Vexed. Image shows from L to R: D.I. Jack Armstrong (Toby Stephens), D.I. Georgina Dixon (Miranda Raison). Copyright: Greenlit Rights
Vexed

Vexed

  • TV comedy drama
  • BBC Two
  • 2010 - 2012
  • 9 episodes (2 series)

A relationship-driven comedy drama about a pair of police detectives. Stars Toby Stephens, Miranda Raison, Lucy Punch, Roger Griffiths, Ronny Jhutti and more.

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Series 2, Episode 5

Jack and Georgie are sent to a popular local primary school to solve the gruesome murder of the headmaster. But just as the duo think they've cracked the case and prepare to take it to the Old Bailey, they realise that the facts don't quite add up.

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Further details

Jack and Georgie are sent to a popular local primary school to solve the gruesome murder of the headmaster. But just as the duo think they've cracked the case and prepare to take it to the Old Bailey, they realise that the facts don't quite add up.

Georgina is also fretting over her parents' divorce, while Jack finds the yummy mummies at the school hard to resist.

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 29th August 2012
Time
9pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
60 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Wednesday 29th August 2012 9:00pm BBC HD
Thursday 20th November 2014 10:00pm London Live
Friday 21st November 2014 12:30am London Live

Cast & crew

Cast
Toby Stephens D.I. Jack Armstrong
Miranda Raison D.I. Georgina Dixon
Roger Griffiths Tony
Ronny Jhutti Naz Omar
Nick Dunning Peter Dixon
Guest cast
Macauley Keeper Kid in Classroom
Miriam Petche Chloe Chinbrook
Lise-Ann McLaughlin School Secretary
Jemma Walker Davina Hall
Jade Yourell Phoebe Fitzgerald
Naoko Mori Saatchi Kyoto
Charlotte Bradley Camilla Presley-Nairn
Fiona O'Shaughnessy Sarah Stockwood
Harper Walsh John Stockwood
Writing team
Steve Coombes Writer
Production team
Kieron J. Walsh (as Kieron J Walsh) Director
Eve Gutierrez Producer
Lesley McKimm Producer
Jackie Larkin Producer
Jill Green Executive Producer
Chris Sussman Executive Producer
Colin Fair Editor
John Hand Production Designer
Ray Harman Composer

Video

Death by Knitting Needle

Crime scene officer Naz enthusiastically re-enacts the violent death of a primary school headmaster, stabbed through the neck with a knitting needle.

Featuring: Ronny Jhutti (Naz Omar), Miranda Raison (D.I. Georgina Dixon) & Toby Stephens (D.I. Jack Armstrong).

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