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Never Come Back

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Never Come Back
GenreCrime drama
Created byDavid Pirie
Based onNever Come Back
by John Mair
Starring
ComposerStanley Myers
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes3
Production
ProducerJoe Waters
Running time3x 50 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release21 March (1990-03-21) –
4 April 1990 (1990-04-04)
NetworkBBC One
Release17 December 1990 (1990-12-17)

Never Come Back is a television crime drama mini-series created by David Pirie, and produced by the BBC. Three episodes were made and were first broadcast on BBC Two in 1990, on 21 March, 28 March, and 4 April.[1] An edited version was broadcast on BBC One later that year, on 17 December.[2]

Plot

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In September 1939, Desmond Thane is attracted to Anna Raven, a beautiful young woman, but soon finds himself involved in a murder mystery.[3]

Cast

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Production

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Writing

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Never Come Back was written by David Pirie[4] and based on the novel by John Mair.[5] The novel also inspired the storyline of Tiger by the Tail (1954), which was co-written with John Gilling and Willis Goldbeck.

Filming

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The series was filmed in the Severn Gorge and Bridgnorth, in Shropshire, England, UK.

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ MeTV.
  2. ^ Lavender 1995, p. 390.
  3. ^ Lavender 1995, pp. 143, 160–162, 390.
  4. ^ BFI 507857.
  5. ^ Mair 1986.

Sources

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Books

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  • Mair, John (1986) [1941]. Never Come Back (hardcover). Julian Symons (Introduction) (New ed.). London: Little, Brown (1941) / Oxford Paperbacks (1986). ISBN 978-0-192-82000-6.

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