Making Waves

Making Waves

2004
Making Waves
Making Waves

Making Waves

6.6 | en | Drama

Making Waves is a British television drama series produced by Carlton Television for ITV. It was created by Ted Childs and chronicles the professional and personal lives of the crew of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Suffolk. The series remained in development hell for several years and was first broadcast on 7 July 2004. However, due to low ratings it was removed from the schedules after only three episodes, the remainder of the series going unaired on television in the United Kingdom. The series starred Alex Ferns as Commander Martin Brooke and Emily Hamilton as Lieutenant Commander Jenny Howard. The frigate HMS Grafton stood in for Suffolk and additional filming took place around HMNB Portsmouth with the full co-operation of the Royal Navy. A limited-edition DVD of all six episodes was released in December 2004.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP6  Episode 6
Jan. 01,0001
Episode 6

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EP5  Episode 5
Jan. 01,0001
Episode 5

HMS Suffolk comes to terms with the aftermath of the Thursday War, as Lewis is initially cleared of responsibility for Andy's death, only for Martin and Jenny's further investigations to cast doubt on this verdict. Dave and Teresa are reunited and the wedding is back on, while Sam and Anita's illicit affair hots up.

EP4  Episode 4
Jan. 01,0001
Episode 4

HMS Suffolk's weeks of hard work are put to the test in their final assessment, the Thursday War. But in the middle of one of the staged incidents, a real fire breaks out in one of the engine rooms. Lewis is forced to act quickly to save the ship but his decisions have fatal consequences. Teresa's extravagant spending finally catches up with her. Sam and Anita embark on a dangerously clandestine cross-ranks affair.

EP3  Episode 3
Jul. 21,2004
Episode 3

Suffolk runs into trouble at sea attempting to help a group of environmental activists, protesting against the shipment of nuclear waste. Things get heated aboard the activists' boat after a fracas between Buffer and a crewmember. Shockwaves are felt throughout the Royal Navy when the press take up the story. As a result Buffer faces losing his career. Mickey is undergoing psychological assessments on shore, but still seems set on a path of self-destruction - until Rosie saves him from yet more trouble and he reveals the truth behind the trawler rescue. Freed of his burden Mickey successfully retakes the DRIU test and is allowed to return to Suffolk. Dave and Teresa's relationship moves up a gear when, much to Andy's horror, they agree to get married.

EP2  Episode 2
Jul. 14,2004
Episode 2

With Operational Sea Training on the horizon Martin puts the Ship's Company through its paces in an intensive few days of Harbour training. His aims are compromised by the unexpected arrival of an Argentine Naval delegation. Mickey is increasingly troubled by his failure of nerve in the trawler rescue. His unhappiness lands him in trouble both on Suffolk and on shore. Martin orders him off the ship to undergo psychiatric evaluation. Andy tries to cope with becoming a grandfather for the first time. He is worried about supporting Teresa and the baby, but also concerned whether they should accept Dave's involvement. Jenny makes the hardest decision of her life in turning down Alex's proposal. He leaves for New York without her.

EP1  Episode 1
Jul. 07,2004
Episode 1

Morale is flagging and standards have slipped aboard HMS Suffolk. New Captain Martin Brooke finds himself thrown in at the deep end; he and his fractious crew are fast approaching Operational Sea Training, the toughest test of their careers, and time is running out. Unfortunately, things don't run as planned on Martin's first day at sea. Suffolk becomes embroiled in the frantic rescue of a trawler full of illegal immigrants stranded in the busy shipping lanes. Personal lives aboard ship run amok. Second in command, Jenny Howard faces a crisis when her boyfriend asks her to move to New York just when Martin needs her most; engineer Andy is shocked to discover that his protégé Dave is the father of his daughter's new born baby, and a run on shore goes horribly wrong for ratings Mickey and Scouse.

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Making Waves is a British television drama series produced by Carlton Television for ITV. It was created by Ted Childs and chronicles the professional and personal lives of the crew of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Suffolk. The series remained in development hell for several years and was first broadcast on 7 July 2004. However, due to low ratings it was removed from the schedules after only three episodes, the remainder of the series going unaired on television in the United Kingdom. The series starred Alex Ferns as Commander Martin Brooke and Emily Hamilton as Lieutenant Commander Jenny Howard. The frigate HMS Grafton stood in for Suffolk and additional filming took place around HMNB Portsmouth with the full co-operation of the Royal Navy. A limited-edition DVD of all six episodes was released in December 2004.

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Alex Ferns , Steve Speirs , Joanna Page

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siobhan-rouse I remember a BBC series back in the Seventies called "Warship", and despite being made on a low budget and suffering from some theatrical over-acting, the stories were pretty gripping. You really got a sense of what serving on board a warship must be like.So when I tuned in for "Making Waves" I was hoping for similar excitement - but what a disappointment. The first problem was that I could hardly understand what the characters were saying. Most of them had very strong geordie, scots or scouse accents, and while this may well be true-to-life it didn't aid communication with anyone not born in those parts. Added to this was a lot of music thumping away while people were talking. And if you can't understand what characters are saying, how can you care what happens to them? I got the distinct impression that the first episode was in fact two episodes that had been knitted together, so frantic and ill-explained was the action. I simply couldn't follow what the characters were doing or why, or why anything happened.The series was performing so poorly for ITV that it was yanked after three episodes.
Theo Robertson .... Went wrong with this production I only caught the first couple of episodes of MAKING WAVES . I never saw the third episode and as I write this in the mid Autumn ITV hasn't broadcast the final three remaining episodes . I can't say I'll be too upset if they don't either but I doubt if it would have flopped so badly if it wasn't for these reasons1 ) Bad marketing . MAKING WAVES was heavily hyped with trailers showing a warship meaning that much of the potential audience thought they'd be watching some military action adventure and so decided to miss it . It's only those who thought it was going to be a military adventure series who tuned in only to be bitterly disappointed that it's a very slow watered down ( Geddit ? ) version of SOLDIER SOLDIER 2 ) Bad scheduling . Bad enough that it was shown in the middle of Summer but was shown opposite THE LONG FIRM an outstanding gangster drama and possibly the best thing the BBC had produced for yearsThe stories themselves were uninteresting with the first episode introducing us to the characters with a subplot of illegal immigrants hiding on a ship that's slowly sinking . If I remember correctly the second episode opens in the control room with the warship coming under attack :" Sir an exocet missile has been launched " " Hard to starboard " " It's no use sir " " Hard to starboard " " Impact sir . We've been hit " The captain turns to his crew and replies " Right we all could have been killed because you lot couldn't get your bloody fingers out " Wow they weren't under attack after all . It's just like the opening of STAR TREK 2 when we thought the Starship Enterprise had been destroyed and a trick on the audience that had long been overused by then . It should also be pointed out that the trailers for the episode had shown us that it was an audience trick all along . When you've got this type of carelessness from ITV it's superfluous to mention the not very good camera work
Bish-3 I saw the first episode of "Making Waves" which was broadcast on BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) 1 and Navy TV. As ex-Navy myself, I found the 1st episode very enjoyable, though with a level of 'soap opera' that is so prevalent amongst such series these days. It is the background details that they get spot on, all the language is accurate and the characters are believable.Hardly surprising as it was filmed with the full support of the Royal Navy. Most of the extras are RN, and the Type 23 Frigate HMS GRAFTON stood in as the fictional HMS SUFFOLK.Well worth a watch.