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Star Wars sequel trilogy
The Star Wars logo as seen in all saga films
Directed by
J. J. Abrams (VII, IX)
Rian Johnson (VIII)
Produced by
Kathleen Kennedy
J. J. Abrams (VII, IX)
Bryan Burk (VII)
Ram Bergman (VIII)
Michelle Rejwan (IX)
Screenplay by
Lawrence Kasdan (VII)
J. J. Abrams (VII, IX)
Michael Arndt (VII)
Rian Johnson (VIII)
Chris Terrio (IX)
Starring
Harrison Ford (VII)
Mark Hamill
Carrie Fisher (VII, VIII)
Adam Driver
Daisy Ridley
John Boyega
Oscar Isaac
Lupita Nyong'o
Andy Serkis
Domhnall Gleeson
Anthony Daniels
Peter Mayhew
Max von Sydow (VII)
Kelly Marie Tran (VIII)
Laura Dern (VIII)
Benicio Del Toro (VIII)
Music by
John Williams
Cinematography
Dan Mindel (VII)
Steve Yedlin (VIII)
Edited by
Mary Jo Markey (VII)
Maryann Brandon (VII)
Bob Ducsay (VIII)
Production
companies
Lucasfilm Ltd.
Bad Robot Productions (VII, IX)
Distributed by
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date
December 18, 2015 (2015-12-18) (The Force Awakens)
December 15, 2017 (2017-12-15) (The Last Jedi)
December 20, 2019 (2019-12-20) (Episode IX)
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
1 film:
$245 million
Box office
1 film:
$2.068 billion
The Star Wars sequel trilogy is the third film trilogy in the Star Wars American space opera franchise, created by George Lucas. It is being produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The trilogy is to consist of episodes VII through IX and chronologically follows Return of the Jedi (1983) in the saga. Lucas originally planned a sequel trilogy in the mid-1970s,[1] but had abandoned these plans by the late 1990s. The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm in late 2012 and then announced the production of a sequel trilogy.
The first installment, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, was released on December 18, 2015 in the U.S., following a special premiere screening in Los Angeles on December 14. The film is directed by J. J. Abrams who cowrote the screenplay with Lawrence Kasdan and Michael Arndt. Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and other main cast members from the original trilogy returned to reprise their roles and co-star alongside Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, and Oscar Isaac.
Unlike the previous two trilogies, whose films were released approximately three years apart, the sequel films are planned to be released two years apart. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is set for release on December 15, 2017, with Rian Johnson as screenwriter and director. Episode IX was to be directed by Colin Trevorrow; however, in September 2017, Lucasfilm announced that Trevorrow had departed from the project, and shortly after announced that Abrams would return to direct the film and co-write it with Chris Terrio. The film is scheduled to be released on December 20, 2019.
Contents
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1 Films
1.1 The Force Awakens
1.2 The Last Jedi
1.3 Episode IX
2 Production
2.1 Initial development
2.2 Cancellation and Disney acquisition
2.3 Story development
3 Notes
4 References
5 External links
Films[edit]
Film
U.S. release date
Director(s)
Screenwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Status
Star Wars: The Force Awakens[a]
December 18, 2015 (2015-12-18) J. J. Abrams Lawrence Kasdan and J. J. Abrams Kathleen Kennedy, J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk Released
Star Wars: The Last Jedi[b]
December 15, 2017 (2017-12-15)[2] Rian Johnson Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman Completed; not yet released[3]
Star Wars: Episode IX
December 20, 2019 (2019-12-20)[4] J. J. Abrams[5] J. J. Abrams and Chris Terrio[5] Kathleen Kennedy, J. J. Abrams, and Michelle Rejwan[5] In development
The Force Awakens[edit]
Main article: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Force Awakens, the first film in the sequel trilogy, takes place approximately 30 years after the events of Return of the Jedi and includes new characters, as well as characters from the original trilogy, in search of Luke Skywalker with the help of Han Solo, and Princess Leia along with Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2.[6][7] The Force Awakens, like the subsequent two films, is based on an original screenplay and not a storyline from the expanded universe.[8]
The original trilogy's cast joins newcomers Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, and Oscar Isaac. It is directed by J. J. Abrams, who co-wrote a revised version of the screenplay along with Lawrence Kasdan, co-writer of the screenplays for The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Original drafts of The Force Awakens script were written by Michael Arndt,[9][10][11] but ultimately early character and plot elements in Anrdt's vision came into conflict with the conceptual ideas of director J.J. Abrams and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, as well as filming schedules and ultimately Arndt was removed from the project due to creative differences and time constraints,[12][13][14][15] being replaced by Kasdan as the primary co-creative visionary to Abrams' plot concepts.[14][15]
