5 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 1 Final episode date 20 May 2002 Number of episodes 3 Language English | 2.5/5 Barnes & Noble Original language(s) English First episode date 6 May 2002 Network ITV Genre Crime Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Written by T.R. Bowen
Jacqueline Holborough
Shelagh Stephenson Directed by Justin Chadwick
Coky Giedroyc
Myles Connell Starring Amanda Burton
Conor Mullen
Nicholas Woodeson
Martin Freeman
Jessica Oyelowo
Anthony Howell Directors Justin Chadwick, Coky Giedroyc, Myles Connell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Helen West Casebook is a British television crime drama, first broadcast in May 2002 on ITV1. The series is based upon the novels of Frances Fyfield, a former crown prosecutor, whom the character of Helen West, played in the series by Amanda Burton, is based loosely upon. Although only three episodes were broadcast, the series obtained a cult following, and was obtained by Acorn Media for release in the United States in August 2009. The complete series was released on DVD in the United Kingdom on 24 May 2010.
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Plot
The series features on the work of prosecuting attorney Helen West (Amanda Burton), who tries to achieve balance in a life that consists of an emotionally heavy caseload and a stressful relationship with her supervising police officer, Geoffrey Bailey (Conor Mullen). West is a very hot-headed and driven woman who tends to pursue justice in each case, even when she is told by her bosses to drop them. As "Deep Sleep" is the third of the Fyfield novels in the series, the viewers are plunged straight into the story without much introduction, with West undergoing and recovering from surgery, and finding solace in the arms of her lover, Superintendent Bailey.