158-762: This is a list of characters in the ITV science fiction television series Primeval , including supporting characters. The series originally features a cast of five main characters plus supporting cast who investigate time anomalies for the British government. The series 1 cast is made up of Douglas Henshall as Professor Nick Cutter , James Murray as Stephen Hart , Andrew-Lee Potts as Connor Temple , Lucy Brown as Claudia Brown and Hannah Spearritt as Abby Maitland , with Juliet Aubrey as Helen Cutter , Ben Miller as James Lester and Mark Wakeling as Captain Tom Ryan . In
316-447: A journalist who is played by Ramon Tikaram . He first appears in episode 2.6 , trying to interview a survivor of a Columbian mammoth 's rampage on the M25 . Like everyone else he had been told it was an elephant, unaware that the creature was actually a mammoth. He was unable to complete the interview because Jenny Lewis ( Lucy Brown ) disrupted him. She used a sarcastic tone about it being
474-504: A central service under the STV brand. The company had several disputes with ITV plc in the late 2000s and early 2010s over network programming. STV aimed to broadcast more Scottish programmes at peak times and so removed several key ITV plc programmes from their schedule in July 2009 including The Bill , Midsomer Murders and Lewis . Despite STV's explanation of expense, ITV plc were angered by
632-411: A considerable amount of syndicated unscripted US programmes in daytime during the 90s, such as Judge Judy and The Jerry Springer Show . By 1996, ITV had been quiet with US series in primetime, particularly as Channel 4 and Sky One increased the competition for securing the most popular US dramas and sitcoms. However, that summer, ITV debuted the primetime soap Savannah , in a 9pm Friday slot. It
790-488: A couple of hours after midnight, replacing gambling broadcasts: the time between the news and the shopping is usually kept for re-runs, with ITV repeating its primetime entertainment shows, films, or sports programming from ITV4. ITV continues with its regular scheduled programming after the shopping service finishes at around 3am with showbiz news bulletin FYI Extra and repeats, many of which have on-screen BSL signing for
948-400: A dedicated CITV programming block now broadcasting on ITV2 every morning, from 2 September 2023. Schools programming on the network began in 1957 in some regions and expanded as more regions began broadcasting. It was a contractual obligation for some ITV companies to broadcast schools programming, and this was initially broadcast as part of the normal scheduling. The programmes were moved into
1106-446: A document on her body, and despite denying this all he is clearly agitated. Connor later tells Philip about a potential disaster to be caused by the anomalies; Philip assures him they will solve the issue themselves and do not need to tell the others. In episode 5.1 , he shows Connor his project "New Dawn", with which he plans to use the anomalies as an energy source to provide the whole world with free, clean energy. He also gives Connor
1264-406: A failure, however, as according to Douglas Henshall's web site , the relationship between them became as stormy as it was passionate . They were estranged at the time of her disappearance, and this added to Cutter's sense of guilt when she vanished. When the series begins it is established that he had a wife, fellow palaeontologist Helen, who went missing eight years prior to his first encounter with
1422-499: A helicopter. Katherine frantically filmed the Giganotosaurus as it was heading towards the anomaly, and inadvertently pushed Mick backwards through the anomaly, where they are presumably killed as Mick is heard screaming. Stephen James Hart is played by James Murray . He is part of a team of five people, who investigate a series of anomalies in space and time through which prehistoric and extinct creatures are travelling. Stephen
1580-450: A hospital room. When they return to the ARC he learns Helen created a clone in his image to take over the ARC. He learns of her intent to change the timeline by killing him after learning he ordered the cloning of Future Predators in the ARC sometime in the future, but only once he translates the strange artefact from the future she possesses. Cutter attempts to stall her until his friends neutralise
1738-434: A hospital, and locked Nick Cutter ( Douglas Henshall ), Abby Maitland ( Hannah Spearritt ) and a pregnant woman in an operating theatre. He then found a Diictodon , taking a blurry picture which he showed Katherine, who thought he was playing games with her, but was allowed one last chance. In episode 3.4 Mick stole an anomaly detector from Jenny's car and presented it to Katherine as it went off, and they decided to go to
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#17328837550911896-558: A hostage. Before he went through an anomaly to the Pliocene he ignored Emily's attempts to get him to stop, and left her at the mercy of a terror bird. He was soon followed by Danny, who wanted to keep him from hurting anyone else. Duncan is a friend of Connor Temple ( Andrew-Lee Potts ) and Tom (Jake Curran) and a fellow geek . He also seems to enjoy conspiracy theories . Despite this he does not believe Connor when he tries to tell him and Tom what he has been involved in without breaking
2054-461: A house, however they were caught off guard by a Camouflage beast that had come through an anomaly, and Patrick's body was never found along with another one of his friends. Though presumed dead, and while his brother Danny ( Jason Flemyng ) spent years trying to find out what had happened to him, he had actually survived and gone through the anomaly to some point in the future. He is known to have killed several camouflage beasts in order to survive, and
2212-441: A lab assistant, April Leonard (Janice Byrne). He also told Connor about Danny's knowledge of him and Helen, though he convinced him that she only knew of Philip. In episode 5.4 , he witnesses Connor's man-made anomaly and Prospero gains much information from it. He was prepared to sacrifice the lives of the team to keep "New Dawn" from being compromised by blowing up the ARC during a future beetle incursion, though this fails, and it
2370-521: A light-touch regulator, the ITC ; companies became able to purchase other ITV regional companies and franchises were now being awarded based upon a highest-bidder auction, with few safeguards in place. This heavily criticised part of the review saw four operators replaced, and the operators facing different annual payments to the Treasury : Central Independent Television, for example, paid only £2,000—despite holding
2528-400: A little bit of me that thinks, 'this is my show, what do you mean they're still doing it without me," he says. "But it will be good for Primeval in the long term – it will have to reinvent itself." Ethan Dobrowski (formerly known as Patrick Quinn ) is the brother of Danny Quinn who is played by Jonathyn Byrne. Patrick Quinn was fourteen years old when he and two of his friends broke into
2686-448: A lucrative and large region—because it was unopposed, while Yorkshire Television paid £37.7 million for a region of the same size and status, owing to heavy competition. Following the 1993 changes, ITV as a network began to consolidate with several companies doing so to save money by ceasing the duplication of services present when they were all separate companies. By 2004, the ITV network
2844-402: A mammoth to throw him off, but Mick suspected there was more to the operation, and vowed to find out what was going on. In episode 3.3 , Mick convinced his boss, Katherine Kavanagh ( Ruth Gemmell ), to give him a chance to prove prehistoric creatures were alive in the present, and attempted to have Jenny tell him after tracking down her home, but she refused to comment. He followed the team to
3002-711: A monthly political programme, most non-news regional programming in the English regions was dropped by ITV plc in 2009, although it continues in Wales and the Channel Islands, as well as on STV and UTV and ITV Border in Scotland from 2014 to cover mainly Scottish politics whilst ITV Border in England broadcast network programming . On 14 January 2013, ITV plc regional news programmes titles were discontinued in favour of more generic branding under
3160-467: A neat reference, does nothing to link the characters. He travels through an anomaly into the Silurian where his team is attacked and killed by giant scorpions. Only he survives, injured, and left only with a gun. He finds Cutter, demanding him to hand over his water supplies, but is then attacked by another scorpion, because of the vibrations in the sand created when he fired his weapon, he is dragged down into
3318-413: A neighbour recognised him and claimed to be someone else before leaving. In episode 4.7 , while attempting to leave through another anomaly, he was caught after he encountered his brother Danny, revealing to everyone that he was Patrick. Captured and taken to the ARC, he told Danny what had happened to make him disappear, but said he was unhappy in the modern era, and escaped, taking the still-alive Emily as