George Lucas was set to provide Abrams with advice as a creative consultant; however, Lucas had no involvement with the film, with his representative stating Lucas "ideally would love not to see any footage until he walks into the theater next December. He has never been able to be surprised by a Star Wars film before and he said he was looking forward to it."[16][17][18][19] The film began pre-production on October 30, 2012. Production began in April 2014;[20] it was released on December 18, 2015.[21] In the US, the film is rated PG-13 "for sci-fi action violence",[22] the second Star Wars film to receive that rating after Revenge of the Sith (the five other films received a PG rating).[23]
The film broke opening weekend box office records in North America with $248 million ($39 million more than previous record holder Jurassic World) and totals of $529 million worldwide, the largest opening ever. The film set another new record by becoming the first movie to break the $1 billion mark in box office sales in just 12 days.[24] It is currently the highest-grossing film of all time in North America and the third highest-grossing film worldwide, unadjusted for inflation.[25]
The Last Jedi[edit]
Main article: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
On June 20, 2014, Rian Johnson was announced as writer and director of Episode VIII and story treatment writer of Episode IX.[26][27] Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman were the producers and J. J. Abrams is the executive producer. Steve Yedlin is the cinematographer.[28] Johnson confirmed in August 2014 that he would direct Episode VIII.[29]
In March 2015, Oscar Isaac confirmed he would reprise his The Force Awakens role of Poe Dameron in Episode VIII.[30][31][32] In July 2015, it was reported that Benicio del Toro was being considered for a villain;[33][34] del Toro later confirmed that he had been cast.[35] In September 2015, it was reported that Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tatiana Maslany, Gina Rodriguez, Olivia Cooke, and Bel Powley were on the shortlist for two separate parts.[36][37] Jimmy Vee was cast as R2-D2, succeeding Kenny Baker, who died in August 2016.[38][39]
Much of the filming for Episode VIII took place at Pinewood Studios near London.[40][41] In September 2015, some pre-production filming took place on the island of Skellig Michael, Ireland to take advantage of better weather conditions.[42] In a November 2015 interview with Wired, Abrams stated that the film's script was completed.[43] In December 2015, Hamill,[44] Isaac,[45] Christie,[46] and Boyega were confirmed to reprise their roles as Luke Skywalker, Poe Dameron, Captain Phasma, and Finn, respectively.[47] Kennedy announced on December 17, 2015, at the London premiere for The Force Awakens that most of the cast would return for Episode VIII.[48] On January 20, 2016, Lucasfilm and Disney announced that the release of the film would be delayed to December 15, 2017.[2] Principal photography began in February 2016.[49] Additional filming took place in Dubrovnik from March 9 to March 16, 2016,[50][51] as well as in Ireland.[52] Principal photography wrapped in July 2016.[53][54][55] On December 27, 2016, Carrie Fisher died after going into cardiac arrest a few days earlier. Fisher had completed filming her role as General Leia Organa, before her death.[56] On January 23, 2017, the film was given a confirmed release date of December 15, 2017 with the title Star Wars: The Last Jedi.[57]
Episode IX[edit]
In June 2014, Johnson was announced as writing a story treatment for Episode IX,[26] though by April 2017, he stated he would not be involved with writing the film.[58] In August 2015, Colin Trevorrow was announced as the director of Episode IX.[59] Trevorrow, along with Derek Connolly, began writing the script.[60] On February 10, 2016, Disney chief executive officer Bob Iger confirmed that pre-production of Episode IX had begun.[49] Cinematographer John Schwartzman is planning on using 65 mm film.[61] In late December 2016, media outlets reported that Carrie Fisher was slated for a key role in Episode IX.[62][63][64] In January 2017, Lucasfilm stated they would not digitally generate Fisher's performance for the film.[65] In April 2017, it was confirmed by Kathleen Kennedy that Fisher will not be in Episode IX.[66] In August 2017, it was announced that Jack Thorne would rewrite the script.[67]
On September 5, 2017, Lucasfilm announced that Trevorrow had stepped down as director of the film.[68][69] A week later, it was announced that Abrams would return to direct Episode IX. Abrams will also co-write the film with Chris Terrio, in addition to producing the film through his company Bad Robot Productions, with Kennedy and Michelle Rejwan.[5][70]
Principal photography is set to begin in June 2018.[71] The film is scheduled to be released on December 20, 2019, replacing the original May 2019 date.[4]
Production[edit]
Initial development[edit]
