Never Come Back Explained
| Genre: | Crime drama |
| Creator: | David Pirie |
| Starring: | |
| Composer: | Stanley Myers |
| Language: | English |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Num Episodes: | 3 |
| Producer: | Joe Waters |
| Runtime: | 3x 50 minutes |
| Network: | BBC Two |
| Network2: | BBC One |
Never Come Back is a television crime drama mini-series created by David Pirie, and produced by the BBC. Three episodes were made and were first broadcast on BBC Two in 1990, on 21 March, 28 March, and 4 April. An edited version was broadcast on BBC One later that year, on 17 December.
Plot
In September 1939, Desmond Thane is attracted to Anna Raven, a beautiful young woman, but soon finds himself involved in a murder mystery.
Cast
Production
Writing
Never Come Back was written by David Pirie and based on the novel by John Mair. The novel also inspired the storyline of Tiger by the Tail (1954), which was co-written with John Gilling and Willis Goldbeck.
Filming
The series was filmed in the Severn Gorge and Bridgnorth, in Shropshire, England, UK.
References
Sources
Books
- Book: Mair
, John
. Julian Symons (Introduction) . Never Come Back . 1986 . 1941 . New . hardcover . London . Little, Brown (1941) / Oxford Paperbacks (1986) . 978-0-192-82000-6.
Websites
- Lavender . Andrew Mark . THATCHER'S THRILLERS: British Television Thriller Serials of the 1980s . 143, 160–162, 390 . October 1995 . Thesis submitted for PhD in Drama . London . Goldsmiths College, University of London . 3 October 2023.
- Web site: Never Come Back (BBC-2 1990, Nathaniel Parker, Suzanna Hamilton) . 15 November 2018 . Chicago, Illinois . . 3 October 2023 . .
- Web site: Pirie, David (1953 –) . When Pirie (with director Bolt) returned with the three-part Never Come Back (BBC, 1990), an adaptation of an obscure wartime thriller by author John Mair, his love of the film noir atmosphere of 1940s cinema was brought across to remarkable effect. . London . . 3 October 2023 . .
