Here's a rundown of new shows on Hallmark this January - some of them have already premiered and others are premiering soon:
Kavanagh QC IIIPremiered: Sunday 6th January 2008 at 20h00
On: Sundays at 20h00
John Thaw (Goodnight Mister Tom, Inspector Morse) dons the silks of a barrister as James Kavanagh QC, one of the most highly respected criminal advocates in London.
Kavanagh has earned the respect and admiration of colleagues and opponents alike but his dedication to work has taken its toll on life at home.
Kavanagh QC uncovers the pressures of legal battles and the problems of defining the truth.
Beautiful PeoplePremiered: Monday 14 January at 18h00
On: Mondays to Fridays at 18h00
Being abandoned by her husband for a younger woman has left Lynn Kerr (Daphne Zuniga) and her two daughters, 16-year-old Sophie (Sarah Foret) and 20-year-old Karen (Torrey DeVitto), as women in transition.
When Sophie receives a scholarship to attend a prestigious private school she and Karen convince their mother to move from their small hometown in New Mexico to New York City.
Sophie finds it hard to fit in at a high school ruled by a popular clique of wealthy society kids known as the “beautiful people,” while Karen looks to break into New York’s fast-paced and cutthroat modelling world.
As Lynn sets out to start her life over with a job at a high fashion boutique, she and her daughters find themselves in a city full of challenges where, with each other’s support, they embark on a journey of self-discovery.
Sea PatrolPremiered: Monday 14 January 2008 at 19h00
On: Mondays to Fridays at 19h00
Sea Patrol is a maritime series about the Royal Australian Navy Patrol Boat Service who battle the elements in a bid to defend Australia’s borders and enforce its economic zone.
All day, every day of the week, in all weather, the team works hard to provide the necessary security as they patrol the sea and defend Australia.
Sea Patrol unveils the gender and cultural diversity of the Navy, and focuses on contemporary issues such as immigration, illegal fishing, drug-running, and people-smuggling. Each episode involves an underlying mystery in need of resolving.
Cold Feet 1 & 2Premieres: Thursday 17 January 2008 at 20h00
On: Mondays to Fridays at 20h00
Cold Feet focuses on the complex emotional lives of three young(ish) couples living in Manchester.
Jenny (Fay Ripley) and Pete (John Thomson) are about to become parents, Rachel (Helen Baxendale) and Adam (James Nesbitt), are about to move in together (possibly), and Karen (Hermione Norris) and David (Robert Bathurst) are about to kill each other.
The series follows the fortunes of the three couples as they cope with impotence, infidelity, in-laws and a selection of other crises.
Shot on location in and around Manchester, Cold Feet is written by Mike Bullen (Perfect Match) and directed by Declan Lowney (Father Ted), Mark Mylod (The Fast Show) and Nigel Cole (Peak Practice).
Produced by Christine Langan and Executive Produced by Granada’s Controller of Comedy Andy Harries, the pilot was first screened in March 1997.
LewisPremieres: Monday 28 January 2008 at 21h00
On: Mondays at 20h00
Lewis is a detective drama series that's a follow up to the Inspector Morse series.
Five years after Morse's death, Lewis - now promoted to inspector - returns to his old stomping ground of the university city of Oxford after an attachment on the British Virgin Islands.
Even before Lewis can get home from the airport, he and his new, much younger colleague Hathaway are diverted by the flashing blue lights and police activity of a murder scene, centred on the death by a single bullet of an American college student.
Another student, Danny Griffon, is suspected of being involved - and he had a brush with the law some years previously, investigated by a certain Inspector Morse.
Starring Kevin Whately (The English Patient; Auf Wiedersehen Pet), Laurence Fox (Gosford Park; The Hole) and Clare Holman (Prime Suspect 6; The Innocent).
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