A Likeness in Stone

A Likeness in Stone is a British television crime drama serial, broadcast across two nights between 11 and 12 September 2000 on BBC One.^[1] The serial stars Liam Cunningham as Detective Inspector Bill Armstrong, a retired cop who returns to service after the body of a student is discovered, 10 years after her disappearance. Determined to uncover the murderer, Armstrong seeks to go behind the call of duty to bring justice to the victim's family. The serial was based upon the novel of the same name by author J. Wallis Martin which was published in Hardback by Hodder and Stoughton (UK) 1997, and translated into several languages.

A Likeness in Stone
TV Tie-In Novel
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	J. Wallis Martin
Written by	J. Wallis Martin
Directed by	Charles Beeson
Starring	Liam Cunningham Jonathan Firth Andrew Lincoln Ruth Jones Cherie Lunghi Rebecca Palmer Nicholas Hewetson Jude Akuwudike
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producer	Jenny Sheridan
Producer	Lee Morris
Editor	David Blackmore
Running time	75 minutes
Production company	BBC Productions
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	11 September (2000-09-11) – 12 September 2000 (2000-09-12)

The serial co-starred Jonathan Firth, Andrew Lincoln, Ruth Jones and Cherie Lunghi.^[2] It was broadcast across two consecutive nights, on 11 and 12 September 2000. Reviews of the serial were favourable.^[3]

Cast

• Liam Cunningham as Bill Armstrong
• Jonathan Firth as Stephen Gilmore
• Andrew Lincoln as Richard Kirschman
• Ruth Jones as Joan Poole
• Cherie Lunghi as Merle Kirschman
• Rebecca Palmer as Helena Warner
• Nicholas Hewetson as DI David Rigby
• Jude Akuwudike as DC Levi Pryor
• Sara Griffiths as Fiona Wharby
• Kate Fahy as Dorothy Warner
• Katy Cavanagh as Cathy Wilson
• Andrew Hilton as Thomas Gilmore

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	British air date	UK viewers (million)[4]
1	"Part One[5]"	Charles Beeson	Michael Crompton	11 September 2000 (2000-09-11)	N/A
The dark secret of three old college friends is brought to the surface after divers find the body of an Oxford student ten years after she went missing, secreted in a house at the bottom of a reservoir. Former Detective Inspector Bill Armstrong is determined to expose the conspiracy that protected her murderer.
2	"Part Two[6]"	Charles Beeson	Michael Crompton	12 September 2000 (2000-09-12)	N/A
With Gilmore on the run, Armstrong fears for the safety of Joan Poole and Richard Kirschman, Gilmore's alibis for the murder of Helena Warner. As the police are still reluctant to get involved, Armstrong decides to take the law into his own hands.