The Field of Blood (2011)

6.4 (18 votes)

2 Seasons

May 8, 2011

English

Crime Drama Mystery

Synopsis

Adaptation of Denise Mina's thriller set in 1982. When the story of a murder has huge implications for her family, newspaper copy boy Paddy Meehan battles prejudices to get to the truth. As she inches closer to revealing the truth, her investigations place her in mortal danger.

Network

BBC One

Episodes

The Field of Blood (1)

May 8, 2011

60 min

9.0

Paddy Meehan battles prejudice to get to the truth of a murder that implicates her family.

The Field of Blood (2)

May 9, 2011

60 min

The Daily News staff are stunned by the death of a colleague and it quickly becomes clear to Paddy that she is out of her depth. Assisted by handsome journalist, Terry, Paddy closes in on her prime suspect but without concrete proof no one will believe her so she plants evidence on him and informs the police. Suddenly realising she may have implicated the wrong man she confides in the one person at the newspaper she truly trusts, the once brilliant Dr Pete, a journalist of some repute now dying of cancer caused by a lifetime’s hard drinking. But her realisation comes too late.