Daylight Robbery (TV series)

Daylight Robbery
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Jane Hewland Johanne McAndrew Caleb Ransom Cameron McAllister
Starring	Michelle Collins Lesley Sharp Geraldine Somerville Emily Woof Ramon Tikaram John Salthouse Patrick Robinson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	8 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Production company(s)	Hewland International
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	16:9
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	9 September 1999 (1999-09-09) – 18 December 2000 (2000-12-18)

Daylight Robbery is a British crime drama series that aired on ITV from 9 September 1999 until 18 December 2000. Two series of the programme were produced. The series focuses on four Essex housewives struggling with personal and domestic problems, who decide to turn to crime to make ends meet. Both series were issued on VHS video on 27 January 2003, becoming two of the last commercially released videos, but have yet to be issued on DVD.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Four bored, frustrated and impoverished housewives - Kathy Lawrence (Collins), Carol Murphy (Sharp), Val McArdle (Somerville) and Paula Sullivan (Woof) - decide to turn to a life of crime when they are held up by an armed gang in the supermarket. After pulling off an easy first job, the gang gradually become more daring, but find their luck turning when they stage a raid on Kathy's bank. To make matters worse, their haul of loot literally goes up in flames when Kathy's house falls prey to an arson attack, and with the police - led by the dogged Detective Inspector Finch (Salthouse) - closing in, the women plan one last, desperate throw of the dice.

The second series follows Kathy and Paula on the run in Miami, where they fall foul of gang boss Harris (Tikaram) after stealing his haul of cocaine. Harris pursues the women back to England, where their old opponent Detective Inspector Finch is waiting to finally bring them to justice.

Cast

Michelle Collins as Kathy Lawrence
Emily Woof as Paula Sullivan
Lesley Sharp as Carol Murphy
Geraldine Somerville as Val McArdle
Beth Goddard as Harriet Howell
Katisha Kenyon as Chanice Black
Ramon Tikaram as Harris
Ollie Peel as Oscar
John Salthouse as DI Eddie Finch
Patrick Robinson as DI Chris Bannister
Bruce Byron as Phil Murphy
Ross Boatman as Alan McArdle

Episode list

Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired
	1	4	9 September 1999	30 September 1999
	2	4	27 November 2000	18 December 2000

Series 1 (1999)

Episode	Title	Written by	Directed by	Viewers (millions)^[3]	Original airdate
1	"Jack of All Trades"	Johanne McAndrew	David Innes Edwards	10.29m	9 September 1999 (1999-09-09)
Four Essex housewives, each struggling with personal and domestic problems, decide to turn to crime to make ends meet.
2	"Dusting for Prints"	Johanne McAndrew	David Innes Edwards	8.95m	16 September 1999 (1999-09-16)
The women carry out an audacious robbery at a building society, which ends in disaster.
3	"A Narrow Escape"	Caleb Ranson	David Innes Edwards	9.39m	23 September 1999 (1999-09-23)
Paula becomes unbalanced after her narrow escape from the building society heist.
4	"One Last Gamble"	Caleb Ranson	Cameron McAllister	9.64m	30 September 1999 (1999-09-30)
The proceeds of the building society raid have been destroyed, and the police are closing in, but the women decide to undertake one last raid, on the ticket office at West Ham United Football Club.

Series 2 (2000)

Episode	Title	Written by	Directed by	Viewers (millions)^[4]	Original airdate
1	"Back to the Start"	Caleb Ranson	Cameron McAllister	7.76m	27 November 2000 (2000-11-27)
Kathy's new life in Florida turns sour when her money is stolen, and she turns to robbery to put things right. Paula, meanwhile, is in hiding, working as an au pair in London.
2	"You Can Run... But You Can't Hide"	Caleb Ranson	Cameron McAllister	8.17m	4 December 2000 (2000-12-04)
On the run from the Miami mobsters, Kathy flees to London, but Harris is determined to track her down and get his money back.
3	"Same Four Walls"	Huw Kennair-Jones	Justin Chadwick	7.26m	11 December 2000 (2000-12-11)
Harris has James hostage and demands payment, forcing Kathy to contemplate another robbery.
4	"Walking Invisible"	June Rothwell	Justin Chadwick	7.92m	18 December 2000 (2000-12-18)
With the police and the mafia closing in, the women decide to fake their own deaths.

References

External links

Daylight Robbery at the Internet Movie Database

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