Thursday the 12th is a four-part British television crime drama series, written by Paula Milne and directed by Charles Beeson.
The series focuses on the Bannister family, whose lives are turned upside down when an unidentified body is found in the grounds of their estate.
As an investigative TV reporter takes on the case, Marius Bannister (Ciarán Hinds), a wealthy dentist and politician, his wife Nina (Maria Doyle Kennedy), their troubled adopted teenaged son Martin (Jim Sturgess), and Nina's predatory sister Candice Hopper (Elizabeth McGovern) all come under suspicion.
Although it was later rescheduled for broadcast in the winter of 2000/2001,[1] the series was once again pushed back, and was set to premiere in June 2001, although due to the foot-and-mouth outbreak of 2001, the general election due to take place in May was put back to 7 June, and the series was subsequently pulled from the schedules once more, with no further attempts to reschedule it.
[2] The series was shown as part of a season showcasing Paula Milne's work at the BFI in London on 14 September 2012.