M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team (TV series)

For the real life investigation squad, see Murder Investigation Team.

Murder Investigation Team
The Cast
Format	Detective
Starring	Lindsay Coulson, Michael McKell, Samantha Spiro
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Running time	45 - 90 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV (ITV1/STV/UTV)
Original run	3 May 2003 – 1 August 2005

MIT: Murder Investigation Team was a British police procedural drama series produced by the ITV network as a spin-off from the long running series, The Bill. The series is based around the investigations of a London Murder Investigation Team, and is closely styled after the American series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami and CSI: NY. The first series debuted on 3 May 2003, and ran for eight episodes. After a two year hiatus, a second series of four 90-minute episodes aired in 2005. The MIT abbreviation was removed from the international broadcasts to avoid confusion with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The first series was filmed with the working title Think Murder.

Connections with The Bill

The first episode of series one featured the team investigating the drive-by shooting of one of The Bill's most popular characters, Sgt. Matthew Boyden. Several members of The Bill's cast also appeared in the episode. DC Eva Sharpe (Diane Parish) joined the show for the second series, transferring from The Bill's CID team. Like The Bill, the series was filmed in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and locations included the Former Woolwich campus of the University of Greenwich.

Production

The first series consisted of eight one-hour episodes. Produced by Tom Cotter, the series starred Samantha Spiro, Lindsey Coulson, Richard Hope and Steven Pacey, with guest appearances from Gary Kemp and Paul Bown. A second series consisting of four ninety-minute episodes was commissioned and filmed, and although the series was shown in Australia in February 2005, it's British broadcast was delayed until July 2005. In September 2005, The Sun reported that ITV would not be commissioning another series.

Cast

Character	Actor	Series
DCI Malcolm Savage	Steven Pacey	1
DCI Anita Wishart	Meera Syal	2
DI Vivien Friend	Samantha Spiro	1
DI Trevor Hands	Michael McKell	1-2
DS Rosie McManus	Lindsey Coulson	1-2
DS Barry Purvis	Richard Hope	1-2
DS Jim Daws	Howard Ward	1
DC Patrick Lincoln	Andrew Somerville	1
DC Scott Granger	Joe Shaw	1
DC Jed Griffiths	Will Mellor	2
DC Simon Tait	Abhin Galeya	2
DC Eva Sharpe	Diane Parish	2
Dr John Cornell	Richard Huw	1
Dr Fergus Gallagher	Vincenzo Pellegrino	1
Dr Charles Renfield	Hugh Sachs	2

Episodes

Series 1 (2003)

1. "Moving Targets" (May 3, 2003)
2. "Daddy's Little Girl" (May 10, 2003)
3. "Rubbish" (May 17, 2003)
4. "Reading, Writing & Gangbanging" (May 24, 2003)
5. "Red Heads" (May 31, 2003)
6. "Lambs To The Slaughter" (June 7, 2003)
7. "Models & Millionaires" (June 14, 2003)
8. "The Bigger The Lie" (June 21, 2003)

Series 2 (2005)

1. "Phone Tag" (July 11, 2005)
2. "Viper's Nest" (July 18, 2005)
3. "Professional" (July 25, 2005)
4. "Sexual Tension" (August 1, 2005)