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Episode 1

The Lakes Series 1

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Twenty-one-year-old Danny Kavanagh flees Liverpool and enters a world of casual sex and petty rivalries in a small Lake District community.

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Role	Contributor
Danny Kavanagh	John Simm
Postman	David Newsome
Mam Kavanagh	Kate Fitzgerald
Dad Kavanagh	Arthur Kelly
Emma Quinlan	Emma Cunniffe
Robert	Ryan Pope
Tharmy	Lee Oakes
Mr Archer	Nicholas Day
Writer	Jimmy McGovern
Director	David Blair

Sun 14 Sep 1997 21:05

BBC One London
Wed 16 Apr 2025 22:15

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