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#17328837550913476-468: A passionate kiss and is revealed to be working with Oliver Leek ( Karl Theobald ) in attempting to experiment on the anomalies to see how they affect the future. In episode 2.7 , she eavesdrops on a conversation in Cutter's cell to Jenny Lewis ( Lucy Brown ) about how Cutter still cared for Helen. Although this is later revealed to be a ploy on Cutter's part, Helen still believes that he does care for her. She
3634-481: A public service broadcaster, the ITV network is obliged to broadcast programming of public importance, including news, current affairs, children's and religious programming as well as party election broadcasts on behalf of the major political parties and political events, such as the Budget. The network also needs to produce accessible output containing subtitles, signing and audio description. In exchange for this programming,
3792-417: A raptor to Victorian London, citing they had to make it right in episode 5.3 . During episode 5.4 his fondness for Jess is more clearly shown when she has an allergic reaction to a future beetle bite and desperately tried to help her. He risked himself to radiation from a gamma ray after the beetles were killed, and though he found Jess some adrenaline, he made an excuse to leave. In the next episode he helped
3950-483: A segment for broadcast during the day in the 1960s, under the banner Independent Television for Schools and Colleges and from 1987 were broadcast on Channel 4 in the ITV Schools on Channel 4 segment. In 1993, this segment became Channel 4 Schools and later in 2000 4Learning . These strands of programming consisted of schools programming from all the ITV companies or from independent sources. The schools strand itself
4108-462: A sign language service within the broadcast as part of its quota and licence requirements. ITV's strong daytime line-up helped by programmes such as This Morning , Loose Women , Dickinson's Real Deal and game shows Tipping Point and The Chase are very popular, achieving the highest audience share during the daytime slot. In recent years the network has tried to use formats that ITV Studios own outright (whether they have originated in
4266-448: A soldier at the ARC, the scars from the raptor attack still visible. The mysterious cleaner is seen again by Nick Cutter ( Douglas Henshall ) in episode 2.4 . Suspicious, he chases him, but is punched in the face by him, knocking him out. Later it is revealed that the man is working for Oliver Leek ( Karl Theobald ), who wants the team spied on – and Leek is working in cahoots with Helen Cutter ( Juliet Aubrey ). Many fans believed that
4424-440: A souvenir. In episode 4.3 , he is adamant about enforcing the new policy to not allow any expeditions through the anomaly when Matt is missing and finally relents, but blames him when "tree creepers" cause trouble later. In episode 4.4 , he is bitten by a Therocephalian and poisoned by its venom, but recovers and is forced to go on medical leave. In episode 4.6 he searches for the psychopath Ethan Dobrowski (Jonathan Byrne) who
4582-492: A time anomaly. He tells the others that she went missing sometime after the two of them had a fight. At first, his insistence that his wife Helen is alive in the first two and a half episodes is seen by some members of the time as initially somewhat foolish and unrealistic, most notably Claudia Brown ( Lucy Brown ). He then keeps the details of her visitations to himself, out of hurt pride that his wife could have left him alone for so long. This has terrible consequences later when
4740-454: A week. ITV Network ITV , legally known as Channel 3 , is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. It is branded as ITV1 in most of the UK except for central and northern Scotland, where it is branded as STV . It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition, eliminating what had been the monopoly of BBC Television (established in 1936). ITV
4898-511: A year in the Cretaceous . In episode 4.3 he is revealed to be dying because of an undisclosed illness, but had accepted his fate and wanted Matt to forget about him as he wasn't important. He wasn't happy in episode 4.5 when Matt risked everything to rescue Emily Merchant ( Ruth Bradley ) from Ethan Dobrowski (Jonathan Byrne), and Gideon feared that Ethan was connected to their mission, and ordered Matt to use Emily as bait. By episode 4.6 , he
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5056-479: A young man named Stephen Hart ( James Murray ), Nick Cutter 's ( Douglas Henshall ) best friend and right-hand man. After being chased through an anomaly eight years before the main events of the series were put into motion, she used her disappearance to lead her estranged husband, Cutter to believe she was dead. She possesses knowledge of what lies on the other sides of each anomaly, but chooses not to divulge key information, however for some reason she chooses to save
5214-459: Is Nick Cutter 's ( Douglas Henshall ) lab technician and "right hand man". During the first series he was the object of fellow team member Abby Maitland 's ( Hannah Spearritt ) affections. He did not return her affections. According to the official site Stephen is passionately committed to wildlife conservation and firmly believes that humanity is destroying its own environment through unchecked industrialisation. On average, he runs about 30 miles
5372-434: Is causing problems for the ARC and gets caught in a trap rigged up to a bomb, but Jess saves him. In episode 4.7 he attempts to stop Ethan (Danny's brother Patrick) but is shot twice by an EMD, with his fate unrevealed. In episode 5.1 , it is shown that Becker did recover, and at one point was thrilled at the idea of being able to call in a tank if necessary. He allows Matt to go through an anomaly after accidentally sending
5530-400: Is close to death, and apologises to Matt for not allowing him to get close to anyone, as it was for everyone's own good, and before he died he asked Matt to complete their mission. Matt then revealed to Emily that Gideon was his father. In episode 4.7 , it is revealed that he has travelled back in time from a sterile future Earth in order to prevent this future from happening. Mick Harper is
5688-501: Is hinted she may have had a hand in Claudia's disappearance. At the end of episode 2.4 , Helen is shown directing the team that is spying on the ARC members. During episode 2.5 , Helen visits Stephen again and imparts some information about the group spying on the ARC members, but states it in a way to make it sound like Cutter is involved and Lester is in charge. In episode 2.6 Helen starts showing her feelings about Stephen and they share
5846-465: Is in love with Cutter with whom she shares a passionate kiss during episode 1.5 . In episode 1.6, Claudia jokingly accuses Cutter of sexual harassment , noting that it is a serious offence in the civil service. She began hallucinating, seeing anomalies and Inostrancevia throughout the Home Office, foreshadowing her fate. When Cutter and Helen started to leave, she asked him not to go as she thought it
6004-402: Is kidnapped by Ethan so he goes to Lester, who helps him track her down and saves her life when she was trapped inside a coffin. In episode 4.6 he takes Emily to the anomaly site and admits to her that a disaster is going to happen because of the anomalies. He later saw Gideon ( Anton Lesser ), who was on the verge of death, and promised to use Emily as bait to catch Ethan since they suspected he
6162-446: Is killed by a raptor before she can complete her mission. Her presence is still felt strongly in the fourth series, as the ARC team speculate her fate; when Danny returns in the finale, he confirms that Helen is dead "as a dodo" to Lester, who responds happily: "Excellent". Danny also tells Matt Anderson ( Ciarán McMenamin ) and Emily Merchant ( Ruth Bradley ) that Helen and Philip Burton ( Alexander Siddig ) worked together studying
6320-518: Is knocked off a cliff by a Raptor. Sarah Page was killed offscreen prior to Series 4, and Danny Quinn returned only in the finale of Series 4. Joining the cast was Ciarán McMenamin as Matt Anderson , the new team leader, Ruth Kearney as Jess Parker , team coordinator, Alexander Siddig as Philip Burton , an industrialist who is put in charge of the ARC, Anton Lesser as Gideon , Ruth Bradley as Emily Merchant and Jonathyn Byrne as Ethan Dobrowski . The Series 4 line-up returned for Series 5 with
6478-578: Is later found to have been murdered by her childhood friend (played by Bradley). Bradley won a Best Actress award at the Milan International Film Festival 2010 for her performance. In late 2010, she filmed the female lead in the Irish monster movie Grabbers , which opened in August 2012 and later screened worldwide. She had a recurring role as Emily Merchant in the fourth and fifth series of
