Daylight Robbery (TV series)

Daylight Robbery is a British crime drama series that aired on ITV from 9 September 1999 until 18 December 2000. Two series of the programme were produced. The series focuses on four Essex housewives struggling with personal and domestic problems, who decide to turn to crime to make ends meet. Both series were issued on VHS video on 27 January 2003, becoming two of the last commercially released videos, but have yet to be issued on DVD.^[1][2]

Plot

Four bored, frustrated and impoverished housewives - Kathy Lawrence (Collins), Carol Murphy (Sharp), Val McArdle (Somerville) and Paula Sullivan (Woof) - decide to turn to a life of crime when they are held up by an armed gang in the supermarket. After pulling off an easy first job, the gang gradually become more daring, but find their luck turning when they stage a raid on Kathy's bank. To make matters worse, their haul of loot literally goes up in flames when Kathy's house falls prey to an arson attack, and with the police - led by the dogged Detective Inspector Finch (Salthouse) - closing in, the women plan one last, desperate throw of the dice.

The second series follows Kathy and Paula on the run in Miami, where they fall foul of gang boss Harris (Tikaram) after stealing his haul of cocaine. Harris pursues the women back to England, where their old opponent Detective Inspector Finch is waiting to finally bring them to justice.

Cast

• Michelle Collins as Kathy Lawrence
• Emily Woof as Paula Sullivan
• Lesley Sharp as Carol Murphy
• Geraldine Somerville as Val McArdle
• Beth Goddard as Harriet Howell
• Katisha Kenyon as Chanice Black
• Ramon Tikaram as Harris
• Ollie Peel as Oscar
• John Salthouse as DI Eddie Finch
• Patrick Robinson as DI Chris Bannister
• Bruce Byron as Phil Murphy
• Ross Boatman as Alan McArdle

Episode list

Series 1 (1999)

Series 2 (2000)

References

External links

• Daylight Robbery at the Internet Movie Database