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Gary Oldman

Jackson Lamb

Jack Lowden

River Cartwright

Kristin Scott Thomas

Diana Taverner

Hugo Weaving

Frank Harkness

Jonathan Pryce

David Cartwright

Ruth Bradley

Emma Flyte

James Callis

Claude Whelan

Tom Wozniczka

Patrice

Saskia Reeves

Catherine Standish

Joanna Scanlan

Moira Tregorian

Rosalind Eleazar

Louisa Guy

Christopher Chung

Roddy Ho

Aimee-Ffion Edwards

Shirley Dander

Kadiff Kirwan

Marcus Longridge

Sean Gilder

Sam Chapman

Tom Brooke

JK Coe

Naomi Wirthner

Molly Doran

Leroy Kincaide

Beard Dog

Director
- Adam Randall
Writers
- Mick Herron
- Will Smith
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Trivia
River's grandfather in his confused state asks River who's after him. He asks "is it Karla"? Karla is the main antagonist in John Le Carre's "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" which starred Gary Oldman in the 2011 version.

Goofs
River is locked in the boot/trunk of a passerby's car and driven away.

However, since 2002, all cars have an interior trunk release lever or button which is easy to locate, being either a glow-in-the-dark pull cord or button, or lit with an interior light (easy enough for children to find as this is who it was designed for, to stop them getting locked into the back of cars).

River would be aware of this feature yet for some unexplained reason chooses not to use it at any time. Even though he may subsequently be prevented from escaping, he would at least try or maybe alert other people (e.g. following cars), to his presence.

Quotes
River Cartwright: If you wanted to kill me, you wouldn't have brought me here to a public place, would you?
Frank Harkness: You know, in my experience, killing someone in public is a lot easier than luring them to some deserted spot, 'cause that only raises their suspicions.

Soundtracks
Strange Game
performed by Mick Jagger

After all the waiting for the series for a year and the week by week release of episodes, I just found this to be a bit of a let down but the series as a whole was better than series 3.

Its reassuring to know that show will return but this episode just didn't seem to go anywhere.

Anyone who knows someone with dementia or has been reluctantly placed in a care home will appreciate the role played by Jonathan Pryce nearly as much as the rest of thd audience appreciates the acerbic brilliance of Gary Oldman as Lamb who wins the final scene as always (no ice creams this year).

A good cast but the story just lacks a little something.