Tell Tale Hearts
Tell Tale Hearts is a BBC Scotland television miniseries drama, written by Stephen Lowe, which stars Bill Paterson and was directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan.
The three-part psychological thriller was broadcast down on BBC1 on 1 November 1992. The serial was nominated twice in the 1993 BAFTA Scotland awards - for best drama serial and best television actor.
Plot
Anthony Steadman is a child-murderer set to begin a new life having been released from prison after seventeen years. Sally McCann,, a mother whose child disappeared around the time of the original murder, is pursuing Steadman to learn the truth about her missing child. Also on Steadman's trail is Becky Wilson, a local radio reporter, for whom the case brings back ghosts from her own past.Cast
- Bill Paterson as Anthony Steadman
- Emma Fielding as Becky Wilson
- Bríd Brennan as Sally McCann
- Clive Russell as Adrian Fell
- John Woodvine as John Wilson
- Morag Hood as Hilary Wilson
- Benny Young as Pete Akins
- Martin Cochrane as Mike McCann
- Dougray Scott as David Seilors
- John Fraser as Ex-Supt Walters
- Lynne Christie as Mrs. Walters
- Michael David as Rev. Jeffrey Tiller
- Vari Sylvester as Emma Johnson
- Joseph Brady as Sam
- Alastair Galbraith as Eddie
- John Straiton as Rick Peters
- Carol Ann Crawford as Maureen
Production
Written By: Stephen LoweProducers: David Blair and Norman McCandlish
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan