Season 1 • Episode 5
LatestPop star Dawn Blake is found dead on a beach. Her manager Mark Taplin had encouraged her to sign for William Gilmore's label Wreck Records but now believes she was cheated out of money and dropped by the label to stop her from finding out.
Anna Lee is a British television series produced by Brian Eastman and Carnival Films for London Weekend Television. Following a 1993 pilot, five two-hour programmes were produced in 1994, loosely based on the detective novels of Liza Cody. Private investigator Anna Lee works for the Brierly Security agency after leaving the police force. Each episode features a different mystery.
Acting
Imogen Stubbs' dry, world-weary charisma anchors every scene.
Writing
Sharp dialogue that trusts viewers to keep up.
Production
Gritty '90s London locations feel authentically lived-in.
Creator
Brian Eastman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Imogen Stubbs reportedly based Anna's physicality on watching real private investigators — note how she rarely sits comfortably in any room.
The series arrived just as British TV pivoted toward grittier female leads; Anna Lee predates Prime Suspect's Helen Mirren but never broke through similarly, partly due to its anthology structure versus continuous serialization.
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