British academics Loretta and Bridget run into Sandra, an old school friend at a book launch. Although Sandra appears to be gay and carefree, Loretta notices an undercurrent of tension while Sandra stays with her for a few days. Loretta is saddened to learn her friend was killed in a car accident, and comforts Sandra's estranged husband Tom, her daughter Lizzie, and emotionally disturbed son Felix. While doing so she becomes to believe the accident may not be what it seems, spurred on by the information a local policeman provides her.
Arrogant aristocrat Rupert Campbell-Black has high social position, women at his feet, money and fame in the world of show jumping. But Rupert has a rival - the brooding gypsy Jake Lovell, whose loathing for the "Pin Up of Penscombe" has driven him to the top of the riding world to match Rupert's skills. A bitter feud festers between the two stars, who have fought and fornicated their way round the show rings of the world, and now comes to a showdown at the Los Angeles Olympics. As rivals in love and sport, the stage is set for what becomes a compulsive blend of sex, romance, and adventure.
While English professor Loretta Lawson is attending a conference in Paris, she stays the night in the flat of a friend's acquaintance. She discovers a sleeping man in one of the bedrooms, and the next morning finds the man gone, but the bed soaked with blood. Returning to Cambridge, she begins to suspect her friend's acquaintance, and others on the staff of the college, are involved with the missing (murdered?) man, and decides to investigate for herself.
A 12 hours miniseries adapted from Anthony Burgess's novel The Kingdom of the Wicked.
A mature actor, with a lifetime's acting experience, in all fields of work. He played good parts in five West End theatre productions, appeared in seven seasons at the Chichester Festival Theatre, played parts in over a hundred television shows (some of them leading or principal parts), was a member of the BBC Radio Drama Company for twelve months, has extensive experience of commercials,voice-overs and medical role-play. Philip also worked as a theatre director and directed many guest productions in good regional theatres, as well as spending two years as Artistic Director of a Midlands Repertory Theatre. He also pursued a side-line career as a Fight Director - specialising in weapons.
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