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Summary
Retired Detective Inspector Alex Ridley is lured back into service as a consultant detective when his former protégée, Carol Farman, needs help cracking a complex murder case.
Good for
- Friends night
- Binge-friendly
- Thought-provoking
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+18)
Critics 45Audiences 63GoodWatch 54
Metascore57
Tomatometer33%
IMDb6.9
Audience score60%
User score5.9
Reach
Streams in 14 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
+4First aired
2022
August 28, 2022
Ended 2025
Genres
MysteryDramaCrimeLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United Kingdom
- United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchBinge-FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 60 more100 people
- Adrian DunbarDI Alex Ridley8 episodes
- Bronagh WaughDI Carol Farman8 episodes
- Terence MaynardDCI Paul Goodwin8 episodes
- George BukhariDC Darren Lakhan8 episodes
- Julie GrahamAnnie Marling8 episodes
- Georgie GlenDr. Wendy Newstone8 episodes
- Bhavna LimbachiaGeri Farman8 episodes
- Tareq Al-JeddalJack Farman8 episodes
- SHSteve HolnessHouse Band8 episodes
- SASophie AllowayHouse Band8 episodes
- RDRory DempseyHouse Band8 episodes
Aidan McArdleMichael Flannery5 episodes
Suzanne PackerDr. Samantha Larsson5 episodes- JMJacquetta MayKate Ridley4 episodes
John MichieHarry Bentham4 episodes- KWKitty WatsonElla Ridley3 episodes
Elizabeth BerringtonJean Dixon3 episodes
Zak DouglasKit McKellan2 episodes
Ruaridh MollicaRyan Stanford2 episodes- JJJoshua J. ParkerJordan King2 episodes
- SMShaun MaddocksAFO Firearms Officer (uncredited)2 episodes
- JHJennifer HennesseyMoll Halpin1 episode
Amanda LawrenceLorna Spalden1 episode
Erin ShanagherPenny Lindsay1 episode
Directing · 2
- Bryn Higgins Director
- Isher Sahota Director
Writing · 1
- Julia Gilbert Writer
Production · 7
- Paul Matthew Thompson Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- Jonathan Fisher Executive Producer, Creator
- Ingrid Goodwin Executive Producer
- Germaine Sweet Executive Producer
- Juliet Charlesworth Producer
- Adrian Dunbar Associate Producer
Ridley episodes
2 seasons · 8 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 The Peaceful Garden, 7.4
- S1 E2 Hospitality, 7.3
- S1 E3 Swansong, 7.4
- S1 E4 The Numbered Days, 7.3
- S2 E1 A Sleeping Tiger, Part 1, 7.4
- S2 E2 A Sleeping Tiger, Part 2, 7.5
- S2 E3 The Hollow Tree, Part 1, 7.6
- S2 E4 The Hollow Tree, Part 2, 7.7
- S2 E5 Fool For Love, Part 1, 7.6
- S2 E6 Fool For Love, Part 2, 7.7
- S2 E7 The Memory Jar, Part 1, 7.7
- S2 E8 The Memory Jar, Part 2, 7.6
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