"film ""Dead Man Running"" alongside Tamer Hassan, Danny Dyer, and 50 Cent, in which she portrayed the wheelchair-using mother of a crimcial who is taken hostage. The film received universally negative reviews from film critics, who deemed it to be full of ""poor performances, stiff dialogue, [and] flat characters"". In May 2011, Blethyn made her debut in the title role in ITV's detective series, ""Vera"" as the North of England character Vera Stanhope based on the novels of Ann Cleeves. She has continued to portray Vera and has starred in eight series of the show. Her only film of 2011"
"ITV for a 20th series, consisting of six episodes, with Annette Badland as new pathologist Dr Fleur Perkins. Midsomer is an English fictional county. The county town is Causton, a middle-sized town where Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby lives with his wife, and where the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is located. Much of the popularity of the series arises from the incongruity of sudden violence in a picturesque and peaceful rural setting. Individual episodes focus on institutions, rituals, and customs popularly seen as characteristic of rural English counties. Various clues in several episodes hint that Midsomer might actually cover the areas"
"the routine police scenes through the suggestion that soft-voiced compassion or encouragement of colleagues is something at which DCI Brand has to work. It would be almost impossible to create an original police series, but ""The Guilty"" impressively manages to leave some new fingerprints on a much-handled form."" The Guilty (TV series) The Guilty is a three-part television drama, broadcast on ITV from 5 to 19 September 2013. The drama stars Tamsin Greig, Darren Boyd and Katherine Kelly, and involves the police investigation into the disappearance of young boy, Callum Reid. In 2008, DCI Maggie Brand (Greig) is tasked with"
"for 18 episodes as they followed South Yorkshire’s Road Crime Unit. Series 5, consisting of 10 episodes, began on 28 January 2013, and followed the Cumbria Constabulary. Series 6, 7 and 8 all consists of 10 episodes and followed the work of Lincolnshire Police's Road policing, and special operations units. Series 9. 10 and 11 are based around the work of the collaborative Durham Constabulary and Cleveland Police's Specialist Operations Units. Series 12 follows the work of the Cheshire Police Roads Policing Unit. Series 13, airing between 11 September and 28 November 2017, saw a return to Durham Constabulary and"
"Murder City (TV series) Murder City is a British crime drama series produced by Granada Television, first broadcast on 18 March 2004 on ITV, that focuses on two mismatched detectives — DI Susan Alembic (Amanda Donohoe) and DS Luke Stone (Kris Marshall) — who scour London solving complex cases. The first series consisted of six episodes. A second and final series of four episodes was subsequently commissioned, which began broadcast on 5 April 2006. Following declining viewing figures, a third series of ""Murder City"" was not commissioned. BBC America began airing the complete series on 17 August 2006, and it"
"Blue Murder (UK TV series) Blue Murder is a British crime drama television series based in Manchester, originally broadcast on ITV from 2003 until 2009, starring Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis and Ian Kelsey as DI Richard Mayne. Five series of the programme were broadcast over the course of six years. Reruns have aired on BBC One ""Blue Murder"" centres on a single mother of four, DCI Janine Lewis (Caroline Quentin), trying to balance a demanding career with raising her young family, whilst constantly battling with her ex-husband, who has since started a new family of his own. The"
"minute episodes to 60 minute episodes. Blue Murder (UK TV series) Blue Murder is a British crime drama television series based in Manchester, originally broadcast on ITV from 2003 until 2009, starring Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis and Ian Kelsey as DI Richard Mayne. Five series of the programme were broadcast over the course of six years. Reruns have aired on BBC One ""Blue Murder"" centres on a single mother of four, DCI Janine Lewis (Caroline Quentin), trying to balance a demanding career with raising her young family, whilst constantly battling with her ex-husband, who has since started a"
"ITV cancelled the series in 2009, citing high production costs (which were estimated at up to £750,000 per episode) and the large number of new series being broadcast on the network. The series is set in the fictional town of Bradfield, which is assumed to lie within West Yorkshire. It follows the Major Incident Team (MIT) of Bradfield Metropolitan Police's CID and the assistance provided to the detectives by clinical psychologist and serial offender profiler Dr. Tony Hill. All of the main episodes revolve around a serial killer whom Hill helps to track down by means of a profile, based"