Mark Hamill has stated that Lucas told him in 1976, while filming the first film in Tunisia, that three Star Wars trilogies were planned. Lucas suggested Hamill could have a cameo role in Episode IX, which he imagined filming by 2011.[1][72] A Time magazine story in March 1978, quoting Lucas, also contained the assertion there would be ten further Star Wars films after The Empire Strikes Back.[73] Gary Kurtz was also aware of proposed story elements for Episode VII to Episode IX before 1980.[74][75]
In 1980, at the time of the release of The Empire Strikes Back, Lucas said there were seven further Star Wars films he wanted to make. He said he had "twelve-page outlines" for those films.[76] In an interview with Jim Steranko in Prevue magazine published in late 1980, Lucas described how the expansive scope of Star Wars had started with an overlong screenplay:
So, I took the screenplay and divided it into three stories, and rewrote the first one. As I was writing, I came up with some ideas for a film about robots, with no humans in it. When I got to working on the Wookiee, I thought of a film just about Wookiees, nothing else. So, for a time, I had a couple of odd movies with just those characters. Then, I had the other two films, which were essentially split into three parts each, two trilogies. When the smoke cleared, I said, 'This is really great. I'll do another trilogy that takes place after this.' I had three trilogies of nine films, and then another couple of odd films. Essentially, there were twelve films.
He then added that he had:
…eliminated the odd movies, because they really don't have anything to do with the Star Wars saga. ... I'm just going to keep it pure. It's a nine-part saga that has a beginning, a middle and an end. It progresses over a period of about fifty or sixty years with about twenty years between trilogies, each trilogy taking about six or seven years.[77]
In this interview, Lucas also stated that he had "titles and ten-page story outlines for each of" the nine episodes.[77] In an interview with Gary Kurtz in the same magazine, Kurtz said:
[w]hether or not all nine or twelve films actually get made depends on how George feels as time goes along. The series may happen the way he originally planned or may completely change. As the films are made, each of the stories develops. As each is finished, I think the direction of the saga may change a bit.[78]
In an interview with Starlog magazine published in September 1981, Lucas confirmed that he had the nine-film series plotted, cautioning:
…but it's a long way from the plot to the script. I've just gone through that with Return of the Jedi, and what seems like a great idea when it's described in three sentences doesn't hold together when you try to make five or six scenes out of it. So plots change a lot when they start getting into script form.[79]
Cancellation and Disney acquisition[edit]
From 1997 to mid-2012, Lucas frequently stated that he had no plans to make the sequel trilogy, and said he would not allow others to do so either.[80][81][82][83][84] He gave various explanations for the apparent abandonment of plans to film the sequel trilogy.
In August 1999, at a press conference in New York City to discuss The Phantom Menace, Lucas described the "nine year commitment" required to make a Star Wars trilogy.[85] In 2002, he said: "Basically what I said as a joke was, 'Maybe when Harrison and Carrie are in their 70s, we'll come back and do another version.' The thing I didn't realize then, and that I do realize now very clearly, is that not only would they be in their 70s, but I would be in my 70s too."[86] In 2007, Lucas described making the films at that age as "an idea that seemed amusing at the time, but doesn't seem realistic now", and suggested that 'off-the-cuff' comments he had made in earlier years had been misconstrued as absolute statements.[87]
At a 1997 "Special Edition" press conference, Lucas said: "Everyone said, 'Well, are you going to do sequels to the first three?' But that was an afterthought; I don't have scripts on those stories. The only notion on that was, wouldn't it be fun to get all the actors to come back when they're 60 or 70 years old and make three more about them as old people."[80] In a 1997 issue of Star Wars Insider, he said: "The whole story has six episodes.... If I ever went beyond that, it would be something that was made up. I really don't have any notion other than, 'Gee, it would be interesting to do Luke Skywalker later on.' It wouldn't be part of the main story, but a sequel to this thing."[81]
In an interview published in the February 1999 issue of Vanity Fair, Lucas said: "When you see it in six parts, you'll understand. It really ends at part six. I never had a story for the sequels, for the later ones."[88][89] In 2008, after all six films had been released, Lucas said: "The movies were the story of Anakin Skywalker and Luke Skywalker, and when Luke saves the galaxy and redeems his father, that's where that story ends."[90]
