Heat of the Sun

Heat of the Sun
Genre	Drama Adventure
Created by	Russell Lewis Timothy Prager
Starring	Trevor Eve Freddie Annobil-Dodoo Susannah Harker Julian Rhind-Tutt
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Producer(s)	Carlton Television WGBH
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Picture format	Colour
Original run	28 January 1998 (1998-01-28) – 11 February 1998 (1998-02-11)

Heat of the Sun is a police drama set in 1930s Kenya produced by Carlton Productions. Starring Trevor Eve as Superintendent Albert Tyburn, a Scotland Yard officer sent to Nairobi after a shooting, the show focuses on the seedier side of the expatriate community in Kenya. It began airing in January 1998 in the UK and was broadcast in the United States in 1999 as part of Mystery!.

Episode list

Ep. 1: "Private Lives"
Original Air Date: 28 January 1998
After shooting a child killer that was deemed untouchable, Scotland Yard's Albert Tyburn is sent to 1930s Kenya to head a criminal division in Nairobi. He investigates the death of Lady Daphne Ellesmere as a murder even though his boss and the coroner insist she was killed by a lion. Helping him is Daphne's sister, a lovely pilot who refuses to play the social games common in the British expatriate set.

Ep. 2: "Hide in Plain Sight"
Original Air Date—4 February 1998
Burkitt's orders to arrest all the native prostitutes for the Prince of Wales' visit inconveniences all the policemen. Tyburn and his new assistant, Valentine, investigate the murder of a native woman and an attack on a local mission.

Ep. 3: "The Sport of Kings"
Original Air Date—11 February 1998
After defeating a murder charge and losing an important horse race, wealthy and powerful Max Van der Vuurst is found dead after a fire. But Tyburn and the army must rescue a town besieged by raiders in order to collar their prime suspect.

External links

Heat of the Sun at the Internet Movie Database