In England we burnt redheads at the stake, because we thought they were witches. There are still young redheads in Britain getting ripped for having red hair. 'Oy, Ginger!'

With its high production costs the show was cancelled by NBC to clear its time slot for the much less expensive daily program The Jay Leno Show. Only half of the first season's shows were produced. Lewis himself is a devoted Liverpool F.

He stars as Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody in the Showtime series Homeland a performance which has earned him an Emmy and Golden Globe. His roles include Soames Forsyte in the ITV remake of The Forsyte Saga Detective Charlie Crews in the NBC drama Life and Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.