In 1999, when asked about the possibility of someone else making Star Wars films, Lucas said, "Probably not, it's my thing."[88][89] In a 2008 interview in Total Film, Lucas ruled out anybody else making Star Wars films. Asked if he was happy for new Star Wars films to be made after his death, he said: "I've left pretty explicit instructions for there not to be any more features. There will definitely be no Episodes VII–IX. That's because there isn't any story. I mean, I never thought of anything. And now there have been novels about the events after Episode VI, which isn't at all what I would have done with it. The Star Wars story is really the tragedy of Darth Vader. That is the story. Once Vader dies, he doesn't come back to life, the Emperor doesn't get cloned and Luke doesn't get married..."[91]
However, speaking after Disney's 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm, Lucas (sitting alongside new Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy), said: "I always said I wasn't going to do any more, and that's true, because I'm not going to do any more. But that doesn't mean I'm unwilling to turn it over to Kathy to do more."[92]
However, in 2015 Lucas said he planned to finish Episode VII, release it in May 2015 and then sell the company afterward. But Disney expressed interest, with Lucas saying "It's better for me to get out at the beginning of a new thing and I can just remove myself. The time is more important to me than the money."[93]
Story development[edit]
Lucas had story treatments for episodes VII, VIII and IX which he turned over to Disney chairman Bob Iger around the time Lucasfilm was sold to Disney in 2012.[16] However, during an interview with Cinemablend in January 2014 to promote the upcoming release of the Lucasfilm animated movie Strange Magic, Lucas revealed that ultimately, Disney chose not to use the story treatments which he had written and turned over with the acquisition, and that the company chose to create brand new stories for the upcoming movies instead: "The ones that I sold to Disney, they came up to the decision that they didn't really want to do those. So they made up their own. So it's not the ones that I originally wrote [on screen in Star Wars: The Force Awakens]".[94] No information about these has been released; however, during the previous 35 years, Lucas had given many hints about the content of the sequel trilogy, including the following (sometimes contradictory) possibilities:
Episode VII would begin roughly 20 (or perhaps 30–40) years after the end of Return of the Jedi (according to Lucas in 1980 and 1982).[77][95]
R2-D2 and C-3PO would be the only characters who might continue through all nine films (Lucas in 1980, 1981 and 1983).[77][96][97]
The trilogy would deal with the rebuilding of the Republic (Lucas in 1980).[98]
"It's like a saga, the story of a group of people, a family" (Lucas in 1980).[77]
The focus would be on Luke Skywalker's journey to becoming the premier Jedi Knight, with Luke's sister (who was not Leia) appearing in Episode VIII, and the first appearance of the Emperor, and Luke's ultimate confrontation with him, in Episode IX (a storyline as planned pre-1980, according to A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back producer Gary Kurtz).[74][75][99]
Luke would have a romantic relationship with a female love interest (Lucas in 1988).[100]
The main theme of the trilogy would be moral and philosophical problems, such as the necessity for moral choices and the wisdom needed to distinguish right from wrong, justice, confrontation, and passing on what you have learned (Lucas in 1983 and 1989).[101][102]
The key actors, Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Ford as Han Solo, and Fisher as Princess Leia, would appear, in their 60s or 70s (Lucas in 1983).[80][101]
In Episode IX, Hamill would cameo, "like Obi-Wan handing the lightsaber down to the next new hope" (according to Hamill, in 2004).[1]
"The other one — what happens to Luke afterward — is much more ethereal. I have a tiny notebook full of notes on that. If I’m really ambitious, I could proceed to figure out what would have happened to Luke" (Lucas in 1980).[103]
Interviewed in 2012 after the announcement of the new trilogy, Lucas biographer Dale Pollock said that he had, in the 1980s, read the outlines to 12 Star Wars episodes planned by Lucas, but had been required to sign a confidentiality agreement.[104] Pollock said:
"The three most exciting stories were 7, 8 and 9. They had propulsive action, really interesting new worlds, new characters. I remember thinking, 'I want to see these 3 movies.'"
The next series film would "involve Luke Skywalker in his 30s and 40s."
Disney would probably use Lucas's outlines as the basis for the sequel trilogy. "That’s in part what Disney bought."[104]
Author Timothy Zahn, whose Star Wars novel series, the Thrawn Trilogy, is set in the Star Wars expanded universe, was also interviewed in 2012. Zahn confirmed the sequel trilogy would not be based on the Thrawn novels, but said he had been briefed years before on Lucas's plans for the sequels.[105] (Zahn had discussions with Lucas before the first Thrawn novel was published in 1991.)
