''Bancroft'' is a
British television
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thriller series that began airing on
ITV on 11 December 2017 and concluded on 14 December 2017. The series was produced by Tall Story Pictures for ITV, and distributed worldwide by
ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
It was created and written by
Kate Brooke. A second series was broadcast from 1 January 2020 to 3 January 2020. On 3 November 2020 ITV cancelled ''Bancroft'' after two series.
Synopsis
Detective Superintendent Elizabeth Bancroft (Parish) discovers her colleague DS Katherine Stevens (Marsay) has been given a cold case to solve who really killed Laura Fraser (Sacofsky) in 1990. The investigation ties into Bancroft's own dark past.
Cast
Main cast
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Sarah Parish as Detective Superintendent / Detective Chief Superintendent Elizabeth Bancroft
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Adam Long as Joe Bancroft
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Adrian Edmondson
Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957) is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter. Part of the alternative comedy boom in the early 1980s, he and his comedy partner Rik Mayall starred in the television sitc ...
as Superintendent Clifford Walker
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Lee Boardman as Detective Inspector George Morris
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Charles Babalola as Detective Sergeant Andy Bevan
* Ryan McKen as Danesh Kamara
* Shameem Ahmad as Naila Kamara
Series 1 (2017)
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Faye Marsay as Detective Sergeant Katherine Stevens
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Amara Karan as Dr. Anya Karim
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Art Malik as Chief Superintendent Alan Taheeri
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Linus Roache
Linus William Roache (born 1 February 1964) is a British actor. He played Executive ADA List of Law & Order characters#Michael Cutter, Michael Cutter in the NBC dramas ''Law & Order'' (2008–2010) and ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2011 ...
as Tim Fraser
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Lily Sacofsky
Lily Sacofsky (born 1994) is an English actress. She is known for her roles in the BBC Two miniseries '' Summer of Rockets'' (2019), the ITV period drama '' Sanditon'' (2019–), and the crime drama '' McDonald & Dodds'' (2020–2021), also on ...
as Laura Fraser
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Anjli Mohindra
Anjli Mohindra () is an English stage, screen and voice-over actress and writer. She is best known for her television roles as Rani Chandra in the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off '' The Sarah Jane Adventures'' (2008–2011) and would-be suicide bomber ...
as Zaheera Kamara
Series 2 (2020)
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David Avery as Detective Superintendent Jake Harper
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Jacqueline Boatswain as Chief Constable Frances Holland
* James Quinn as Detective Sergeant Richard Potter
* Yemisi Oyinloye as Detective Constable Sally Reed
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Charlotte Hope
Charlotte Hope (born 15 October 1991) is an English actress. She first achieved recognition for her recurring role as Myranda in the third to fifth seasons of the HBO fantasy series '' Game of Thrones'' (2013–2016). Hope gained further pro ...
as Annabel Connors
Episodes
Series overview
Series 1 (2017)
Series 2 (2020)
References
External links
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2017 British television series debuts
2020 British television series endings
2010s British crime drama television series
2010s British mystery television series
2010s British workplace drama television series
2020s British crime drama television series
2020s British mystery television series
2020s British workplace drama television series
British detective television series
British thriller television series
British English-language television shows
ITV crime dramas
Television series by ITV Studios
Television shows set in Greater Manchester