Parent Not Expected
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Summary
The body of 19-year-old apprentice electrician Dennis Bayliss is discovered, washed up on the shore of a North Northumberland rural estate. DCI Vera Stanhope (Brenda Blethyn) is called to investigate and soon encounters the Walken family, who run a booming salmon farm off the coast of their land. Dennis turns out to be the estranged son of Steph and Rob Bayliss who are left crippled by his death, having lost him once already when he abandoned them to seek out his biological father; Thomas Walken!
Vera discovers tensions and fallouts have been a feature of Dennis’ life since a DNA home-test kit – a gift from his now ex-girlfriend, Phoebe – revealed the secret about his paternity, dropping a genealogical bombshell between the two families. It appears Dennis was caught in a downward emotional spiral, alienating his parents and friends and apparently turning to dealing prescription drugs to supplement his income. But Vera has to look closer at the strained relationships of Dennis’ two families in order to find the truth about his death.
Cast
- Alexander Cobb as David Walken
- Brenda Blethyn as DCI Vera Stanhope
- Cal MacAninch as Thomas Walken
- Chantelle Alle as Waitress
- Christine Entwisle as Julia Walken
- David Rubin as Jamie Dwyer
- Harki Bhambra as Vinay Deol
- Ibinabo Jack as DC Jacquelin Williams
- Iola Evans as Phoebe Dwyer
- Janine Leigh as Pat Ross
- Jon Morrison as DC Kenny Lockhart
- Kenny Doughty as DS Aiden Healy
- Kieran Urquhart as Liam Dwyer
- Lawrence Walker as Michael Cummings
- Martha Cope as Steph Bayliss
- Martin Walsh as Joe Barry
- Mica Ricketts as Liza Conney
- Nathan Horrocks as Dennis Bayliss
- Paul Kaye as Pathologist Dr. Malcolm Donahue
- Riley Jones as DC Mark Edwards
- Stuart Laing as Rob Bayliss
- Tom Glenister as Joshua Walken
Vera continues on Sunday 19th January 2020 at 8.10pm on ITV.
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