The original idea as I understood it—and Lucas changes his mind off and on, so it may not be what he’s thinking right now—but it was going to be three generations. You’d have the original trilogy, then go back to Luke’s father and find out what happened to him, and if there was another seventh, eighth, or ninth film, it would be Luke's children.[105]
As announced by Lucasfilm, the new trilogy also meant the end of most of the existing Star Wars expanded universe, so as to give "maximum creative freedom to the filmmakers and also preserve an element of surprise and discovery for the audience". Much of the old content would continue to be available under the "Star Wars: Legends" brand.[106]
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Jump up ^ Also known as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens.
Jump up ^ Also known as Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi.
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The Coroner
Genre
Drama
Created by
Sally Abbott
Starring
Claire Goose
Matt Bardock
Composer(s)
Debbie Wiseman
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language(s)
English
No. of series
2
No. of episodes
20 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Will Trotter
Producer(s)
Sandra McIver
Cinematography
Richard Mahoney
Chris Preston
Phil Winn
Running time
45 minutes
Production company(s)
BBC Birmingham
Release
Original network
BBC One
Original release
16 November 2015 (2015-11-16) – 2 December 2016 (2016-12-02)
External links
BBC website
The Coroner is a BBC Birmingham daytime drama series of 20 episodes starring Claire Goose as Jane Kennedy, a coroner based in a fictional South Devon coastal town. Matt Bardock stars as Detective Sergeant Davey Higgins.[1][2][3][4][5]
The BBC announced on 2 March 2017 that there would be no further series.[6]
Contents
1 Synopsis
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Cancellation
5 Episodes
5.1 Series 1 (2015)
5.2 Series 2 (2016)
6 DVD
7 References
8 External links
Synopsis[edit]
Jane Kennedy returns to Lighthaven as the local coroner. She works with Davey Higgins, a Detective Sergeant in the South Dart police; they were childhood sweethearts until he broke her heart. They investigate any sudden, violent or unexplained deaths in the South Hams district of South Devon.
Also featuring: Beth, Kennedy's 15-year-old daughter; Judith, Kennedy's mother; Judith's boyfriend, Mick Sturrock; Clint Holman, Coroner's Officer.[2]
Cast[edit]
Claire Goose as Jane Kennedy, Coroner
Matt Bardock as Davey Higgins, Detective Sergeant
Beatie Edney as Judith Kennedy, Jane's mother
Ivan Kaye as Mick Sturrock, landlord of The Black Dog
Oliver Gomm as Clint Holman, Coroner’s Officer
Grace Hogg-Robinson as Beth Kennedy, Jane's daughter
Sally Abbott created The Coroner from an idea by Will Trotter, executive producer and head of BBC Drama Birmingham, about a woman coroner aged about 40 and in a location such as the Cotswolds or Devon. The series would have self-contained stories with drama and humour; a formula successfully used in Father Brown from the same production team. The characters, Jane and Davey, were based on Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracey in Adam's Rib with the unresolved sexual tension between them. Abbott wrote the Davey character with Matt Bardock in mind. She created four other characters to complete the cast.[7]
Production[edit]
According to the BBC, the series is not based on, or inspired by, M R Hall's best-selling books including The Coroner. Hall stated he was "unhappy" about the "enormous similarities", but the BBC say any resemblance with his books – also about an unusually pro-active, Land Rover driving, forty-something female solicitor who after a failed relationship returns to the West Country to take up the post of coroner – are purely coincidental.[8][9]
The production office was located at Dartington where some interior scenes were filmed. Filming began in mid-April 2015 for 15 weeks. The episodes were divided into blocks of two with the same director, assistant director, and director of photography.[10]
Locations included Hope Cove, Dartmouth, Torquay, and Broadsands Beach, Paignton. The Mansion, now a community building, in Totnes was used as the Coroners Court. A brass plate was attached to the brickwork. The exterior and interior of Oldway Mansion is used as Lighthaven's town hall. The Old Customs House in Bayard's Cove, Dartmouth is the location of the Coroners office.[11][12]
The set for The Black Dog Inn is the derelict Crooked Spaniards Inn, Cargreen, Cornwall. The tower at Gribben Head, Cornwall featured in the first episode.[13]
The Old Custom House, Bayards Cove
The derelict Crooked Spaniards
Gribben Tower, Gribben Head
Cancellation[edit]
The BBC announced on 2 March 2017 that there would be no further series.[6]
Episodes[edit]
Series 1 (2015)[edit]
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overall
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Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
1
1 "First Love" Ian Barber Sally Abbott 16 November 2015 (2015-11-16)
A 16-year-old teenager, Steve Kernan, is found dead at the foot of a tower and Detective Sergeant Davey Higgins believes it was a suicide, but Jane disagrees when the investigation uncovers an abusive father, a pregnant girlfriend, a possessive father, and Kernan's best friend, Matt Wickens; he was with Beth Kennedy the night Kernan died.
