Two-part dark drama about a mysterious man - minicab driver Dougie (Philip Glenister) - who starts a relationship with divorcee Maggie (Lindsey Coulson), to the fury of her daughter Scarlett, a little madam who has her barrister dad (Robert Bathurst) wrapped around her little finger and who thinks nothing of playing her parents off against one another. Thus Scarlett begins a campaign to oust her stepdad from the family home. But here The Stepfather wanders down the first of many paths. We learn why Dougie, a former teacher, took up a job as a minicab driver, and why he drives, apparently aimlessly, around the streets of London in the empty hours. We learn why his behaviour towards Scarlett is odd, and we are soon pitched into a murder investigation as guilty secrets are revealed. There are certainly plenty of ambiguities to keep you anticipating tomorrow's concluding episode.
Dougie Molloy - Philip Glenister
Christopher Veazey - Robert Bathurst
Maggie Shields - Lindsey Coulson
Scarlett Veazey - Lucy Evans
DI Mendoza - John Bowe
DS Sullivan - Abigail Thaw
Anita Gibson - Janine Carrington
Kath Schofield - Vashti Maclachlan
Mrs Gibson - Trish Cooke
George Saville - John Rowe
James Porter - Charles McCurdy
Detective - Graeme Hawley
Baz - Leigh Symonds
Solicitor - Caroline Woodruff
Nikki - Thea Day
Reporter - Amy Rhiannon-Worth
Mrs Porter - Vanessa Knox-Mawer
Luke Schofield - Jack Wilson
Bruce Shapiro - Con O?Neill
Pippa Molloy - Holly Davidson
Sasha Munro - Anna Wilson-Jones
Beemer - Frankie Fitzgerald
Tracey Ann - Lucy Brooks
Woody - Ricky Nixon
Ryan - Lewis Yarwood
Mini-cab controller - Andy Quine
Café owner - Dennis Blanch