'The next thing she knew she wasn't appearing in series six. She disagreed with Lynda and made it quite plain what she thought of the idea. 'Pat North is down-to-earth and straight- talking. 'Kate didn't think it fitted her character to suddenly become more glamorous,' said an insider. The actress is talking to lawyers about legal action. She refused and has been written out of the show, which is made by Miss La Plante's company.
Miss Buffery, 45, is thought to have been upset at plans to make her character more glamorous. Kate Buffery has played tough-talking Detective Inspector Pat North in Trial and Retribution for five series.īut she has fallen out with Miss La Plante and will not be appearing in the latest series, which is seen on ITV1. Now Lynda La Plante is facing a legal drama of her own after an actress in her hit crime serial claimed she was dropped because she wasn't glamorous enough. She has created some of the most nail-biting courtroom scenes in television drama.
