''Granite Harbour'' is a British

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television drama series set in

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, Scotland. It is based on an idea by Adriel Leff & Kul Muhay. The series was first broadcast on BBC Scotland on 1 December 2022, followed by BBC One. A second series was broadcast in May 2024.

Plot

Former sergeant in the Royal Military Police, now detective Davis Lindo, and his partner DS Lara Bartlett must solve the murder of an oil tycoon in Aberdeen.

Cast

* Romario Simpson as DC Davis Lindo * Hannah Donaldson as DS Lara "Bart" Bartlett *

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as DCI Cora MacMillan * Bhav Joshi as DI Jaiyush Mallick * Michelle Jeram as DS Simone "Monty" Montrose *

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as Karolina Andersson (Series 1) * Gary Lewis as Shay Coburn (Series 1) * Hiftu Quasem as Sandy Hepburn (Series 1) * Caroline Deyga as Hannah Coutts (Series 1) * Andrew Still as Rory Dashford (Series 1) * Patrick Robinson as Grantley Lindo (Series 2) * Lesley Hart as Grace McFadden (Series 2) *

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as Captain Nielsen (Series 2) *

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as Katie Forsyth (Series 2) * Sani Mamood as Nazir Mallick (Series 2) *

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as Emil Veggem (Series 2) * Christopher Rygh as Axel Berg (Series 2) * Afsaneh Dehrouyeh as Mariam Faraki (Series 2)

Production

Co-creator of ''Granite Harbour'' Kul Muhay, a former police officer from

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said that he wanted to create a more realistic and accurate police procedural when compared with others he had watched. In August, 2023, the show was renewed for a second series which aired May 2024. The musical score for the first series was produced by a teenager. The first and second series were produced by

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Episodes

Series 1 (2022)

Series 2 (2024)

Reception

Stuart Jeffries of ''

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'' gave the first episode of the first series three out of five stars, where he criticises the writing, calling several character actions "cliched". Jeffries also describes the main characters as "dressiest crime solvers in all of Police Scotland’s history" whom he couldn't imagine "getting into a dumpster to hunt for clues".

References

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