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The Reckoning

Drama

Sally Wilson's daughter Amanda is stricken with a brain tumour and each day, her condition appears to be worsening. Sally is at her wits end as to how to help her daughter and knows a life saving operation in America that she can't afford would be the answer. When the harassed single Mum is called to the office of a swish city lawyer, she never expects a life or death proposition. She’s been bequeathed £5 million! But in order to qualify for this amazing transfer of funds, Sally must first kill a man who deserves to die.

Jan 6, 20111 seasons2 episodesEndedEN

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Ashley Jensen

Sally Wilson

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Max Beesley

Mark Dobson

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Sophie Stuckey

Amanda Wilson

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Jane Perry

Debra Cale

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Aidan McArdle

Simon Harris

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Peter Wight

Frederick Taylor

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Daniel Ryan

Richard Bury

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Seasons

Miniseries

2 episodes

Premiered Jan 6, 2011

Episodes

1–2 of 2

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Ep 1

Episode 1

Jan 6, 2011

Cash-strapped Sally Wilson is struggling to support herself and her desperately ill daughter when she is informed that she has been bequeathed five million pounds by an anonymous benefactor. But there is a horrifying catch - she will only receive the money if she kills someone who deserves to die. Sally is shocked and appalled - but when her boyfriend Mark establishes that the offer is genuine, she cannot help but wonder about the possibility of helping her daughter, who will die without expensive medical treatment. As other people enter the picture, things become more complicated - and Mark decides to take matters into his own hands

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Ep 2

Episode 2

Jan 7, 2011

Concluding part of the gripping drama. Sally rushes to find Bury to warn him that Mark is after him, but the situation turns violent and things get out of control. As Mark and Sally try to deal with what has happened, Mark questions her about why she was chosen to receive the bequest. The pair decide to investigate further and Sally uncovers shocking links to her own past - and a twisted story of loss and heartbreak.