Up close - The Hill method

Television series
German title	Up close - The Hill method
Original title	Wire in the Blood
Country of production	Great Britain
original language	English
Year (s)	2002-2008
length	80-100 minutes
Episodes	23 + 1 special in 6 seasons
genre	Crime , drama
First broadcast	November 14, 2002 on ITV
German-language first broadcast	November 30, 2003 on ZDF
occupation
Robson Green : Dr. Tony Hill Simone Lahbib : DI Alex Fielding Peter Sullivan : ACC Paul Eden Emma Cell Phone : DC Paula McIntyre Mark Letheren : DS Kevin Geoffries Mark Penfold : Dr Ashley Vernon Hermione Norris : DI / DCI Carol Jordan Alan Stocks : DS Don Merrick Tom Chadbon : CC John Brandon

Up close - The Method Hill (original title Wire in the Blood ) is a crime series by the English ITV . The films in the series are based on books by bestselling author Val McDermid . Between 2002 and 2008, six seasons appeared with a total of 24 episodes. Due to the high production costs of up to £ 750,000 per episode, the series was discontinued after the sixth season. The German version was first broadcast in 2003 on ZDF as part of the Sunday crime series.

Only the first two episodes Mermaids Singing (dt. Title: The Song of the Sirens ) and Shadows Rising ( closing panel ) are based directly on the two eponymous novels McDermids that other cases were all but Torment , of the substance of the fourth Tony Hill -Roman The Torment of Others (published in German-speaking countries under the title Deadly Words ) used as a template, written by various authors on the basis of the novels. The series is now also broadcast in the USA (on BBC America ), Australia ( ABC ) and in Southeast Asia ( Hallmark Channel ).

action

The individual cases deal with the psychologist Tony Hill , who, together with the police officer Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan, uncovered complicated serial murders, the solution of which requires the help of the renowned psychologist. At the beginning of the fourth season, Jordan surprisingly leaves Bradfield without informing Hill . Her successor Alex Fielding initially refuses to work with Hill , but later has to accept that she will not get anywhere without him.

The series takes place in the vicinity of the fictional town of Bradfield, which is said to be in West Yorkshire . In fact, the episodes were shot in and around Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland .

background

The meaning of the original title is controversial. Wire in the blood literally means wire in the blood . It is not a fixed English phrase, but a line of poetry by TS Eliot that leaves room for interpretation. Author McDermid sees it as a metaphor for an adrenaline rush. Leading actor Green, on the other hand, interprets the title to the effect that someone has a genetic predisposition for madness (in the sense that it is in his blood ).

Episodes

No.	title	First broadcast
Season 1 - Series One
1	The Mermaids Singing	14./21. November 2002
	The song of the sirens	November 30, 2003
2	Shadows Rising	11/28/5/12 2002
	Closing screen	December 7, 2003
3	Justice Painted Blind	12./19. December 2002
	Vengeance is mine	December 14, 2003
Season 2 - Series Two
4th	Still she cries	February 12, 2004
	Bitter tears	November 7, 2004
5	The Darkness of Light	February 19, 2004
	The darkness of light	November 14, 2004
6th	Right to Silence	February 26, 2004
	The right to be silent	November 21, 2004
7th	Sharp Compassion	March 4, 2004
	I am your savior	November 28, 2004
Season 3 - Series Three
8th	Redemption	February 21, 2005
	The deadly internet	January 15, 2006
9	Bad Seed	February 28, 2005
	Mackie knife	January 22, 2006
10	Nothing But The Night	March 7, 2005
	Friday the thirteenth	January 29, 2006
11	Synchronicity	March 14, 2005
	The game of death	February 5, 2006
Season 4 - Series Four
12	Time to Murder and Create	September 20, 2006
	Deadly trap	September 2, 2007
13	Torment	September 27, 2006
	Deadly words	September 9, 2007
14th	Hole in the Heart	October 4, 2006
	Lost souls	September 16, 2007
15th	The Wounded Surgeon	October 11, 2006
	The black hole	September 23, 2007
Season 5 - Series Five
16	The Color of Amber	July 11, 2007
	The trail into nowhere	March 1, 2009
17th	Nocebo	July 18, 2007
	The power of horror	March 22, 2009
18th	Names of Angels	July 25, 2007
	A cruel career	March 8, 2009
19th	Anything You Can Do	August 1, 2007
	Deadly competition	March 15, 2009
Special
20th	Prayer of the Bone	January 7, 2008
	Murderous trauma	April 11, 2010
Season 6 - Series Six
21st	Unnatural Vices	12./19. September 2008
	At the abyss of lust	April 18, 2010
22nd	If The Shadow	September 26th / 3rd October 2008
	Deadly experiments	April 25, 2010
23	From The Defeated	10./17. October 2008
	Creatures of death	May 2, 2010
24	The Dead Land	24./31. October 2008
	In the realm of the lost	May 9, 2010

Individual evidence

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Web links

• Up close - the Blood in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Up close - The Hill method on itv.com
• Wire in the blood on the official Robson Green homepage