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6636-425: Is not owned or operated by one company, but by a number of licensees, which provide regional services while also broadcasting programmes across the network. Since 2016, the fifteen licences are held by two companies, with the majority held by ITV Broadcasting Limited, part of ITV plc. The network is regulated by the media regulator Ofcom who is responsible for awarding the broadcast licences. The last major review of
6794-453: Is now defunct, with no particular branding segment used. ITV was originally very reliant on broadcasting American series, with westerns such as Gunsmoke and Rawhide in particular being considerable successes for the network during its earlier years. Action drama The Fugitive and sci-fi anthology The Twilight Zone were also broadcast by various regions in the early 1960s, with Batman and I Dream of Jeannie shown later on in
6952-545: Is played by Lucy Brown . According to the official Primeval website, Claudia Brown, (born in Oxford ) joined the Civil Service after studying law at university. For two years, she was engaged to be married, but she broke it off a month before the wedding. She has had no significant relationships since. She later develops feelings for Nick Cutter ( Douglas Henshall ). Much like James Lester ( Ben Miller ), her official role at
7110-409: Is punched by Stephen, who takes his place inside the predator-filled room. Stephen asks Cutter to tell Connor and Abby to stay out of trouble, and is then killed. Having spent some time trying to get to know Jenny and learning she has a fiancé, but it is revealed they broke up and asked Cutter out for a drink but they were called away to an anomaly. Cutter shreds the picture of Claudia Brown at the end of
7268-489: Is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990 , it has been legally known as Channel 3 to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time: BBC1 , BBC2 and Channel 4 . ITV was for four decades a network of separate companies that provided regional television services and also shared programmes among themselves to be shown on the entire network. Each franchise
7426-558: The ITV News title with the region listed as the subheading. However some "heritage" brand names were retained including Calendar , Granada Reports and Lookaround . On 28 June 2014, ITV News Cymru Wales returned to its historic name of Wales at Six . The network broadcasts children's programming under the CITV (Children's ITV) strand. Children's programming was originally provided during weekday afternoons and weekend mornings, however following
7584-502: The Home Office is unclear. Since the discovery of the first anomaly, she has worked alongside Cutter and his team, acting as a liaison with the Home Office and occasionally defending Cutter's actions to Lester, and vice versa, but is often stressed out by Cutter's methods and secrets. She is not happy when she learns Cutter's missing wife Helen ( Juliet Aubrey ) is alive and that he knew, since she could give them vital information. Claudia
7742-851: The IFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2007, for her role in Stardust , and a Best Actress award at the Milan International Film Festival 2010 for her starring performance in the film In Her Skin . Bradley voiced the pink Power Ranger in the Irish-language version of Power Rangers. Bradley's first screen appearances were in 2002 in Ultimate Force (as Georgia Gracey) and Sinners (as Angela). Since then, she has had recurring roles in The Clinic (3 episodes, 2003), Love Is
7900-565: The ITV News brand. ITN has long been respected in the news industry as a source of reliable information and news, and as a result the service has won many awards for their programmes, the latest being in May 2011 when News at Ten was named best news programme by the Royal Television Society and BAFTA . The ITV National Weather forecast was first broadcast in 1989, using data supplied by
8058-453: The Met Office , and was presented by a number of weather forecasters. The forecasts are sponsored with the sponsor's message appearing before and after the forecast. The forecasts are made immediately after the main national news bulletins. Prior to the creation of the national forecast, each regional company provided its own regional forecast. The regional forecasts today are incorporated into
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#17328837550918216-501: The Official Secrets Act , and he and Duncan devise their own conspiracy theories around the dodo (which he names Dodie) that they capture. Duncan seems to be the more mellow of Connor's friends and is quite willing to follow the more proactive Tom. Duncan returned in episode 4.2 , having gone into hiding for four years since Tom's death and finding proof of creature attacks for himself since no one believed him. He led Connor to
8374-458: The Unwind slot, but this was eventually phased out and replaced with the aforementioned news and information service. This overnight programme service is very different to what used to be shown on the network in the years after 24-hour broadcasting was introduced - this included new entertainment, imports, sports and other information programmes, and, in some regions, a job finder service, however due to
8532-896: The Unwind with ITV sequences to fill small pieces of time before this. Teleshopping on ITVBe starts at 01:00 and continues until 07:00. There are some occasions when other coverage means this cycle of programmes get misplaced, for example a live event overnight, such as the Super Bowl or the Oscars , both of which ITV started airing in 2024, or, over Christmas, failing to sell Teleshopping slots, meaning more repeats, films and long Unwind sequences are used as filler instead. Overnight, STV broadcasts an overnight rolling news and information service, mixing reports from STV News and other information-based services, instead of ITV's shopping slot and Unwind . Due to STV opt-outs, this service can start later than or earlier than ITV's teleshopping. STV originally simulcast
8690-410: The "New Dawn" installation, but the anomaly became self-sustaining and remained. "The Cleaner" is an experienced mercenary and the clones of him, who were portrayed by Tim Faraday. He is introduced in episode 2.1 , under-cover as a cleaner in a mall, who was sliced in the neck by a baby raptor. He later mysteriously disappears. Later in episode 2.2 , Connor Temple ( Andrew-Lee Potts ) sees him as
8848-657: The 75% limit as possible. The group cut the number of regional news programmes offered from 17 in 2007 to 9 by 2009, resulting several regions being merged to form one programme, including the Border and Tyne Tees regions, the Westcountry and West regions and the removal of sub regional programming, with some regions only represented by pre-recorded segments. Sub-regions were restored in 2013. STV Group plc owns two franchises, covering central and northern Scotland, through subsidiary companies STV Central and STV North, broadcasting
9006-399: The ARC explodes. Professor Helen Cutter is played by Juliet Aubrey . It is all but confirmed that she was responsible for a string of anomalies in time and space through which both fururistic and powerful, prehistoric and extinct animals passed through. At the very least, by the end of the series it had been made abundantly clear that she possessed a keen understanding of the mechanics of
9164-453: The ARC from Lester, but this was later revealed to be a ploy between him and Lester to bring Johnson down. He helped Abby Maitland ( Hannah Spearritt ) rescue the Dracorex in episode 3.7 , and accompanied the team into the future in episode 3.8 (almost dying in a fight against a pack of Future Predators) in order to keep them safe. In episode 3.10 he and Sarah Page ( Laila Rouass ) fought
9322-401: The ARC is in some way responsible for the atrocities she has seen in the future and thus intended to kill him in order to avoid it once he translates the artefact for her. She is caught in the blast from the bomb in the ARC and Cutter returns to rescue her only for her to shoot him and leave him to die. Donning the alias of Eve ( Kate Magowan ), she uses Danny Quinn ( Jason Flemyng ) to get into
9480-576: The ARC to spite him after he was placed back on the team, but is thankful when Connor saves him from dying and sees his true potential. In episode 4.4 , he attempts to have the creatures in the ARC killed because of their inconvenience, but Lester blackmails him in dropping the matter. In episode 4.5 , he recruits Connor to head up his own team of anomaly researchers after they discover vital new data. In episode 4.7 , Danny Quinn ( Jason Flemyng ) confronts Philip about knowing Helen Cutter ( Juliet Aubrey ) and doing research with her after finding his name on
