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A Mind to Kill

  • TV Series
  • 1994–2002
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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Philip Madoc in A Mind to Kill (1994)
CrimeDrama

Detective Chief Inspector Noel Bain looks back fondly to the days when policing involved chasing villains, playing rugby and drinking beer. However, he has come to realize that contemporary ... Read allDetective Chief Inspector Noel Bain looks back fondly to the days when policing involved chasing villains, playing rugby and drinking beer. However, he has come to realize that contemporary policing imposes dilemmas that no training manual could ever anticipate.Detective Chief Inspector Noel Bain looks back fondly to the days when policing involved chasing villains, playing rugby and drinking beer. However, he has come to realize that contemporary policing imposes dilemmas that no training manual could ever anticipate.

  • Creators
    • Lyn Ebenezer
    • Sion Eirian
  • Stars
    • Philip Madoc
    • Ffion Wilkins
    • Sharon Morgan
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    434
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    • Creators
      • Lyn Ebenezer
      • Sion Eirian
    • Stars
      • Philip Madoc
      • Ffion Wilkins
      • Sharon Morgan
    • 8User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Philip Madoc
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    • DCI Noel Bain
    • 1994–2002
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    • Hannah Bain…
    • 1994–2002
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    • Professor Margaret Edwards
    • 1994–2002
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    • 1994–1997
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    • 1994–1997
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    • 1994–1997
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    • 1997–2002
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    • 2001–2002
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    • 2001–2002
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    • 1997–2002
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    • 2001–2002
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    • 1994–2002
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    • 1995–1997
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    • 1997–2002
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    • 1995–2002
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    • 1997–2002
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    • 1995–2002
    Nia Williams
    • Lucy Allen
    • 1994–1995
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      • Sion Eirian
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    8Tiny-19

    A competent series but lost to the main body of TV viewers by being broadcast on Channel 5.

    Philip Madoc is a very dependable actor and he plays his character, DCI Noel Bain, very well with a touch of humour. The sub-plot has him a widower with a late-teenage daughter and there is also a consistent thread of other sub-plots in and around the police station.

    The story-lines were good, up to the standard of such major series as 'Frost', and the direction firm.

    The pity is that this series (I don't know how many episodes were made, but it must have been 13 or so, having been made by Pearson, was aired on Channel 5 and therefore went largely ignored.
    10sandra-lamont2

    Brilliant detective drama

    This is the most underrated piece of TV ever! Starring Philip Madoc, it is a detective drama, originally filmed in Welsh. It is far superior to Morse, Frost etc and is genuinely gritty and atmospheric with realistic plots and solid acting. Sadly, it is rarely seen on TV (at one point it was shown at 2am on Sky One!) and I believe production ceased about five or six years ago. It is almost impossible to buy on VHS and I'm not sure how many episodes were ever transmitted on TV in the English format. (I was told you can buy them for educational purposes if you are learning to speak Welsh so I'm seriously considering that) It's a real crime that such a wonderful programme is relatively unknown and I can't understand why it is being shown in Australia and not here- somebody should snap up the transmission rights and persuade Philip Madoc to come out of retirement! Anyone interested in starting a campaign to bring it back?
    10GERG-2

    Genuinely brilliant television drama

    A MIND TO KILL is a simultaneously-made English language version of HELIWR, originally aired in Welsh on S4C. In common with a great deal of Welsh-language drama series (PRIS Y FARCHNAD is another shining example) it is brilliantly filmed and excellently directed, with fine casting and characterisation, all built around extraordinary and sometimes genuinely frightening plotlines.

    AMTK - even in the English version, the original Welsh is much more atmospheric - is by far the best of the detective-procedurals of the last decade or so; it's genuinely gritty and down-to-earth without a trace of the cosy comfort of such as MORSE or FROST, and infinitely better in every sense than almost all much-trumpeted BBC product like SILENT WITNESS.

    It is of course unfortunate it shows on C5 - but this is more a reflection on the sheeplike viewing habits of the British audience, as incapable now of changing channels to C5 as they were when Channel Four began, or BBC2 before it.
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    Welsh detective series

    This Welsh series stars Philip Madoc as DCI Noel Bain, a widower with a young, rebellious daughter (Ffion Wilkins). The show deals with his cases, his relationships with the people he works with (Sharon Morgan and Gillian Elisa) and his problems with his daughter.

    The stories are dark, gritty, realistic, and atmospheric. There always seems to be a background, however, of youth violence, which doesn't make Wales seems like an attractive place to visit.

    The late Philip Madoc was a wonderful actor, and he creates an interesting character in Noel Bain. Not one to show emotion, the actor manages to give us a character who is a compassionate, perhaps disillusioned man, still mourning his wife and in pain over some of his daughter's behavior. It's quite a masterful performance.

    I can't say I love this series as it always leaves me a little sad. Even if there is closure of the case, one is left with a hopeless feeling. That's realistic, of course. It's just not very entertaining.
    9Rupert17

    Welsh Crime At Its Best

    Excellent crime series from Wales starring the venerable actor Phillip Madoc as the imperturbable Chief Inspector Noel Bain. There are no glamorous settings or actors straight from the gym and cosmetic surgery – just ordinary-looking people going about the business of good acting in believable stories. A special mention for Ffion Wilkins who plays Bain's head-strong and slightly rebellious daughter Hannah. An absolute beautiful Celtic girl with natural acting ability who has hardly appeared in anything else other than this series. I know she has had a modest career in music, but her screen presence and timing would lead one to believe that this young woman was headed for a long television acting career. I hope her talent was not squandered for other reasons. The DVD's for all series are on sale in Australia. If you are looking for something a bit more realistic than the flashy Hollywood stereotype, then you will find these series to your taste and worth the money.

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    • Trivia
      Welsh-language versions of the earlier seasons' episodes, were filmed in parallel with the English-language episodes, for transmission in Wales with the series title Yr Heliwr (The Hunter).
    • Connections
      Spin-off from A Mind to Kill (1991)

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    • Release date
      • November 13, 1994 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Yr Heliwr
    • Production company
      • Lluniau Lliw/4L Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 2h(120 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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