorist attacks in London just weeks previously.