9638-581: The Anomalies until it is safe but he is determined for revenge. He encounters Cutter and learns that Helen lied to him. Stephen, Helen and Cutter work to contain the predators contained in Leek's base by luring them into the centre where the cages are located by ringing the bell that they associated with feeding time, to trap the creatures together so they will kill each other but Stephen is killed. Helen appears at Stephen's gravesite shortly after his funeral and states that
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#17328837550919796-543: The Anomaly are open to question. Cutter started out as a somewhat aloof individual; for example he initially rather briskly brushes off Connor Temple ( Andrew-Lee Potts ) who comes to him with suspicions of a prehistoric creature being loose in modern times, telling him to go and get a girlfriend instead. He also keeps his encounter with his long lost wife, Helen, to himself. He can be quite spiteful at times as his last words to Stephen Hart ( James Murray ) before heading through
9954-463: The Channel 3 broadcasting licences for every region except for central and northern Scotland, which are held by STV Group. Today, ITV plc simply commissions the network schedule centrally; programmes are made by its own subsidiary ITV Studios and independent production companies. Regional programming remains in news and some current affairs series. In Northern Ireland, ITV plc used the brand name UTV as
10112-479: The Channel 3 franchises was in 1991, with all operators' licences having been renewed between 1999 and 2002 and again from 2014 without a further contest. While this has been the longest period that the ITV network has gone without a major review of its licence holders, Ofcom announced (following consultation) that it would split the Wales and West licence from 1 January 2014, creating a national licence for Wales and joining
10270-633: The Cleaner clones, forcing Helen to order the Cutter Clone to detonate a bomb in spite of the original's attempt to talk him out of it. Cutter attempts to save Helen as the ARC goes up in flames, hiding the artefact from her, but she shoots him in the chest after saying the future was more important than he was and ran off. Connor then attempts to save Cutter, but when he arrives, he is told to sit down and wait. As they are talking, Cutter asks Connor to tell Jenny/Claudia something but, decides against it. Giving Connor
10428-482: The Cleaner's real name (or at least his surname) was Sciswell, due to mishearing part of Leek's conversation with Helen: "I have a lot riding on this as well." In episode 2.5 , he goes into an anomaly with two soldiers. When one of them protests about leaving a girl behind, the man responds, "We're not social workers. Let someone else save her!". A Callback to a similar line spoken by Captain Tom Ryan ( Mark Wakeling ) in episode 1.6 before his death, which aside from being
10586-483: The Drug (4 episodes, 2004), Legend (6 episodes, 2006), The Innocence Project (8 episodes, 2006–07), Plus One (6 episodes, 2009) and Love/Hate (seasons 1 and 2). She presented at the 4th Irish Film and Television Awards in 2007. She won the IFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2007 for Stardust . In 2009, Bradley starred in the film In Her Skin , the true story of an Australian teen who goes missing and
10744-504: The Giant Burrowing Insects from the future, Abby realised he was from the future and he asked for her to help in his mission. In episode 5.3, he goes to Victorian London to capture a raptor they sent through the anomaly, telling Abby to steal data from Connor in the meantime, and encounters Emily again. Having earlier learned that she would end up in an asylum because of her husband Henry, he attempted to convince her to come back to
10902-413: The Home Office involvement was at first one of mild contempt, at least for the more bureaucratic members such as Lester. He dislikes hiding things from the public, Helen says she thinks he wants to share the time anomalies with the rest of the world in episode 1.3 . However, Cutter is not uncompassionate, and he has mellowed out over time. He's developed a grudging respect for Lester, despite his claims to
11060-749: The ITV network is available on all platforms free to air and can be found at the top of the EPG of all providers. Since the launch of the platform in 1998, all of the ITV licensees have received gifted capacity on the digital terrestrial television platform. At present, the companies are able to broadcast additional channels and all choose to broadcast the ITV plc owned ITV2 , ITV3 , ITV4 and ITVBe in their region. UTV and STV (formerly Scottish Television and Grampian Television ) previously broadcast their own services – UTV2 in Northern Ireland and S2 in central and northern Scotland – until 2002, when they adopted
11218-828: The ITV plc channels. Despite this, STV was given a broadcasting licence for what would become the STV2 channel in 2013, however this was short-lived and the channel closed in 2018. The broadcasters all make use of the Digital 3&4 multiplex, shared with Channel 4 . CITV launched in March 2006 (closed September 2023). ITV Encore launched in June 2014 (closed May 2018) and ITVBe launched in October 2014. ITV Box Office launched in February 2017 (closed January 2020). On 13 September 2022, ITV confirmed that during
11376-628: The ITV science fiction show Primeval . She played companion Molly O'Sullivan in the Doctor Who audio drama Dark Eyes . She has appeared as DI Karen Voss in the Channel 4/AMC science fiction series Humans since 2015. In autumn 2019, she played Angie in the dark and comic BBC series Guilt . Bradley was born in Dublin , Ireland to IFTA winning actress Charlotte Bradley . Bradley lived in Newfoundland, Canada from shortly after birth until she
11534-490: The Megopteran in the present day, and as a result was one of only three main cast members to be in the present at the end of Series 3 (the others being Sarah and Lester). At the beginning of Series 4, Becker is still working for the ARC, despite wishing to resign before Lester convinced him to stay. It is shown in a prologue webisode that Becker went with Sarah to the future to try find Abby, Connor and Danny, during which Sarah
11692-880: The North of England, with separate franchises for Weekdays and Weekends. The first ITV service to launch was London's Associated-Rediffusion on 22 September 1955, with the Midlands and North services launching in February 1956 and May 1956 respectively. Following these launches, the ITA awarded more franchises until the whole country was covered by fourteen regional stations, all launched by 1962. The network has been modified several times through franchise reviews that have taken place in 1963, 1967, 1974, 1980 and 1991, during which broadcast regions have changed and service operators have been replaced. Only one service operator has ever been declared bankrupt, WWN in 1963, with all other operators leaving
11850-545: The UK with their Lifted Entertainment company or have come from production companies they own abroad), though some popular programme formats like The Masked Singer have still been acquired from other companies abroad. Currently ITV are behind the formats for Dancing on Ice , The Voice UK (the format originally coming from their Dutch production company) and I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! , while forthcoming music game show Walk The Line has been co-developed by Simon Cowell's Syco Entertainment and ITV. Since
12008-527: The anomalies, and that Burton is not to be trusted. In the fifth series, Connor Temple ( Andrew-Lee Potts ) discovered an audio of Helen encouraging Philip to find a way to make the future better by using the anomalies. However, in the series finale Philip realised Helen had tricked him by stroking his ego, having intended for his attempt at making green energy with the anomalies to wipe out humans much like her later plan, likely done in case she failed in her attempt to wipe out early humans. Professor Nick Cutter
12166-452: The anomaly in episode 1.6 are to push Lester through the nastiest anomaly he can find if he does not make it back. He withholds information from his friends and teammates and Connor notes in episode 1.1 that he never turns up for his own seminars. He also tries to make demands of Lester in episode 1.3 he is ordered to bring Helen back only to be shocked when Lester overrules his decision and brings his wife back by force. Nick's attitude towards
12324-700: The artefact, Cutter charges him, as his dying wish, to find out what the artefact is, before dying on Connor's shoulder. Despite his death, the future did not change as Helen thought because he was not going to be the real reason the Future Predators appeared. Douglas Henshall confirmed in TV Times that he would be leaving the show at the end of Series 3, quoting: "It was one of those things that happened and I thought, 'Oh God, I've done it. I've left', he told David Hollingsworth. "The show might miss me for five minutes, but then I think it will move on and be fine." "There's