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2 "How to Catch a Lobster" Matt Carter Al Smith 17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)
Three bodies wash up on shore during one month. Jane is convinced they are mismanaged sea burials but Davey disagrees, believing that the latest is a local man who was lost at sea during the past fortnight. Each is determined to prove the other wrong and, as various facts come to light – a £75,000 robbery at a local casino, a fake Rolex watch, a tattoo on the missing man's body – the truth emerges. Another clue comes from one of three rival undertakers that Clint Holman has questioned.
3
3 "That's the Way to Do It" Matt Carter David Bowker 18 November 2015 (2015-11-18)
The local mayor, Una Drake closes down a Punch and Judy show on the beach. The professor is found dead the following morning. Then she is found murdered in a hotel room. Davey and Jane look for a connection between the two deaths from the dead man's drunken friend, the hotel resident singer, the mayor's estranged husband and their daughter.
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4 "The Fisherman's Tale" Ian Barber Ann Marie Di Mambro 19 November 2015 (2015-11-19)
At the reopening of his first fish restaurant, Peter Bradshaw is shot dead by a sniper. Davey's investigation is undermined by Detective Inspector Ben Marshall from Scotland Yard, who believes the killing has international connections. Bradshaw's wife had recently withdrawn £100,000, and pink diamonds they owned are missing. A male lover of Bradshaw's surfaces. An old army colleague is a likely suspect but he has an alibi. Judith must have bumped into the killer while eating an ice cream leaving a possible clue.
5
5 "Gilt" Ian Barber Kit Lambert 20 November 2015 (2015-11-20)
Errol Prowse reports to Jane the finding of buried gold coins by his small group of treasure hunters. After their celebration in the pub, he is found dead in his locked-and-bolted home the following morning. Davey thinks he has died of natural causes but Jane is not so sure. The circumstances become suspicious when it is found that Prowse has been poisoned and that the coins are fake. The suspects include the staff of the local museum.
6
6 "Capsized" Adrian Bean Matthew Cooke and Vincent Lund 23 November 2015 (2015-11-23)
25-year-old Ian Igby, out on probation for theft, is found dead in a container, one of many washed up on the beaches of South Devon from a sunken ship. Igby is suspected at first of being one of the many looters salvaging the cargo, and the investigation leads to his girlfriend, his probation officer, and his girlfriend's father, (who was also his employer in the docks). Jane and Davey have to break a wall of silence to uncover the truth, and are not helped by Judith and Mick, who have also been salvaging the goods from the containers.
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7 "The Salcombe Selkie" Ian Barber Dan Muirden 24 November 2015 (2015-11-24)
When 18-year-old Leah Walker walks ashore, risen like a Selkie, her parents are stunned after having buried her seven months ago, her body having been discovered five months after she had disappeared overboard from her father's boat. Suffering amnesia, she begins to remember where she had been held and the evidence implicates her godfather Tim Morris, who is subsequently murdered, and Leah's father is arrested. Jane becomes involved in discovering who was the girl buried in Leah's place and why the pathologist got the DNA identification wrong. This is the only episode of Series 1 not to feature the Coroner's Court final sequence. Instead Jane is seen putting flowers into the sea for the unidentified dead girl.
8
8 "Napoleon's Violin" Adrian Bean Sally Abbott 25 November 2015 (2015-11-25)
The patriarch of a local aristocratic family is found stabbed to death. His dysfunctional family includes: his son, his daughter, the son's teenage daughter, and a writer employed to write the history of a valuable violin belonging to Napoleon. The violin is missing and the investigation reveals: that the father suffered from depression; that the son is suffering from early-onset Parkinson's disease; that the daughter is suffering from agoraphobia; that the granddaughter (the son's teenage daughter), is of a morose nature, seemingly because she had not seen her own mother who had disappeared when the girl was four years old; and that the writer has a prison record.
