| Underworld boss Bernie 'Tenderness' Mellick is certainly paying a heavy price for maiming Ivor Wright in a firebombing. For Wright's men have now kidnapped his eleven-year-old son Graham. Senior Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur and his brilliant, amoral superior ACC Desmond Iles must rescue the boy from the kidnappers before Tenderness takes his revenge in this adaptation of Bill James' novel Protection. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 1997 |
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| Director: | Jim Hill |
| Writer: | James Tucker, Dom Shaw |
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Updated: Feb 04, 2025 Entered: May 11, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Hywel Bennett | ACC Desmond Iles |
| Aneirin Hughes | Det. Supt. Colin Harpur |
| Jim Carter | Tenderness Mellick |
| Dafydd Hywel | Det. Supt. Hubert Scott |
| Patrick Robinson | DCI Francis Garland |
| Di Botcher | Jane Mellick |
| Brian Hibbard | Ancient Dave |
| Ian Puleston-Davies | Rick the Intelligent |
| Peter-Hugo Daly | Milton Bain |
| Louise Breckon-Richards | WDC Wendy James |
| Liam James | Graham Mellick |
| Ken Drury | ACC Adrian Bundy |
| Jâms Thomas | DC Rob Cotton |
| Steven Elliot | DC Brian Avery |
| Cara Konig | Sara Iles |
| Victoria Williams | Megan Harpur |
| Phil Harries | DC Leo Peters |
| James Coombes | Jack Lamb |
| Sara McGaughey | Madeleine Church |
| Jeff Diamond | Ivor Wright |
| Rhodri Hugh | Vernon King |
| Philip Howe | Dennis |
| James Westaway | Reg Carboni |
| Vikki Meakin | Hazel Harpur |
| Anna Coulbeck | Jill Harpur |
| Christine Morris | TV Reporter |
| Steve Elias | Hotel Receptionist |
| Simon Ludders | Bank Manager |
| Mike Eastman | Police Sergeant |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Tim Ricketts | Sound Mixer |
| James Tucker | Novel |
| Jim Hill | Director |
| Dom Shaw | Screenplay |
| Ian Sutherland | Editor |
| Philip Appleby | Original Music Composer, Music |
| John McGlashan | Director of Photography |
| Sean Guest | First Assistant Director |
| Lowri Thomas | Location Manager |
| Pam Humphreys | Continuity |
| Celia Willett | Second Assistant Director |
| Nicholas Wade | Third Assistant Director |
| Penny Harvey | Art Direction |
| Liam Murphy | Focus Puller |
| John Rake | Grip |
| Paul Evemy | Gaffer |
| Jeff Matthews | Sound Recordist |
| Louise Hillam | Graphic Designer |
| Paul Jefferies | Sound Editor |
| Eirioes Elfyn | Makeup Designer |
| Carol Davies Marshall | Costume Designer |
| Jane Deitch | Casting Associate |
| Ceri Meyrick | Script Editor |
| Name | Title |
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| Jane Dauncey | Producer |
| Helen Vallis | Associate Producer |
| Jen Samson | Executive Producer |
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