12482-407: The baby Future Predators to their own time. After that, it's safe to assume whatever feelings he had left for her are now over. His relationship with Claudia was beginning to turn to romantic, as demonstrated when he rushes to her rescue and later kisses her in episode 1.5 and she begs him not to leave her. Before heading into the anomaly, the two share a passionate kiss – much to Helen's anger. After
12640-401: The beginning of the fourth series, it is implied that he and Matt Anderson ( Ciarán McMenamin ) were working on a secret mission involving the ARC. He seemed desperate that they achieve their goal, warning Matt to keep an eye on the other members of the ARC and be wary of everyone, particularly Abby Maitland ( Hannah Spearritt ) and Connor Temple ( Andrew-Lee Potts ) when they returned after
12798-400: The breakfast service. All licences listed here were renewed until the end of 2024. Licences in England and Wales were held by the individual regional ITV plc owned companies prior to November 2008. The appointment to provide national news for Channel 3 is also subject to approval by Ofcom. This appointment has been held by ITN since the channel's inception, and has also been approved through
12956-400: The car Mick and Katherine hid in was flipped over. Danny Quinn ( Jason Flemyng ) and Connor pulled them out and both were locked in the other hangar as they were under arrest. Mick agreed to force the door open once Katherine agreed to give him a fair share of the merchandising once they had broken the story. They grabbed a camera to film the crisis, and Mick quit when Danny nearly hit him with
13114-571: The catastrophic mission to the Permian he returns to learn Helen and Stephen had once had an affair and that Claudia no longer exists. Due to changes in the timeline, the cause of which is unknown, Cutter remains one of two of the only currently identified characters (The second being Helen) to remain unaffected for reasons that are unknown. Cutter himself is confused as to how this happened. Cutter also immediately calls new P.R. guru Jenny Lewis ( Lucy Brown ) "Claudia" after her doppelgänger . This confuses
13272-406: The contrary, and his caring side is shown when he reassures Connor on several occasions, most notably when Connor's friend, Tom (Jake Curran) is killed by a parasite. He was also very trusting of Helen, despite her comments and the others' suspicions that she may have intentionally set the parasitic dodos on mankind in episode 1.4 , although he was angry to discover Helen's real reason for returning
13430-428: The core as she is the first woman he had loved in his life since the disappearance of his wife, Helen. Claudia remained out of existence for the second series, although another woman who appears to be physically identical, Jenny Lewis , first appears in episode 2.1 . At the end of episode 2.2 , Cutter explains to Jenny as best he can about what could have happened to change the past. Claudia's job as Lester's assistant
13588-399: The creation of ITV Network Limited (and given Channel Television is now owned by ITV plc), it has been replaced by an affiliation system. Approved by Ofcom, this results in ITV plc commissioning and funding the network schedule, with STV and UTV paying a fee to broadcast it. All licensees have the right to opt out of network programming (except for the national news bulletins), but, unlike
13746-492: The creatures. There is a secret project he is working on called New Dawn. Neither Lester, Abby Maitland ( Hannah Spearritt ) or Matt Anderson ( Ciarán McMenamin ) trust him, but Connor Temple ( Andrew-Lee Potts ) admits he is like a groupie to Philip. In episode 4.1 , he debriefs Abby and Connor when they return and tells them they no longer have field positions, but in the next episode Lester rehires them despite his objections. In episode 4.3 , he has Connor do minor work in
13904-451: The day of Monday 19 September, the day of the state funeral for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II , all programming schedules on ITV's digital channels will be scrapped, with the main ITV News coverage being shown live and uninterrupted on every channel. This was the first time ITV decided to do this, with the company keeping their digital channels' schedules mostly as advertised in the run up to
14062-547: The deaf community. Replacing the information-based ITV Nightscreen slot in 2021 was Unwind With ITV , programming produced in association with the Campaign Against Living Miserably . At around 4am each night this mindfulness programme shows calming shots of natural landscapes and relaxing animations for around an hour, with versions of the footage also seen on ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4. These three channels continue programming until around 02:30, sometimes using
14220-400: The decade. Due to the varying schedules of many ITV regions, acquired content was not broadcast by some franchises. By the 1970s, most ITV regions were airing the likes of Hawaii Five-O , Happy Days , and The Brady Bunch . 1972 also saw the beginning of ITV's daytime programmes at lunchtime, a slot that would become associated with the many Australian soap operas that were broadcast in
14378-436: The decision, as a recent schedule change had made The Bill central to their programming, and broadcast the programmes on ITV3 as well to ensure Scottish viewers could see the programmes. On 23 September ITV plc was reported to be in the process of suing STV for £20 million, as ITV felt dropping the shows constituted a breach of network agreements; STV subsequently counter-sued ITV plc for £35 million. The dispute
14536-483: The docks where homeless people had been going missing, and with Abby Maitland ( Hannah Spearritt ) they discovered the Kaprosuchus that had been living there for five years. After being chased into a maze of containers where the creature pursued him until it was killed, Connor returned him home, and asked that if he came across more creature reports that he tell him. Gideon is portrayed by Anton Lesser . Throughout
14694-411: The end of 2024. For over 60 years of ITV, its homegrown programmes have become among the best remembered as well as being extremely successful. Before the 1990s, nearly all of the content for the channel was produced by the fifteen franchise licensees: the regional companies. However, following legislation in the Broadcasting Act 1990 imposing a 25% quota for commissioning of independent productions,
14852-485: The end of their runs. A heavy emphasis on action, fantasy and science fiction series was also placed by ITV during this 1980s, with The A-Team , Buck Rogers in the 25th Century , and Airwolf being broadcast by the network, as well as the likes of Baywatch and SeaQuest DSV by the 1990s. ITV also picked up a glut of older-skewing CBS dramas through that period, including Murder, She Wrote and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman . In February 1989, in tandem with
15010-467: The ending of productions such as World in Action ( Granada Television ), This Week ( Rediffusion London / Thames Television ), First Tuesday ( Yorkshire Television ), Network First , Survival ( Anglia Television ), and Weekend World ( LWT ) and their replacement with populist shows such as Tonight . News at Ten was also axed in 1999, although it was reinstated in 2001. In December 2009,
15168-551: The episode, Helen sets up an operational headquarters in the present day, assisted by the clones. In episode 3.3 , after taking the ARC with her clones, she attempts to explain herself to Cutter that she can prevent future atrocities (such as the rise of the Future Predators) by actively changing timelines in the past so that evolution and history take a different path. Cutter rejects this, insisting that Helen has no right to meddle. Helen also seems to believe that Cutter's work with
15326-421: The episode, showing he's decided to move on. In Series 3, Cutter begins creating a matrix to predict anomalies with the help of Sarah Page ( Laila Rouass ) after learning mythical beasts may be linked to anomalies and successfully predicts one. He also saw "The Cleaner" (Tim Faraday) again despite witnessing his apparent death and realises Helen's back. In episode 3.3 , he helps deliver a baby while trapped in
15484-399: The exception of Gideon and Ethan Dobrowski. They were joined by Janice Byrne as April Leonard , Philip Burton's assistant. At the end of Series 5, the only original cast members remaining were Andrew-Lee Potts , Hannah Spearritt and Ben Miller . Ethan Dobrowski Matthew "Matt" Anderson is portrayed by Ciarán McMenamin . He is a private man who guards the secrets of his past and