9
9 "The Deep Freeze" Niall Fraser Sally Abbott 26 November 2015 (2015-11-26)
Robert Talbot, the owner of an ice-cream factory, is found dead in a walk-in freezer which has a defective lock, by his factory manager of 40 years. The successful factory was in the process of being sold. Jane suspects his glamorous wife, whose previous two husbands died mysteriously, while Davey suspects the son, who has debts, but the son has an alibi provided by the factory manager, who is heartbroken because she did not have the freezer lock repaired. Jane and Davey fall out over their opinions and Clint is avoiding the son.
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10 "Dirty Dancing" Niall Fraser Ann Marie Di Mambro 27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)
During Lighthaven's Latin American Dance Festival, Cuban dancer, Isabella Martinez, dies in the street. Her body is stolen from the mortuary and found later washed up on a beach with the stomach cut open. Jane and Davey question the festival organisers, who paid for her air ticket from Cuba. Meanwhile, Jane becomes friendly with an Egyptian doctor, who is practicing illegally, whilst seeking asylum in the UK. Davey arrests the dead girl's brother when he discovers his name differs from hers.
Series 2 (2016)[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
series
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
11
1 "The Drop Zone" Piotr Szkopiak Sally Abbott 21 November 2016 (2016-11-21)
The chief instructor, Rafe, of a sky diving school "The Drop Zone" falls to his death when his main and reserve parachute fail to open. The parachutes having been tampered with leads to suspicion of murder by one of his colleagues and when Jane receives a medical report that he had a terminal illness suicide becomes another possibility. Rafe's personal relationships with his wife and colleagues have to be unravelled to solve the death. Beth defies her mother by using an isolated beach riddled with quicksand.
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2 "Perfectly Formed" Matt Carter Mark Hiser and Bridget Colgan 22 November 2016 (2016-11-22)
The remains of a new born baby wrapped in 1970's newspaper is found in a cottage condemned by coastal erosion. A nearby closed children's home, Greyvale, and interviewing the uncooperative former residents and staff lead Jane and Davey to three sisters; one of whom, Lisa Millar is missing. Lee Millar, the brother, another resident of the home, visiting from America, who knows more than he is admitting and has tried to protect his sisters lead Jane to mistakenly suspect incest.
13
3 "Those in Peril" Niall Fraser David Bowker 23 November 2016 (2016-11-23)
The Falmouth coastguard calls out the Angel Cove lifeboat to investigate a red flare one mile west of Seal Island. Two crew, the only women crew members one of whom is the coxswain are swept overboard, and only the coxswain survives. Sabotage to the victims life jacket and the subsequent murder of another crew member leads Davey and Jane to investigate the rest of the crew. Mick, a former crew member, is attacked pointing to a previous rescue of a man that later killed.
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4 "The Beast of Lighthaven" Matt Carter Kit Lambert 24 November 2016 (2016-11-24)
Beth camping, with friends, overnight on the moors is frightened by animal noises and discovers a savaged sheep. Posting a picture on social media arouses the interest of local journalist Ben Fairhead of the Lighthaven Star. Fairhead believes the picture will convince the locals and police of his belief a big cat is loose on the moors. When he turns up mauled to death on the moors Jane and Davey delve into his past and the murder of his mother 15 years previously by his father who was known as the Beast of Lighthaven.
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5 "The Captain's Pipe" Ian Barber Kit Lambert 25 November 2016 (2016-11-25)
Tam Bryant the owner of The Captain's Pipe public house and a bitter rival of Mick' is found dead beneath a rock fall at an inaccessible cove. Davey arrests Mick as the evidence points to his involvement in the death. Mick implores Jane to prove his innocence but his reluctance to cooperate hinders the investigation. When a smugglers tunnel is discovered in the shape of a pipe under the pub and evidence of an explosion leads to a builder and his wife, renovating the pub, with past relationships with Tam and Mick.
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6 "Life" Piotr Szkopiak Jon Sen 28 November 2016 (2016-11-28)
A false tip off about the location of a missing girl's body and the death in prison of an inmate from a drug overdose brings Jayne and Davey together investigating the dead man and his cell mate, Sidney Sutton awaiting appeal, convicted of the child killing of the missing girl. A prisoner and prison guard, Ben Arnold, go missing and Sutton's appeal is successful. Ben Arnold kidnaps Beth and takes her to a well where the missing girl is buried. This is the only Series 2 episode that uses the 'Coroner's Court' closing sequence seen in Series 1. All other Series 2 episodes use a closing sequence related to the episode's storyline.