"Coltrane as their characters from the respective series, sending up the perceived ultra-seriousness of both shows. ""Dead Ringers"" featured a parody with Queen Elizabeth II in the lead role, as a reaction to Helen Mirren's portrayal of her in the 2006 film ""The Queen"". A six-part prequel, ""Prime Suspect 1973"", was announced in 2015 by ITV, based on the book ""Tennison"" by Lynda La Plante, adapted by Glen Laker. It tells the story of a 22 year old Jane Tennison as a probationary WPC officer in Hackney, London, investigating her first murder case. The series began airing on 2 March"
"in Turner's good books. Murder City (TV series) Murder City is a British crime drama series produced by Granada Television, first broadcast on 18 March 2004 on ITV, that focuses on two mismatched detectives — DI Susan Alembic (Amanda Donohoe) and DS Luke Stone (Kris Marshall) — who scour London solving complex cases. The first series consisted of six episodes. A second and final series of four episodes was subsequently commissioned, which began broadcast on 5 April 2006. Following declining viewing figures, a third series of ""Murder City"" was not commissioned. BBC America began airing the complete series on 17"
"and her partner, Walti Merian (Dominik Tiefenthaler), begin an investigation. A suspect for the murders is identified, but when he evades capture and flees back to Germany, Niles arranges for Bobby to travel to Düsseldorf to assist with the German end of the investigation. Paranoid (TV series) Paranoid is a British crime drama which began broadcasting on ITV, on 22 September 2016, and streaming internationally on Netflix, in 2016. The eight-part series focuses on a group of detectives working for the fictional Woodmere police, in the UK, who are attempting to solve the murder of a physician who is stabbed"
"Company and the BBC respectively. The storyline was later used as the basis for the movie ""Blood"", starring Paul Bettany, Mark Strong and Brian Cox. The series is centred on the Fairburn family, all of whom live in an edgy Lancashire town with a growing tendency towards vigilante justice. All three of the Fairburn siblings are involved with law enforcement: brothers Chrissie (William Ash) and Ray (Nicholas Gleaves) are police officers, while their sister Beth (Zoe Henry) works as a lawyer. Beth, Chrissie and Ray's widowed father Lenny (David Warner) is a retired police officer who berates the political correctness"
"Broadchurch Broadchurch is a British serial crime drama television series broadcast on ITV for three series between 2013 and 2017. It was created by Chris Chibnall, who acted as an executive producer and wrote all 24 episodes, and produced by Kudos Film and Television, Shine America, and Imaginary Friends. The series is set in Broadchurch, a fictional English town in Dorset, and focuses on police detectives DI Alec Hardy (David Tennant) and DS Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman). The series features an ensemble cast that, in addition to Tennant and Colman, includes Jodie Whittaker, Andrew Buchan, Carolyn Pickles, Arthur Darvill, Charlotte"
"box set, which also includes the ITV-produced series """", ""A Is for Acid"" and ""The Brides in the Bath"". Following the murder of 16-year-old Jayne MacDonald in Chapeltown, ACC George Oldfield (Alun Armstrong) is brought in to head up the enquiry into the 'Yorkshire Ripper' by Chief Constable Ronald Gregory (James Laurenson). He soon comes head to head with the current head of the enquiry, Jim Hobson (John Duttine), who has thrown all of his manpower into trying to identify the killer through tyre tracks left at the scene of Irene Richardson's murder. As George re-diverts Hobson's men away from"
"and Brenda Blethyn co-starred in ""Between the Sheets"" (2003) as a frustrated married couple in sex therapy. In an adaptation of ""Carrie's War"", he played a strict man who reluctantly takes in two children evacuated to Wales during World War II. Armstrong is known for his role as Brian Lane in the BBC One series ""New Tricks"" about a group of former police detectives who help investigate unsolved and open cases for London's Metropolitan Police. The character of Brian Lane is an obsessive and socially inept recovering alcoholic who has a great capacity for remembering details of old cases and"
"a second series had been commissioned. The second series premiered on 19 February 2018 and was released on DVD on 16 April 2018. On 3 October 2018 it was announced that Marcella would be returning to ITV for a third series, and will begin airing in 2019.[https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/03/marcella-is-coming-back-for-series-three-and-will-dig-deeper-into-her-mental-health-8003515/ <nowiki>[13]</nowiki>] Marcella Backland (Anna Friel), a former London Metropolitan Police Service detective, decides to return to work after her husband of 15 years, Jason (Nicholas Pinnock), abruptly announces he is leaving her. Marcella resumes her investigation into the three unsolved Grove Park murders from 2005, when it appears the serial killer responsible has"
"Birmingham (including pub interiors in the Queens Arms) and series two, three and four in Northern Ireland by BBC Northern Ireland. The name of the city is not mentioned. Maps of Birmingham appear on walls and telephone numbers use an 0121 area code, so would indicate Birmingham. The police force referred to in multiple series is the fictional Central Constabulary with the equally fictional East Midlands Constabulary also mentioned. A photo gallery of exterior scenes from series two shows the 4th Street Station on Ormeau Avenue in Belfast. Following the complaint of one viewer, the media regulator Ofcom found the"
