Messiah V: The Rapture
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Messiah V: The Rapture is the fifth installment of the BBC
serial crime drama Messiah
. This serial introduced Marc Warren
as DCI Joseph Walker in the lead role, taking over from Ken Stott
's character Red Metcalfe.
The first part of the serial was generally positively received by critics, with The Daily Telegraph
stating that despite the show lacking the shock value it had when it first started, the variations on the theme are enough to keep it going, and the directing and pacing remained good. The Herald
called the show 'stylishly realised', though also asked why professional detectives would need a priest to figure out the serial killer was sending an apocalyptic message. The Guardian
called the plot 'totally loopy' but done well, as well as being frightening.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
serial crime drama Messiah
Messiah (TV series)
Messiah is a British television drama series, broadcast on the BBC One network and produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland, although the series itself is set in England. Made up of a series of occasional serials, the first, with two parts subtitled The First Killings & The Reckoning, was...
. This serial introduced Marc Warren
Marc Warren
Marc Warren is an English actor, known for his British television roles as Danny Blue in Hustle, Dougie Raymond in The Vice and Dominic Foy in State of Play.-Career:...
as DCI Joseph Walker in the lead role, taking over from Ken Stott
Ken Stott
Kenneth Campbell "Ken" Stott is a Scottish actor, particularly known in the United Kingdom for his many roles in television.-Early life:...
's character Red Metcalfe.
The first part of the serial was generally positively received by critics, with The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
stating that despite the show lacking the shock value it had when it first started, the variations on the theme are enough to keep it going, and the directing and pacing remained good. The Herald
The Herald (Glasgow)
The Herald is a broadsheet newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, and available throughout Scotland. As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 47,226, giving it a lead over Scotland's other 'quality' national daily, The Scotsman, published in Edinburgh.The 1889 to 1906 editions...
called the show 'stylishly realised', though also asked why professional detectives would need a priest to figure out the serial killer was sending an apocalyptic message. The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
called the plot 'totally loopy' but done well, as well as being frightening.
Cast
- Joseph Walker – Marc WarrenMarc WarrenMarc Warren is an English actor, known for his British television roles as Danny Blue in Hustle, Dougie Raymond in The Vice and Dominic Foy in State of Play.-Career:...
- Mel Palmer – Marsha ThomasonMarsha ThomasonMarsha Lisa Thomason is an English actress, who is known in the United States for playing Nessa Holt in the first two seasons of the NBC series Las Vegas, for her recurring role on ABC's Lost as Naomi Dorrit, and for playing FBI agent Diana Berrigan on USA Network's White Collar.-Early...
- Terry Hedges – Daniel RyanDaniel Ryan (actor)Daniel Ryan is an English actor and writer.He is known for starring as Darren Alexander in the BBC drama comedy Linda Green, Andrew Gilligan in The Government Inspector, Andy Coulson in Steel River Blues and Kenny Reed in The Whistleblowers...
- Sarah Templar – Nina SosanyaNina SosanyaNina Sosanya is an English actress. She was born in London and her father is Nigerian. She trained at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, gaining A-Levels in Performing Arts....
- Mark Moore – Niall MacGregor
- Stewart Dean – Rory KinnearRory KinnearRory Kinnear is an award-winning English actor who has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre.-Early life:...
- Salma Al Fulani – Sasha BeharSasha BeharSasha Behar is a British actress, known for portraying Maya Sharma in ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street.-Background:...
- Martha Wallace – Denise GoughDenise GoughDenise Gough is an Irish actress. She was born in Ennis, County Clare and is the elder sister of the actress Kelly Gough. She graduated from the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in 2003. She is notable for her work in theatre and television, including the play The Painter and Messiah V: The...
- Lucy Waite – Ophelia Lovibond
- Roger McGovern – Conor Grimes
- Marissa – Ayca Ayabakan
- Daniel Hughes – Ciarán McMenaminCiarán McMenaminCiarán McMenamin is an Irish actor who is now living in South London. He is best known for playing Matt Anderson, replacing Jason Flemyng as lead on Primeval.- Early life :...
- Leah Wallace – Laura GreenwoodLaura GreenwoodLaura Greenwood is an English actress and a member of the YoungBlood Theatre Company in 2006.Greenwood's big breakthrough came in 2006 when at age 14 she starred as Penny Philips opposite Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect The Final Act, the two-part conclusion to ITV's long-running series...
- Peter Templar – Seán Hanrahan
- Michael Wallace – Connor McIntrye
- Samuel Waite – Anton LesserAnton LesserAnton Lesser is a British actor. He attended Moseley Grammar School and the University of Liverpool before going to RADA in 1977 where he was awarded the Bancroft Gold Medal as the most promising actor of his year....
- Catherine Tyce – Breige Roche
- Helen Waite – Diana Kent
- Phil Mead – Mark Asante
- Alex Iqbal – Tamin Mobayed
- Fareed Iqba – Aftab SachakAftab SachakAftab Sachak is a British actor, who is based in the United Kingdom. Born in the United Kingdom, as a member of the wealthy east-african Sachak family, Aftab enjoyed the life of a "jet-setting confidence trickster " before studying acting...
- Khalid al Fulani – Daud Shah
- Liza – Lucinda RaikesLucinda RaikesLucinda Raikes is a British actress, most noted for playing Karen Ball in the sitcom Green Wing and Angela Heaney in The Thick of It and its spin off film In the Loop. She has also appeared in Sensitive Skin, Extras, Casanova and 15 Storeys High. She regularly appears in theatrical...
- Alice Seaford – Remie Purtill-Clarke