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Tina's Story

Episode 4 of 4

Drama series created by Jimmy McGovern. Prison officer Tina Dakin finds herself the victim of a crime following the death of a young inmate and a series of betrayals.

Tina Dakin stands silent and tense in the dock. She has told the truth and now all she can do is wait to hear the verdict.

It is some months earlier and Tina, a happily married mother of three young children, is overstretched at home and at work. She and her husband struggle to make ends meet.

It's an ominously cold day when Tina accompanies a new inmate, Stephen Cartwright, into the young offender's institution where she works as a prison officer. As she runs through the ground rules with Stephen and shows him into his cell, she senses something doesn't seem right.

She notifies her senior officer Frank of her concerns. But an emergency elsewhere demands Tina's attention. When she returns her worst possible fears have become a very real tragedy. It appears that Stephen has taken his life. Her gallant attempts to resuscitate Stephen fail, and before long she will come face-to-face with his father Peter in the worst circumstances imaginable.

But Tina's troubles have only just begun and a series of betrayals and cover-ups result in her becoming the victim of a terrible crime.

Now Tina is on trial for taking the law into her own hands. What will her fate be?

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Tue 4 Sep 2012 21:00

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Credits

Role Contributor
Producer Sita Williams
Director Ashley Pearce
Writer Jimmy McGovern
Writer Isabelle Grey
Tina Dakin Anna Maxwell Martin
Frank Ewen Bremner
Stephen Cartwright Robert Sheehan
Peter Cartwright John Bishop
Ray Sam Hazeldine
Judge Michael Maloney
Jonno Robert Haythorne
Rocky Joe Doherty
Spider Kieran Hardcastle
Gary Paul Popplewell
Ferris Kevin Doyle
Bill Steve Garti
Copper Thomas Brodie Sangster
Prisoner One James McGlynn
Prisoner Two Reece Douglas
Prosecuting Barrister Andrew Readman
Heating Engineer Matthew Ganley
Minicab Driver Martin Walsh
Director David Blair
Willy Houlihan Christopher Eccleston
Taxi Controller Moya Brady
Priest Rod Arthur
Mrs Patterson Caroline O'Neill
Carmel Houlihan Pooky Quesnel
Foreman Eamonn Riley
Michael Houlihan Luke Tittensor
Gordon Patterson Malcolm Scates
Functions Manager Tupele Dorgu
Joe Patterson Sean Ward
Tony Rawlings John Paul Hurley
Michelle Fensom Emma Stansfield
Matthew Houlihan Nicky Bell
Laura Houlihan Joanna Higson
Judge Martin Oldfield
Frank James Foster
Maeve Patterson Harriet Law
Bank Manager Mark Chatterton
Croupier Kevin Sutton
Billy Rafferty Eric McNichol
Cashier Sarah Jane Corrigan
Police Officer Simon Holland Roberts
Howard Anderson Andrew Redman

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