Masterpiece Episode: "The Murder of Stephen Lawrence"

Season 31, Episode 8
Episode Synopsis: "The Murder of Stephen Lawrence" charts a Jamaican immigrant couple's five-year battle for justice in the face of what they see as institutional racism in Britain's judicial system. Hugh Quarshie and Marianne Jean-Baptiste star as Neville and Doreen Lawrence, whose 18-year-old son Stephen was stabbed to death in April 1993 while waiting for a bus in southeast London. The assailants, five white-supremacist teens, are identified immediately, but the police don't arrest them for two weeks. Original Air Date: Jan 21, 2002
Guest Cast David McKail: Sir Montague Levine Jenny Tarren: WDC Holden Stafford Johnston: DAC Ian Johnston Ricci Harnett: Neil Arcourt Michael Feast: DCS Ilsley Philip Nelson: Joey Shepherd Tim Munro: Mr. Taffe Shaun Chawdhary: Imran Khan Terry Bird: Mr. Shepherd Lee Colley: Jamie Arcourt Hugh Quarshie: Neville Lawrence Neil Maskell: Gary Dobson Sam Cox: Pathologist Natasha Williams: Clara Neelam Bakshi: Dr. Patel Polly Lister: Nurse Howard Whiteson: Council Official David Shaal: DS Bevan Darren Morfitt: Luke Knight Kim Macdonald: PC Gleeson Dona Cross: Ros Howells Joseph Kpobie: Duwayne Brooks Trevor Thomas: ARA Man Cathy Murphy: Woman at Door Ashley Walters: Stuart Lawrence Leon Black: Stephen Lawrence David Calder: Sir Paul Condon Albert Welling: Jury Foreman Tony Guilfoyle: Magistrate Jo Martin: Cheryl Sloley Anna Northam: PC Bethal Andy Baker: Reporter Kenneth Cranham: Michael Mansfield Simon Kunz: Defense Barrister Marianne Jean-Baptiste: Doreen Lawrence Brian Bovell: Uncle David Cann: Forensic Scientist Paul Barrow: Staff Officer Millicent Getz: Georgina Lawrence Dominic Power: David Norris Sandra Bee: ARA Woman Jack Waters: Reporter
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Premiered: January 10, 1971, on PBS
Rating: TV-PG
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