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Red Cap (TV series)

British military TV drama

Summary

British military TV drama

Field	Value
image	Red Cap tv series titlecard.jpg
image_size	250
alt	Series title over a blurred image of a tank
genre	Drama
creator	Patrick Harbinson
starring	Tamzin Outhwaite
Douglas Hodge
James Thornton
Gordon Kennedy
Blake Ritson
Raquel Cassidy
Poppy Miller
open_theme	"5/4" — Gorillaz (Pilot)
"Set the Record Straight" — Reef (Series)
composer	Hal Lindes
Sheridan Tongue
country	United Kingdom
language	English
num_series	2
num_episodes	13
executive_producer	Patrick Harbinson
Gareth Neame
Mike Dormer
William Davies
producer	Sarah Wilson
editor	Paul Knight
Ian Farr
Xavier Russell
cinematography	Gordon Hickie
runtime	60 minutes (Series 1)
50 minutes (Series 2)
company	Stormy Pictures
channel	BBC One
first_aired
last_aired

the 2000s BBC series

Douglas Hodge James Thornton Gordon Kennedy Blake Ritson Raquel Cassidy Poppy Miller "Set the Record Straight" — Reef (Series) Sheridan Tongue Gareth Neame Mike Dormer William Davies Ian Farr Xavier Russell 50 minutes (Series 2)

Red Cap is a British television drama series, produced by Stormy Pictures for the BBC and broadcast on BBC One. A total of thirteen episodes were broadcast over the course of two series, beginning with a feature-length pilot on 28 December 2001. The series follows the investigations and personal relationships of a British Army Special Investigation Branch unit of the Royal Military Police based in Germany.

The series initially focused on lead character, Sergeant Jo McDonagh (Tamzin Outhwaite), who was nicknamed McDoughnut, but later series played out as more of an ensemble piece, with several notable characters coming to prominence. A number of fictional regiments were featured in the series, including the Bedford Light Infantry, the Royal Cumbrian Fusiliers, the Wessex Regiment and the Derbyshire Light Infantry.

Cast

Tamzin Outhwaite as Sgt. Jo McDonagh
Douglas Hodge as Sgt. Maj. Kenneth "Kenny" Burns
James Thornton as Staff Sgt. Philip "Hippy" Roper
Gordon Kennedy as Sgt. Bruce Hornsby
Joachim Raaf as Detective Thomas Strauss
William Beck as Sgt. Maj. Steve Forney
Maggie Lloyd-Williams as Cpl. Angie Ogden
Peter Guinness as Capt. Gavin Howard
Blake Ritson as Lt. Giles Vicary
Raquel Cassidy as Staff Sgt. Neve Kirland (Series 1)
Poppy Miller as Staff Sgt. Harriet Frost (Series 2)
Ian Burfield as Sgt. Sam Perkins (Series 1)

Episodes

Pilot (2001)

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Series 1 (2003)

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Series 2 (2004)

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Production

According to BBC sources, Outhwaite spent a week familiarising herself with Army life at the Reserve Training and Mobilisation Centre in Chilwell, Nottingham, prior to filming the series. Training included unarmed combat, 9mm pistol training, driving, drill, and understanding the Army's labyrinthine hierarchical structure. The series creator and writer, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Patrick Harbinson, was in the army himself and previously wrote fifteen episodes of the ITV military series Soldier Soldier. A BBC spokesman said; "With such experience, Patrick infuses Red Cap with a tangible sense of realism."

On 13 March 2004 Red Cap was axed by BBC executives, who cited: "At a cost of £10 million and an audience of just 5.5 million, executives thought it would not be worthwhile to renew it for another series."

References

"BBC - Drama - Red Cap".
(2003-01-28). "Red Cap - Cover Story". TheTVDB.com.
(2003-02-04). "Red Cap - Cold War". TheTVDB.com.
(2003-02-11). "Red Cap - Payback". TheTVDB.com.
(13 March 2004). "BBC axes 'Red Cap'".

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