"titled ""Malaterra"" and was directed by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. Broadchurch Broadchurch is a British serial crime drama television series broadcast on ITV for three series between 2013 and 2017. It was created by Chris Chibnall, who acted as an executive producer and wrote all 24 episodes, and produced by Kudos Film and Television, Shine America, and Imaginary Friends. The series is set in Broadchurch, a fictional English town in Dorset, and focuses on police detectives DI Alec Hardy (David Tennant) and DS Ellie Miller (Olivia Colman). The series features an ensemble cast that, in addition to Tennant and Colman, includes"
"Murder in Suburbia Murder in Suburbia is a British television drama series first broadcast on ITV on 13 March 2004. The series focuses on the work of DS Emma Scribbins (Lisa Faulkner) and DI Kate Ashurst (Caroline Catz), police detectives assigned to the murder squad of the fictional suburban English town of Middleford. In this capacity, they are supervised by DCI Jeremy Sullivan (Jeremy Sheffield). Filming for the series took place in Northwood and other locations in Northwest London. A second series was broadcast in 2005, but did not achieve the ratings of the first series, and the programme was"
"detective series, ""Murder in Suburbia"" (ITV 2004-6), which, though set in the fictional town of Middleford, was also filmed in Northwood and other parts of North West London. The form ""Metroland"" is now in common use, but the ""brand"" was hyphenated as ""Metro-land"" or ""METRO-LAND"". Evelyn Waugh, John Betjeman (in ""Summoned by Bells"") and Julian Barnes all dispensed with the hyphen, though Betjeman's documentary of 1973 correctly used ""Metro-land"", as that was the form always employed by the Metropolitan Railway in its brochures and on the trains themselves. Metro-land Metro-land (or Metroland) is a name given to the suburban areas"
"Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on Caroline Graham's ""Chief Inspector Barnaby"" book series, as originally adapted for television by Anthony Horowitz. A major success in viewership since its first episode, the series has been marketed worldwide in more than 200 countries. Set within small English country villages, the show has an unusual identity as a crime drama peppered with both lighthearted whimsy and dark humour. The first 13 seasons starred John Nettles as Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Tom Barnaby. The character's younger cousin, DCI"
"Brenda Blethyn Brenda Anne Blethyn (""née"" Bottle; 20 February 1946) is an English actress. She is known for her portrayals of working class women with eccentric qualities. She is the recipient of several accolades, including one Golden Globe, one BAFTA, and two Academy Award nominations. Blethyn pursued an administrative career before enrolling in the Guildford School of Acting in her early 30s. She subsequently joined the Royal National Theatre and gained attention for her performances in ""Troilus and Cressida"" (1976), ""Mysteries"" (1979), ""Steaming"" (1981), and ""Benefactors"" (1984), receiving an Olivier nomination for the latter. In 1980, Blethyn made her television"
"series re-examined a 30 year old previously 'closed' murder case, the murder of Carole Packman, whose body has never been found. The series was broadcast over four consecutive weeks on ITV, from 14 July 2016. Dorset Police subsequently confirmed that the case remained open and that they would be examining new evidence presented by Williams-Thomas. A second series of ""The Investigator"" is planned for 2017. Series 2 of Williams-Thomas's crime series returned to ITV in April 2018 in a three-part series. He was born in Billericay and was educated at Amesbury School and then Pierrepoint and then in 1989 joined"
"Prime Suspect 1973 Prime Suspect 1973 (also known as Prime Suspect: Tennison) is a British television detective drama series, and a prequel to the long-running ""Prime Suspect"" series, starring Stefanie Martini as the young Jane Tennison. The series debuted on ITV in the UK on 2 March 2017, comprising six episodes. In June 2017, it was confirmed there would be no second series. Set in Hackney, the series depicts a 22-year-old Jane Tennison (Stefanie Martini) as she begins her career as a WPC with the Metropolitan Police Service in 1973. At a time when women were beginning to be gradually"
"Paranoid (TV series) Paranoid is a British crime drama which began broadcasting on ITV, on 22 September 2016, and streaming internationally on Netflix, in 2016. The eight-part series focuses on a group of detectives working for the fictional Woodmere police, in the UK, who are attempting to solve the murder of a physician who is stabbed in a children's playground. During the course of their investigation, the detectives discover the murder has links to a pharmaceutical company based in Germany, and they enlist the help of their German colleagues in Düsseldorf to find the killer. Indira Varma, Robert Glenister, and"