15642-713: The fields of sports coverage and drama productions, and it continues to schedule national news in primetime. Breakfast Television programmes have been broadcast on ITV at breakfast since 1 February 1983. It was initially run by an independent contractor - TV-am , and later GMTV - until GMTV Limited became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. Historically, ITV aired breakfast programmes from 6am until 9.25am but ITV extended this to 10am on weekdays on 6 January 2020. and now broadcasts two breakfast programmes on weekdays - Good Morning Britain and Lorraine . Good Morning Britain keeps viewers up to date with all
15800-497: The final edition of ITV's long-running arts programme, The South Bank Show was broadcast. ITV's primetime schedules are dominated by its soap operas, such as the flagship Coronation Street and Emmerdale . At the start of the 21st century, ITV faced criticism for including a large amount of "reality TV" programmes in the schedule, such as Celebrity Fit Club , Celebrity Wrestling and Celebrity Love Island . In its defence, ITV does continue to show its major strengths in
15958-506: The final episode of Series 1, Captain Tom Ryan is killed off, and Claudia Brown disappears. The rest of the cast carries over into Series 2. Lucy Brown plays a new character, Jenny Lewis , a savvy PR person and a doppelgänger of Claudia, but unlike her, she has no romantic attachment to Cutter and resents him referring to her as "Claudia". Karl Theobald as Oliver Leek , Naomi Bentley as Caroline Steel and Tim Faraday as " The Cleaner " support. Stephen Hart and Oliver Leek are killed off in
16116-472: The final episode of Series 2, and Caroline Steel leaves. Series 3 sees the introduction of Laila Rouass as Sarah Page , Ben Mansfield as Captain Becker and Jason Flemyng as Danny Quinn . In the third episode Nick Cutter is killed, with Danny Quinn replacing him as team leader. Jenny Lewis leaves two episodes later (returning for the penultimate episode of Series 4); and in the finale of Series 3, Helen Cutter
16274-500: The funeral (with a few amendments for cancelled sporting events on ITV4) and all royal coverage being on their main channel. ITV plc owns thirteen of the fifteen franchises and broadcasts to England, Wales, southern Scotland, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and Northern Ireland through its subsidiary company ITV Broadcasting Limited. The company also owns the breakfast television licence , which as of January 2020, broadcasts across
16432-463: The future, and risks himself to close the anomaly. He somehow manages to survive the implosion and returns to the ARC. However he is confronted by another version of himself who tells him to return to his home. Captain Hilary Becker is portrayed by Ben Mansfield . Prior to introduction, producer Tim Haines , made a statement about the character. "He is going to be a new military guy who comes onto
16590-456: The government found out. When the truth is known, not only does he lose the respect of Claudia but also brings the wrath of James Lester ( Ben Miller ) down on himself. After being tricked into leading Lester's troops to his wife the relationship between the two of them hit a new low as she is adamant that he had set her up and he finally lost patience with her evasions and riddles. She later escapes, and his motives for trying to follow her through
16748-551: The implied chance of destroying the universe, then using it to actively seek to change the timeline to prevent the bad future of Future Bats and Future Ants created by the Home Office after a successful takeover of the Anomaly Research Center in Series 3, an event in the normal timeline that failed, and between seasons obtaining cloning technology to create clones. Before her disappearance, Helen had an affair with her student,
16906-472: The latest news, sports, features and weather, whilst Lorraine predominantly focuses on celebrity interviews, recipes, fashion and showbiz. Until 27th August 2023, the service would show a simulcast of the CITV channel, but since that service has closen has shown a mix of repeated programming whilst the CITV service that still exist broadcasts at breakfast time on ITV2 (which has the CITV block), ITV3, ITV4 and ITVBe from 7am show other repeats some of which provide
17064-560: The launch of the CITV channel in 2006, all children's programming, with the exception of the weekend ITV Breakfast slot, were relocated from the ITV line-up to the CITV channel in 2007, a move which was challenged by Ofcom in April 2007. In 2023, ITV announced that CITV would cease broadcasting as a linear channel, and would be replaced by ITVX Kids , a streaming media service which launched in July 2023. The CITV channel closed on 1 September 2023, with
17222-465: The life of Claudia Brown when her life is threatened by an attack by piranha -like Anurognathus . Helen refusing to divulge information into why the anomalies form, to the Home Office, places her as the focus of attention in series 1's storyline. Cutter, her estranged husband, also had a personal wish for her to return, and for her to stop escaping. She also seemed to disapprove of her husband's budding relationship with Claudia Brown ( Lucy Brown ) and it
17380-412: The location on it with a camera crew. At the airport site they found an anomaly, and Mick locked Jenny and Connor Temple ( Andrew-Lee Potts ) in another hangar after tricking them into believing they were attacked elsewhere. Mick and others filmed a juvenile Velociraptor that comes through the anomaly while Nigel Marven described it to them. A Giganotosaurus came through the anomaly and attacked, and
17538-420: The main regional news bulletins, and in the summer months, includes a pollen count. Currently only new episodes of long-form news and current affairs programmes like Exposure , Peston and On Assignment are being scheduled after News at Ten , with the latter title only appearing on a monthly basis, typically on the last Tuesday of the month. The channel broadcasts a partnership teleshopping service for
17696-671: The modern network. The origins of ITV lie in the passing of the Television Act 1954 , designed to break the monopoly on television held by the BBC Television Service . The act created the Independent Television Authority (ITA, then IBA after the Sound Broadcasting Act) to heavily regulate the industry and to award franchises. The first six franchises were awarded in 1954 for London, the Midlands and
17854-469: The name of the channel, until the ITV channel was rebranded as ITV1; it is still, however, used for local programming shown there. This was the name used by former owner UTV Media (now known as News Broadcasting ). ITV plc bought UTV in 2016. Although the ITV network's history goes back to 1955, many regional franchisees changed over the years. Some of the most important names in the network's past – notably Thames , ABC and ATV – have no connection with
18012-445: The network as a result of a franchise review. Separate weekend franchises were removed in 1968 (with the exception of London) and over the years more services were added; these included a national breakfast franchise from 1983 onward—operating between 6:00 am and 9:25 am—and a teletext service. The Broadcasting Act 1990 changed the nature of ITV; the then regulator the IBA was replaced with
18170-560: The network between 6:00 and 10:00am each morning using the Good Morning Britain (previously Daybreak ) and Lorraine names. The company broadcasts a centralised service under the ITV1 brand. In Northern Ireland, ITV used the UTV brand name as the name of the channel until April 2020. The group also owns ITV Studios , the production arm of the company and formed from an amalgamation of all
18328-526: The network launching its national weather forecast, and as part of a new early evening lineup which involved the shortening of Children's ITV, Australian soap Home and Away was acquired by ITV, particularly to compete with the success of rival Australian soap opera Neighbours on BBC One. ITV also broadcast Beverly Hills, 90210 beginning in early 1991, in the same Saturday teatime slot that Baywatch had occupied, although some episodes were broadcast in later time slots. It moved to Sky One beginning with
18486-473: The network started, Independent Television News Limited (ITN) has held the contract to produce news for the ITV network, with 30-minute national news bulletins currently broadcast at 1:30 pm , and 10:00 pm, and an hour-long bulletin at 6.30pm. These bulletins were broadcast under the ITN brand from 1955 until 1999, when a new network identity reinforced the ITV brand, resulting in the new bulletins being broadcast under
18644-448: The new ARC headquarters to regain the artefact, now believing that the only means to ensure the Future Predators' timeline never occurs is by negating humanity itself. She attempts to do this in the finale of Series 3 and is responsible for the death of the so-called " First Family ". She briefly confronts Danny in the Pliocene , stating that when humanity is gone, other species will be able to develop in peace with no war or pollution. Helen
