Thirteen Steps Down (TV series)

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Thirteen Steps Down
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Genre Thriller
Created byBook by Ruth Rendell
Written by Adrian Hodges
Directed by Marek Losey
Starring Luke Treadaway
Geraldine James
Elarica Gallacher
Composer Frans Bak
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes2
Production
Executive producersAlan Moloney
Mary Callery
Adrian Hodges
ProducerNeil Zeiger
CinematographySeamus Deasy
Running time45-50 mins
Production companyParallel Films
Release
Original network ITV
Original release13 August (2012-08-13) 
20 August 2012 (2012-08-20)

Thirteen Steps Down is a 2012 two part television thriller based on the 2004 novel by Ruth Rendell first broadcast by ITV. [1]

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Plot

Mix Cellini is a lonely, maladjusted young man who works for a company that repairs exercise equipment, and lives in the upstairs apartment of an old Victorian house on Notting Hill. While his reclusive landlady, Gwendolen, spends her time reading and pondering lost loves, Mix grows dangerously obsessed with serial killer John Christie and a local model, Nerissa Nash, despite the fact that she hardly even acknowledges his existence.

Production

Set in London's Notting Hill and the nearby home of John Christie at 10 Rillington Place filming took place over five weeks in London and Dublin. [2]

Cast and characters

Luke Treadaway, Anna Calder-Marshall, Gemma Jones, and Geraldine James Thirteen Steps Down principal cast.jpg
Luke Treadaway, Anna Calder-Marshall, Gemma Jones, and Geraldine James

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) official website
  2. ITV press pack pdf download Archived 30 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine