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''Blue Murder'' is a British crime drama television series based in Manchester, originally broadcast on ITV from 2003 until 2009, starring Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis and Ian Kelsey as DI Richard Mayne. Five series of the programme were broadcast over the course of six years. ''Blue Murder'' was cancelled by the network in March 2010 due to falling ratings.〔http://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/mar/09/itv1-blue-murder-drama-crime〕 Quentin herself said of the cancellation; "It's been axed, which is a big disappointment. The last series was the best we'd ever made. I thought it was fantastic. It took us a long time to get it right but we all felt we'd finally cracked it. It would have been nice to have the opportunity to finish the series. But I understand how it works. TV has got to move on. We did five or six years of it. That's a good innings and we had a good time. It's time for something different."〔http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a207568/itv-axes-quentins-blue-murder.html#ixzz3mC73FAD3〕 ==Background== ''Blue Murder'' centres on a single mother of four, DCI Janine Lewis (Caroline Quentin), trying to balance a demanding career with raising her young family, whilst constantly battling with her ex-husband, who has since started a new family of his own. The series was created by Cath Staincliffe, a former scriptwriter for ''The Bill'', who left the show in 2001 to concentrate on other projects. Shortly after, Staincliffe pitched the idea for ''Blue Murder'' to ITV and a two-part first series was commissioned by the network. The first series began broadcasting on May 18, 2003. Due to strong ratings, a second series of four episodes was subsequently commissioned and began broadcasting in 2004. Staincliffe was principal writer for the first two series, with John Fay, Jeff Povey and Matthew Hall also contributing scripts for the second series. The fifth and final series debuted on September 7, 2009. The series was regarded by the cast as the best series yet, and Quentin described the series as having "finally cracked it". The final series included a number of guest stars Mark Benton, Lee Boardman, Kieran O'Brien, Brendan Coyle, Heather Peace, Tina O'Brien, Sylvia Syms and Anthony Flanagan. 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「Blue Murder (UK TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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