Series synopsis
Chimera is a British drama mystery crime television series that premiered on ITV1 on July 7, 1991. It ended on July 28, 1991. It stars Kenneth Cranham, David Calder, John Lynch and George Costigan.
Chimera incident, a serial murder and explosion crime that shook the year of 1984, takes place exactly the same thirty five years later in 2019. Just like the terrible explosion in the past, the murder of the crime is called Chimera, a monster in the Greek myth with the head of a lion, body as a goat, and tail as a snake that shoots fire through its throat.
Premise
Chimera incident, a serial murder and explosion crime that shook the year of 1984, takes place exactly the same thirty five years later in 2019. Just like the terrible explosion in the past, the murder of the crime is called Chimera, a monster in the Greek myth with the head of a lion, body as a goat, and tail as a snake that shoots fire through its throat.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Kenneth Cranham as Hennessey
- David Calder as Dr. Jenner
- John Lynch as Peter Carson
- George Costigan as Schaffer
- Pip Torrens as Windeler
- Christine Kavanagh as Alison Wells
- Paul O'Grady as Donaldson
- Peter Armitage as Sgt. Crichton
Supporting cast
- Emer Gillespie as Nurse Tracy Pickford
- Sarah Winman as Julia
- Douglas Mann as Chad
- David O'Hara
- Fred Pearson
- Gary Mavers as Forester
Guest cast
- Sebastian Shaw as Dr. Liawski
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 4 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 4 | July 7, 1991 | December 19, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Part One While working in a busy NHS hospital, nurse Tracy Pickford gets a better job in a private fertility clinic. The Jenner Clinic is out in the country, very quiet and far away from the bustle of the city. All seems normal, but for the off-limits section where they keep test animals, and the nightshift Tracy is assigned to would be boring except for mysterious activities centring on those out of bounds laboratories. |
July 7, 1991 |
| 2 |
Part Two On his arrival in the sleepy Yorkshire town nearest the Jenner Clinic, the fiendish Government official, Hennessey, orders all police out of the area, and calls up an army of khaki-clad 'specialists' who throw a security web around the site. Highly placed and powerful, Hennessey conducts a cover-up; mutilated victims disappear en route to the mortuary; the press are officially gagged by a 'D' notice; and the regular police's mass-murder inquiry is abruptly cancelled without any explanation to the detective in charge. |
July 14, 1991 |
| 3 |
Part Three Peter Carson's subversive investigation uncovers Dr Jenner's dark past, including details of the probably illegal, certainly unethical genetic engineering experiment, he initiated a decade ago. |
July 21, 1991 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ITV1 |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 7, 1991 |
| Last aired | July 28, 1991 |
| Runtime | 50 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 22:30:00 |