18802-524: The newly expanded schedule, including The Sullivans and The Young Doctors . By the 1980s, more were added to the schedule, such as Sons and Daughters and A Country Practice . In primetime by the 1980s, ITV was broadcasting the likes of Hill Street Blues (which ITV began showing just one week after its debut on NBC in the United States) and L.A. Law . It was also early in the decade when Australian evening soap opera Prisoner: Cell Block H
18960-408: The newly separated West region to Westcountry Television , to form a new licence for the enlarged South West of England region. All companies holding a licence were part of the non-profit body ITV Network Limited, which commissioned and scheduled network programming, with compliance previously handled by ITV plc and Channel Television . However, due to amalgamation of several of these companies since
19118-517: The number of programmes from independent production companies not connected to the traditional ITV network, has increased rapidly. Notable examples include Talkback Thames (one half of which, Thames Television , was itself a former ITV franchisee), producers of The Bill and co-producers of The X Factor , and 2waytraffic , producers of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? . From the late 1990s, ITV's long-standing commitment to strong current affairs and documentary programming began to diminish with
19276-422: The only two to have known Charlotte, they were going to have their own funeral. He drove them to a cemetery where he told Emily he also blamed his family for what had happened to him and was going to make them suffer, and bound and gagged Emily inside a coffin before he fled from Matt. During episode 4.6 , and after laying a trap for anyone who might come looking for him in the flat, went to his old home to find that
19434-420: The opportunity to make remarks of the other. In episode 4.2, Matt is unsure of Abby Maitland ( Hannah Spearritt ) and Connor Temple ( Andrew-Lee Potts ) when they first return, and follows Abby out of suspicion, but this brings him to save both of their lives from a Kaprosuchus before he comes to accept them. In episode 4.3, a mysterious woman goes through an Anomaly, Matt went after her because he assumed she
19592-399: The original and are programmed to obey her every command even if it meant killing themselves. The clones re-appear in Series 3 and make an appearance at the conclusion of episode 3.1 . One clone is killed in episode 3.2 while spying inside the ARC. Another dies when Helen orders him to jump off the roof of a tall building to test the clones' programmed loyalty, and many clones are killed when
19750-498: The present as he regretted telling her to go, and was thankful to Abby when she handed over a copy of Connor's hard drive. He wasn't happy when Connor opened his own anomaly in the ARC during episode 5.4, and worked with Connor to eradicate a swarm of future beetles. In episode 5.5 he explains his mission to the whole team, and after bringing down a Tyrannosaurus he heads to New Dawn to stop Philip, only to be restrained as Philip activated his anomaly. In episode 5.6 he rescues Connor from
19908-491: The present time and Matt's time, an "event" happened which changed the way Anomalies appear and their effect on the Earth, making it a barren wasteland. At the end of the episode, he convinces Emily to return to 1867 so that he can focus on stopping "the event". In episode 5.1, he is caught by Abby trying to hack into Connor's computer to find out what he and Philip Burton ( Alexander Siddig ) are up to. After showing his knowledge of
20066-460: The present, erasing Claudia's existence. The reason for her disappearance is not yet known, though probably due to the remaining two baby Future Predators that managed to escape the Inostrancevia in Permian. Cutter is devastated by this, describing Claudia to co-worker Abby Maitland ( Hannah Spearritt ) as "important to him" and saying he cared about her. Her non-existence shakes his foundation to
20224-454: The previous system, will receive no fee refund for doing so. Therefore many do not opt out due to pressures from the parent company or because of limited resources. Prior to the affiliate system being introduced, STV would frequently (and sometimes controversially) opt out of several popular network programmes – such as the original run of the first series of Downton Abbey – citing the need to provide more Scottish content to its viewers. As
20382-504: The production departments of the regional licences they own. The company produces a large proportion of ITV's networked programming (around 47%, but previously as high as 66% according to some reports ), with the rest coming primarily from independent suppliers (under the Broadcasting Act 1990, at least 25% of ITV's total output must be from independent companies). ITV plc hopes to increase the amount of in-house programming to as close to
20540-399: The reason he has joined the ARC team. He is an ex-soldier and a zoologist, and can understand animal behaviour, demonstrating this ability in his first appearance by securing the escaped Dracorex inside of James Lester 's ( Ben Miller ) office by luring it with a water dispenser, as the dinosaur was thirsty. He and Captain Becker ( Ben Mansfield ) get along well enough, but neither misses
20698-449: The rest of the ARC deal with several anomaly incursions, though was cut off at his last one. In the series finale he joins the others in trying to stop Philip Burton 's ( Alexander Siddig ) anomaly. Mansfield was spotted for the role when auditioning for the future BBC series Merlin , the casting director (who also works as the casting director for Primeval ) suggested that he come along to audition for Captain Becker. Claudia Brown
20856-438: The sand, with his last words being, "I'm a professional. I don't talk. Ever...!" As an answer to Cutter's questioning on the subject of his employer, following this, he dies. However, at the end of episode 2.7 many clones of him appear with Helen at Stephen Hart 's ( James Murray ) grave. These clones would be revealed as the result of technology that Helen acquired from the future, though lack any real independent thought like
21014-427: The series finale he learned Helen was working with traitor Oliver Leek ( Karl Theobald ) on anomaly research and acts out that he still cares about Helen but instead reveals he's going to turn her over to Lester before she escapes. He frees Leek's Future Predators and when he meets up with Helen and Stephen they agree to put an end to the predators Leek's captured. He is willing to sacrifice himself to save others but he
21172-643: The small audience this was phased out and replaced by more relaxed and niche programming. Before 24-hour broadcasts, ITV's franchises simply closed down and restarted the following morning with ITV Morning News , followed by breakfast TV. The regional ITV companies are required to provide local news as part of their franchise agreement together with local weather forecasts, with the main local bulletin at 6pm and regional bulletins located after each national news programme. In addition to this, traditionally ITV companies would provide other regional programming based on current affairs, entertainment or drama. However, apart from
21330-405: The space-time phenomena, which exceeded that of any other character in the series, which gave her the know how to manipulate the anomalies for her own various reasons, and purposes, such as traveling through the anomalies with Cutter, which would be basic time travel, to recreating the temporal accident that replaced Claudia Brown with Jenny Lewis, and created Oliver Leek, scientific research that had
21488-461: The team a lot, and while Connor and Abby Maitland ( Hannah Spearritt ) both show some sort of support they find it hard to accept what he is saying. Stephen and Cutter are now both quietly cautious of one another after the revelation of the affair and are no longer in full agreement of their methods. Cutter is not happy when he learns Stephen and Helen have been seeing each other in secret and punches him, showing he still has some feelings for Helen. In
21646-516: The team in returning creatures, such as the Pristichampsus and Diictodon , back home, and began to become more involved in the action when a Giganotosaurus and a fungus from the future appeared. He often questioned Danny Quinn 's ( Jason Flemyng ) judgement, but was nevertheless loyal and obeys orders, even if he disagrees with them. In episode 3.6 he appeared to be working with Christine Johnson ( Belinda Stewart-Wilson ) after she took control
21804-490: The team to watch their backs so that none of them gets eaten". Becker hails from a military family and background, and is moved from special operations to the Primeval team. Mansfield himself stated that Becker would have "amiable friction" with Connor Temple ( Andrew-Lee Potts ) and he sees himself as the person who "looks after" the team. James Lester ( Ben Miller ) assigned him to join the team in episode 3.1. Becker assisted
