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''Blackpool'' is a British television musical comedy drama serial, produced in-house by the BBC. It was screened on BBC One as six one-hour episodes on Thursday nights at 9pm from 11 November to 16 December 2004. When retransmitted by BBC America in 2005, it was renamed ''Viva Blackpool'', and went on to win a Peabody Award for BBC Worldwide, the commercial overseas distribution subsidiary of the BBC.〔(65th Annual Peabody Awards ), May 2006.〕 A sequel in the form of a TV movie was produced by the BBC, also called ''Viva Blackpool'' in the UK (2006).〔("Viva Blackpool" ) on BBC website, Drama section.〕 ==Plot== The plot concerns the murder of a young man in a Blackpool arcade, and how it affects the people involved in the arcade and the investigation: * Ripley Holden (David Morrissey), the ambitious, arrogant arcade owner who believes strongly in luck, and who is planning to turn his arcade into a Las Vegas-style casino hotel and thus revive Blackpool's fortunes; * DI Peter Carlisle (David Tennant), the investigating officer of the murder: a charming and good-natured, although extremely manipulative, police officer, who dislikes Holden almost on sight; * Natalie Holden (Sarah Parish), Ripley's shy, frustrated and lonely wife, whom Ripley takes for granted and to whom Carlisle takes a shine; * Shyanne Holden (Georgia Taylor); Ripley and Natalie's spoilt daughter, who worships her doting father but is cruel and distant to her mother; * Danny Holden (Thomas Morrison); Ripley and Natalie's troubled and awkward son, who is constantly belittled by his father. * Steve (Kevin Doyle); Shyanne's older boyfriend, who has a bad relationship with Ripley after an incident in their school days As the investigation proceeds, it takes its toll on the characters; Ripley, under suspicion of murder, finds his public and private life slowly unravelling as both his bullying nature and long-forgotten demons from his past return to haunt him, whilst Carlisle, intent on proving Ripley is the murderer and planning to use Natalie to get to him, finds himself genuinely falling in love with her instead. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blackpool (TV serial)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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