"(alongside regulars John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard and Daniel Casey) Michele Dotrice, Peter Jones, Rosalind Ayres, Roger Allam, Tessa Peake-Jones and David Daker. Faithful unto Death Faithful unto Death is a work of detective fiction by Caroline Graham, the fifth in her popular Chief Inspector Barnaby series, which has been adapted into the equally successful ITV drama ""Midsomer Murders"". When local housewife Simone Hollingsworth doesn't show up for bell-ringing practice, nobody even raises an eyebrow, let alone suspect anything sinister. However, after her suspicious neighbours, the elderly Brockleys, notice her husband digging holes in his garden late one night,"
"Television, ITV Studios America, and Film 44. On November 14, 2011, NBC announced it would replace ""Prime Suspect"" in the Thursday night line-up with ""The Firm"", beginning January 12, 2012. The final two produced episodes were broadcast by NBC on Sunday, January 22, 2012. Produced by Peter Berg and Alexandra Cunningham, the crime drama ""Prime Suspect"" takes place within a New York City Police Department homicide squad. The series stars Maria Bello as NYPD homicide detective Jane Timoney, an outsider who has just transferred to a new squad where her new colleagues already dislike her. Jane is confident and focused,"
"Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Timothy Spall. In 2009, Berrington and actress Shirley Henderson were the stars of the popular ITV drama ""May Contain Nuts"" she played Ffion, a snobbish suburban mother. Berrington also played Nicola, a nurse in the BBC Two comedy, ""Psychoville"". She also appeared as Food Technology teacher Ruby Fry in the BBC TV series ""Waterloo Road"" from 2009 to 2011, departing after two series on the show. She played ""Auntie"" in ""The Doctor's Wife"", an episode in series 6 of ""Doctor Who"". In 1997, she appeared in a TV Licence advert. In 2012 she was in"
"Stella Gibson Detective Superintendent (DSU) Stella Gibson is the main character in the British (BBC Two)-Irish (RTÉ One) crime drama television series ""The Fall"", which is filmed and set in Northern Ireland. She is portrayed by Gillian Anderson. Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson is an English Metropolitan Police officer assigned to the Police Service of Northern Ireland on a 28-day review in the city of Belfast who later accepts a semi-permanent secondment to supervise Operation Musicman. Gibson is a senior investigating officer tasked with the reviewing of investigations, she's an incredibly capable officer, and is extremely comfortable with her own sexuality."
"Prime Suspect Prime Suspect is a British police procedural television drama series devised by Lynda La Plante. It stars Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison, one of the first female Detective Chief Inspectors in Greater London's Metropolitan Police Service, who rises to the rank of Detective Superintendent while confronting the institutionalised sexism that exists within the police force. ""Prime Suspect"" focuses on a no-nonsense female Detective Chief Inspector (DCI), Jane Tennison (played by Helen Mirren), who is an officer in the Metropolitan Police, initially at the fictional Southampton Row police station. The series follows her constant battles to prove herself in"
"The Level (TV series) The Level is a British crime drama, which began broadcasting on ITV on 30 September 2016. The six-part series focuses on DS Nancy Devlin (Karla Crome), a detective with the National Crime Division, who is assigned to Brighton CID to investigate the murder of Frank Le Saux (Philip Glenister), a corrupt businessman with whom she has been associated in the past. Having been present at the scene of the murder, Nancy struggles to keep her involvement in the case a secret, whilst working under the watchful eye of boss DCI Michelle Newman (Lindsey Coulson). The series"
"City Lights (ITV series) City Lights is a British comedy-drama broadcast on ITV starring Robson Green and Mark Benton. The show is a sequel to the 2006 series ""Northern Lights"" (a spin-off of the Christmas special ""Christmas Lights""). As in the previous series of this show, Green and Benton play Colin Armstrong and Howie Scott, two best friends since childhood who are married to two sisters, Jackie (played by Nicola Stephenson) and Pauline (played by Siân Reeves). The series commences with the two friends being the only witnesses to a gangland shooting, and after the police fail to catch the"
"Blood Strangers Blood Strangers is a two-part British television crime drama, written by Gwyneth Hughes and directed by Jon Jones, that broadcast across two consecutive nights in February 2002 on ITV. The series was commissioned by ITV in January 2001, as one of two new projects to star Caroline Quentin, with the other, ""Hot Money"", broadcasting in December 2001. Nick Elliott, then controller of drama at ITV, described Quentin as being ""...very good at playing very ordinary women."" The series was described by ITV as ""an emotionally charged two-part thriller that looks at the devastating effect of teenage prostitution on"