A Likeness in Stone

A Likeness in Stone is a British television crime drama serial, broadcast across two nights during September 2000 on BBC One. The serial stars Liam Cunningham as Detective Inspector Bill Armstrong, a retired cop who returns to service after the body of a student is discovered, 10 years after her disappearance. Determined to uncover the murderer, Armstrong seeks to go behind the call of duty to bring justice to the victim's family. The serial was based upon the novel of the same name by author J. Wallis Martin which was published in Hardback by Hodder and Stoughton (UK) 1997, and translated into several languages.

The serial co-starred Jonathan Firth, Andrew Lincoln, Ruth Jones and Cherie Lunghi. It was broadcast across two consecutive nights, on 11 and 12 September 2000. Reviews of the serial were favourable.

Cast

 * Liam Cunningham as Bill Armstrong
 * Jonathan Firth as Stephen Gilmore
 * Andrew Lincoln as Richard Kirschman
 * Ruth Jones as Joan Poole
 * Cherie Lunghi as Merle Kirschman
 * Rebecca Palmer as Helena Warner
 * Nicholas Hewetson as DI David Rigby
 * Jude Akuwudike as DC Levi Pryor
 * Sara Griffiths as Fiona Wharby
 * Kate Fahy as Dorothy Warner
 * Katy Cavanagh as Cathy Wilson
 * Andrew Hilton as Thomas Gilmore