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7 "Perfect Pair" Piotr Szkopiak Ann Marie Di Mambro 29 November 2016 (2016-11-29)
A window cleaner found dead next to a car he does not own turns out to have multiple identities and had been using a dating agency "Perfect Pair". The owner of the car, prominent businessman Jason Daniels, claims his car had been stolen despite the window cleaner using the car on numerous occasions. Jane and Davey's investigation reveal they led a dual life using the dating website to meet women providing multiple suspects and motives to murder either one.
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8 "The Foxby Affair" Niall Fraser Kit Lambert 30 November 2016 (2016-11-30)
A newspaper official notice of Oliver Foxby applying to the court to issue a death certificate for his brother Jerry who disappeared 20 years earlier after murdering a call-girl whose body had never been found. Jane is called by an unwell woman claiming to have information who is subsequently murdered. Identification of the woman as the call-girl with thousand of pounds in a safe deposit box lead to Davey arresting Oliver for murder and the possibility that Jerry had been murdered as well.
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9 "Pieces of Eight" Piotr Szkopiak Matthew Cooke and Vincent Lund 1 December 2016 (2016-12-01)
Davey is dealing with the theft of a cash van by robbers dressed as pirates during the Lighthaven pirate festival while Jane is dealing with a body washed up on the beach. A tattoo on the dead man identifies him as part of a fisherman's dart's team Mick belongs to and when the wife misidentifies the dead man as her husband; Davey and Jane believe the two events are linked; together with a closed fish market, where the cash van is found and the dart's team worked, now owned by cash strapped businessman Don Shapur (Ramon Tikaram).
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10 "Crash" Ian Barber Sally Abbott 2 December 2016 (2016-12-02)
17-year-old Ellie Pearson dies in a car accident.The post mortem reveals her body had been moved from the car which killed her and evidence of the driver removed. The close family ties of Ellie's mother and aunt, Cath, whose husband is a policeman and their son who is going to university, Beth's best friend, Megan, who fell out with Ellie over a secret boyfriend confuse the investigation. Ellie's mother, aunt and her husband all went to the same senior school as Jane and Davey who realise a vindictive Cath broke up their childhood romance at the school leaving dance leading both to marry the wrong person.
DVD[edit]
Both series are available on DVD in the UK. They have also been released in Germany and Australia. All of these releases are PAL format. NTSC format DVDs will be released in the USA in 2018. Although being one of the first BBC drama series to be shot in 4K resolution, there have been no blu-rays released in either 4K or high definition in any region to date.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "The Coroner". BBC. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b "Claire Goose and Matt Bardock lead the cast of a new BBC One drama, The Coroner". BBC Media Centre. BBC. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
Jump up ^ Lee, Ben (17 April 2015). "Claire Price and Casualty's Matt Bardock for BBC One's The Coroner". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
Jump up ^ Preston-Ellis, Rom (9 November 2015). "BBC drama filmed in South Devon set to air next week". Torquay Herald Express. Local World. Archived from the original on 12 November 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
Jump up ^ "Claire Goose and Matt Bardock preview 'brutal, fantastical' new daytime drama, The Coroner". What's on TV. Time Inc. (UK) Ltd. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b Dowell, Ben (2 March 2017). "BBC axes Claire Goose daytime drama The Coroner". Radio Times. Immediate Media Company Limited. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
Jump up ^ Abbott, Sally (12 November 2015). "Creating 'The Coroner' for BBC One". BBC Writers Room. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
Jump up ^ Joseph, Claudia; Foster, Patrick (19 November 2015). "BBC accused of 'misappropriating' idea for new coroner drama". The Daily Telegraph.
Jump up ^ "Bone of contention". Law Society Gazette. The Law Society of England and Wales. 20 November 2015.
Jump up ^ O'Reagan, Mike (August–September 2015). "BBC TV's 'The Coroner'". By The Dart (Interview). Retrieved 18 November 2015.
Jump up ^ "BBC turn town into set for new TV drama The Coroner". Torquay Herald Express. Local World. 8 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
Jump up ^ "The 7th character in the Coroner: Devon". BBC One. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
Jump up ^ "Cornish Locations used for Filming Television Programs and Television Films". Visiting Cornwall. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
External links[edit]
The Coroner on IMDb
The Coroner at BBC Programmes
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