21962-607: The third season. ITV reshuffled its daytime schedules in the Autumn of 1993, and just a few months prior, Central began broadcasting the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street . The revamp saw more ITV companies pick it up, with Scottish Television the only region to reject the series outright. Central also broadcast the Australian soap opera Echo Point around the same time, although no other franchises picked it up. ITV also aired
22120-413: The time to rewrite Claudia into the timeline . Philip Burton is portrayed by Alexander Siddig . As a result of the last mission of the old ARC, he appears in a new public/private partnership with the government, making him James Lester 's ( Ben Miller ) boss after the minister. His company, Prospero Industries, is used as the new location for the new ARC. Philip is more interested by the Anomalies than
22278-407: The timeline can change, at which point several clones of "The Cleaner" (Tim Faraday) appear, the result of her obtaining future cloning technology to create loyal minions. In episode 3.1 she is seen in a future time period stealing an artefact from Christine Johnson 's ( Belinda Stewart-Wilson ) military force and barely escapes with her life as predators are in the building. At the conclusion of
22436-713: The year prior. It saw nowhere near the same levels of success, and was dropped by the network after just three episodes. It later resurfaced in late night before moving to BBC One in 2000. Ruth Bradley Ruth Bradley is an Irish actress. She is best known for playing Emily Merchant in Primeval (2011) and Karen Voss in Humans (2015–18). She has also had recurring roles in Legend (6 episodes, 2006), The Innocence Project (8 episodes, 2006–07), Plus One (6 episodes, 2009) and Love/Hate (seasons 1 and 2). Awards she has won include
22594-507: Was a considerable success for ITV's standards, and it became the highest rated new American series of that year. Despite this success, ITV moved the show for its second season, no longer networking the series and moving to late night slots. ITV tried again at broadcasting an American drama series in September 1997, with the ABC legal drama The Practice , which ran in the same slot that Savannah had
22752-414: Was a mistake, but he assured her that it would be okay. She and Cutter then exchanged another kiss in front of Helen and the rest of the team, and rebuffed Lester's note of it being unprofessional. When Cutter returns from the past via an anomaly, Claudia has vanished and none of his colleagues have any knowledge of who she is or was, leading Cutter to believe that something he has done in the past has changed
22910-524: Was able to calm him, as he was noticeably different from the other members of the group. When Charlotte was sick, Ethan accompanied her and Emily to find an anomaly leading to a place with medicine, and arrived in the present, but she died. Angered over her death, Ethan blamed Emily as he believed her rules had caused them to be too late. He soon followed Emily and took up residence across from Matt Anderson 's ( Ciarán McMenamin ) flat, and when he left Ethan kidnapped her. In episode 4.5 , he had decided that as
23068-447: Was aware of Claudia in the time before the change and denies being behind it. Despite being shown as the brains of the operation, Leek begins to challenge Helen and when their creatures are released, she calls Stephen and lies to him saying that she was kidnapped by James Lester ( Ben Miller ) and that Cutter was killed. She asked Stephen to rescue her and not to trust Lester. When Stephen arrives, she attempts to convince him to leave into
23226-438: Was bought by ITV, and was broadcast after News at Ten . By 1982, Channel 4 had launched, and despite originally being related to ITV, it competed against its parent network to screen popular American programmes such as St. Elsewhere and Cheers , although the latter did receive a single ITV broadcast as part of a night showcasing Channel 4 programmes. Both Hill Street Blues and L.A. Law had moved from ITV to Channel 4 by
23384-430: Was changed to a man named Oliver Leek ( Karl Theobald ), who was revealed to be working with Helen. It was implied that Helen was responsible for Claudia being replaced by Jenny, however Helen denies it. At the end of the finale, Cutter shreds Claudia's picture (although in Series 3 it is revealed that he repaired part of it). The writers alluded to Claudia's possible return in the future, but said that they had no plans at
23542-608: Was described as a "rank amateur who was amazingly good at what he did". Cutter is an expert in Palaeontology and the identification of extinct species. While little is known about his early life, the Official site states that he was born in Edinburgh and graduated from his year at University College London with First Class Honours. At some point he met and quickly married his wife Helen Cutter ( Juliet Aubrey ). Their marriage proved to be
23700-515: Was ended in 2011 with STV agreeing to pay ITV plc £18 million. The signing of the new affiliation deal has resulted in STV paying a flat fee for all networked programming, and so to drop any programmes is unlikely due to the large costs involved. There are fifteen regional licences, covering fourteen regions (there are separate weekday and weekend licences for the London region), and one national licence for
23858-467: Was from the present, but upon returning her learnt that Emily Merchant ( Ruth Bradley ) was from the Victorian era and had been living with other people throughout time. He was sympathetic towards her and kept her in his flat because he believed the ARC would treat her like a criminal and agrees to help her find her companion Ethan Dobrowski (Jonathan Byrne). But while he is dealing with another Anomaly she
24016-494: Was involved. As he died Matt wept and told Emily that Gideon was his father. In episode 4.7, he realises Ethan, in fact Danny Quinn 's ( Jason Flemyng ) brother Patrick, is not involved as he and Gideon suspected. In the end he tells Emily that he is from the future, explaining that in his time everyone lives underground because the Earth is sterile and cannot support life. He and his father, Gideon, were sent back in time to help prevent that future from happening. At some point between
24174-469: Was killed. This has left Becker shaken, feeling that Sarah's death was his fault. He did not get along with Matt Anderson ( Ciarán McMenamin ) at first but slowly came to accept him. He is friendly with Jess Parker (Ruth Kearney), but is unaware she has feelings for him. After having one of Matt's EMD weapons used on him to test their capabilities, Becker agrees to use them. He is greatly relieved when Abby and Connor return, jokingly asking if they bought him
24332-455: Was left psychopathic by the experience. At some point he discovered another anomaly which took him to the year 1902 where he took the name Ethan Dobrowski, and people assumed he was originally from Russia. He killed six people, gaining a police record, and eventually left through another anomaly. At some point he joined a group of time travellers along with Emily Merchant ( Ruth Bradley ) and Charlotte Cameron. He became close to Charlotte, and she
24490-474: Was originally owned by a different company. After several mergers, the fifteen regional franchises are now held by two companies: ITV plc , which runs the ITV1 channel and the UTV channel – now branded as ITV1, and STV Group , which runs the STV channel . The ITV network is a separate entity from ITV plc, the company that resulted from the merger of Granada plc and Carlton Communications in 2004. ITV plc holds
24648-493: Was owned by five companies, of which two, Carlton and Granada had become major players by owning between them all the franchises in England, Wales, the Scottish borders and the Isle of Man. That same year, the two merged to form ITV plc with the only subsequent acquisitions being the takeover of Channel Television , the Channel Islands franchise, in 2011; and UTV, the franchise for Northern Ireland, in 2015. The ITV network
24806-421: Was played by Douglas Henshall . He was a Professor of Palaeozoology at the (fictional) Central Metropolitan University. He was one of a group of people who discover that prehistoric and extinct animals are passing through anomalies in time and space . Due to his expertise in prehistoric creatures, he was assigned to tackling the problems these creatures cause for the present civilisation by the Home Office , and
24964-448: Was shown he had built a larger version of Connor's device. In episode 5.5 , he abandons Connor when their car is attacked by a Kaprosuchus , and activates the "New Dawn" machine, creating a huge anomaly, ignoring Matt's desperate protests. In episode 5.6 , the anomaly becomes unstable and he realises that Matt was right and that it is a threat to humanity, with Helen having tricked him into it. He sacrifices himself in an attempt to destroy
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