The 2004 BBC series Blackpool starring David Tennant, Sarah Parish and David Morrissey is now available to stream in the USA on Hulu through their subcription service Hulu Plus. Hulu Plus, which allows access to Hulu's premium content, including episodes of current season shows, costs $7.99 per month, although Hulu offer a week-long free trial.
Blackpool
This unusual six part musical drama was first shown in the
UK at the end of 2004 on BBC One.
The plot centres around the murder of a young man in a
Blackpool arcade, and how it affects the people involved in the arcade and the
investigation.
Ripley Holden (David Morrissey) is the ambitious, bullying
arcade owner who believes strongly in luck, and who is planning to turn his
arcade into a Las Vegas-style casino hotel and thus revive Blackpool's
fortunes. DI Peter Carlisle (David Tennant), the investigating officer
of the murder, is a charming and good-natured although extremely manipulative police officer, who dislikes Holden almost on sight. He takes a shine to Natalie Holden (Sarah Parish), Ripley's shy, frustrated and
lonely wife, whom Ripley takes for granted.
As the investigation proceeds, it takes its toll on the
characters; Ripley, under suspicion of murder, finds his public and private
life slowly unravelling as both his bullying nature and long-forgotten demons
from his past return to bite him, whilst Carlisle, intent on proving Ripley is
the murderer and planning to use Natalie to get to him, finds himself genuinely
falling in love with her instead.
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