Series Description

The Heat of the Sun TV show was a 120 minute British mystery miniseries on ITV about a former Scotland Yard detective who moved to colonial Nairobi, Africa to lead a newly formed criminal investigation unit. He had to deal with a self-centered, pretentious police commissioner while endeavoring to solve a wide range of crimes including murder, drug dealers, slave traders and corrupt officials.

Heat of the Sun Cast

Trevor Eve .... Albert Tyburn
Susannah Harker .... Emma Fitzgerald
Joss Ackland .... Max van der Vuurst
Jude Akuwidike .... Ehlar Marangi
Freddie Annobil-Dodoo .... Corporal Jonah Karinde
Marion Bailey .... Gladys Carstairs
Geoffrey Bayldon .... Pole Goodwin
Daniel Betts .... Viscount Guy "Boy" Cameron
Hugh Bonneville .... Reverend Edward Herbert
Paul Brooke .... Sir Rex Willoughby
Michael Byrne .... Police Commissioner Ronald Burkitt
James Callis .... Clive Lanyard
Sophie Dix .... Kika Trefusis
Ken Drury .... Dr. Alistair Strachan
Patrick Drury .... Foreign Office Gent
James Ellis .... Arthur McCourt
Deborah Findlay .... Matilda Watcham
Jonathan Firth .... Captain Charles Keaton
Sharah Forgette .... Wanjika
Sean Gallagher .... Chico de Ville
Quinton Gasa .... Job (segment The Sport of Kings - Part 2)
Scott Handy .... Freddie Willoughby
Jimmi Harkishin .... Amir Ali
Cathryn Harrison .... Charlotte Elliott
Andrew Havill .... Reverend Peter Michaeljohn
David Horovitch .... Dr. Emil Mueller
Shaheen Jassat .... Subinspector Singh (Segment: The Sport of Kings - Part 2)
Peter Joyce .... Reporter
Akbar Kurtha .... Aziz Ali
Theo Landey .... Jan Van Der Vuurst (Segment: The Sport of Kings - Part 2)
Guy Lankester .... Blade
Joseph Long .... Sr. Antonio
James Mariseini .... Houseboy (segment The Sport of Kings - Part 2)
Liz Mbogori .... Job's Mother (segment The Sport of Kings - Part 2)
Richard McCabe .... Theodore Watcham
Kate McKenzie .... Lady Daphne Ellesmere
Tim McMullan .... Franz-Dietrich Gessler
Barry McNicholl .... Newspaper Seller
Flora Montgomery .... Dorothy Michaeljohn
James Neill .... Clerk of the Court (Segment: The Sport of Kings - Part 2)
Margaret Ngugu .... Chico's Woman
Diana Quick .... Avril Watcham
David Quilter .... Cookie "The Dip"
Julian Rhind-Tutt .... Assistant Superintendant James Valentine
Memory Santos .... Mary
Lawrence Simbarashe .... Labon
Hugh Simon .... Gussie Carstairs
Charles Simpson .... Piet van der Vuurst
Ewan Stewart .... John McAllister
Peter Sullivan .... Thomas Drennan
Joe Swash .... Pimp
Paul Tingay .... Father Grogan
Sonya Walger .... Hilde van der Vuurst
Hywell Williams .... Judge
Tim Woodward .... Lord Harry Elesmere

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

Heat of the Sun - The First And Only Season

1. Private Lives (1/28/1998)
2. Hide in Plain Sight (2/4/1998)
3. The Sport of Kings (2/11/1998)