Jason Michael Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English actor and producer. The series is both set and filmed in Edinburgh. Jackson Brodie is a private investigator, originally from Yorkshire. Deborah Arnold (9 episodes, 2011-2013) Millie Innes. Jackson Brodie (9 episodes, 2011-2013) Amanda Abbington.
Case two: A beautiful young office worker falls victim to a maniac's apparently random att Increasingly, Brodie's own life takes a backseat as he becomes irreversibly entangled in the melancholic lives of his clients the quirky and spinsterish Land sisters, the lonely and grief-obsessed father Theo Wyre, and the enigmatic sister of the convicted ax murderess, who harbors a dark secret. Although he may look tough on the outside, deep-down he emphathizes with those he is there to help.
A former soldier and policeman he now makes his money working from investigating infidelity and finding missing cats.
Big Sky by Kate Atkinson review – Jackson Brodie’s back Kate Atkinson returns to her wry crime fiction in a dark, sharp tale of exploitation Stephanie Merritt. Jackson Brodie, ex-cop, ex-private detective, new millionaire, is among the bystanders. Tessa is beautiful, smart, and has a mysterious past. Jackson Brodie is the central character in a series of mystery novels by British author Kate Atkinson. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a 1969 British drama film directed by Ronald Neame and written by Jay Presson Allen.It stars Maggie Smith in the title role as an unrestrained teacher at a girls' school in Edinburgh.The screenplay was adapted by Jay Presson Allen from her own stage play, which was based in turn on the 1961 novel of the same name by Muriel Spark. While Jackson… (read full character analysis)
Case Histories is a British crime drama television series based on the Jackson Brodie novel series by Kate Atkinson.It stars Jason Isaacs, who had also narrated the abridged audiobook adaptation, as protagonist Jackson Brodie. Tessa is Jackson Brodie’s wife, a 34-year-old curator at the British Museum.
The event thrusts Jackson into the orbit of the wife of an unscrupulous real estate tycoon, a washed-up comedian, a successful crime novelist, a mysterious Russian woman, and a female police detective. He's unable to resist coming to the rescue and increasingly he becomes a magnet for the bereaved, the lost and the dysfunctional. The first book in Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie Mysteries series, called "The best mystery of the decade" by Stephen King, finds private investigator Jackson Brodie following three seemingly unconnected family mysteries in Edinburgh Case one: A little girl goes missing in the night. Originally from Yorkshire, this former police inspector now works as a private investigator in Edinburgh in order to be near his daughter. Jackson's tough-guy exterior belies a deeply empathetic heart.