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, which began broadcasting on ITV on 22 September 2016, and streaming internationally on

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in 2016. The eight-part series focuses on a group of UK detectives working for the fictional Woodmere police force attempting to solve the murder of a local doctor who is stabbed at a children's playground. During the course of their investigation, the detectives discover the murder has links to a German pharmaceutical company and they enlist the help of their German colleagues in

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to find the killer.

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, Robert Glenister, and Dino Fetscher star as main protagonists DS Nina Suresh, DC Bobby Day, and DC Alec Wayfield, respectively.

Plot

Angela Benton, a well-liked local GP in the fictional town of Woodmere, is stabbed to death in a local children's playground. A team of detectives from Woodmere Police are assigned to investigate the case, including DS Nina Suresh, DC Bobby Day, DC Alec Wayfield, and their supervising officer, DI Michael Niles. They initially suspect the murderer is a local mental patient, Jacob Appley, who is under the care of psychiatrist Dr. Chris Crowley. When Appley is later found dead, his brother, Henry, is convinced that Jacob was not responsible for the murder, and has been framed by a party or parties unknown. Meanwhile, an unidentified man dubbed the "Ghost Detective", is sending the team information and clues to evidence that could identify Angela's killer. As the investigation continues, the team discovers Angela's death could be linked to her ex-boyfriend, Ruben Locana. The team enlists the help of

detective Linda Felber to look into Lukana. When he is found dead face down in his swimming pool, Felber and her partner, Walti Merian, begin an investigation. A suspect in 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 investigation.

Cast

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Nina Suresh, Woodmere Police * Robert Glenister as

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Bobby Day, Woodmere Police * Dino Fetscher as Detective Constable Alec Wayfield, Woodmere Police * Neil Stuke as

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Michael Niles, Woodmere Police *

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as Detective Linda Felber, Düsseldorf Polizei detective * Lesley Sharp as Lucy Cannonbury, chief witness to Angela Benton's murder *

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as Chris Crowley, psychiatrist * Kevin Doyle as the Ghost Detective * Dominik Tiefenthaler as Detective Walti Merian, Düsseldorf Polizei detective *

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as Monica Wayfield, Alec Wayfield's mother *

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as Police Constable Megan Waters, Woodmere Police *

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as Nick Waingrow, Director of External Affairs, Rustin Wade Pharmaceuticals

Recurring characters

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as Dennis, Nina Suresh's long-term boyfriend *

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as Eric Benton, Angela Benton's father * William Flanagan as Luke Benton, Angela Benton's son *

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as Parcival, Bobby Day's GP * William Ash as Henry Appley, Jacob Appley's brother * Ayda Field as Sheri, Ruben Locana's American girlfriend * Nikol Kollars as Marquito Olivo, mother of Ruben Locana's son * Jonathan Ojinnaka, "the bald man" * Emma Bispham as Angela Benton, murder victim * Daniel Drewes as Cedric Felber, Linda Felber's husband * Isabella Pappas as Sadie Waingrow, Nick Waingrow's daughter

Episodes

Series 1 (2016)

References

External links

* * {{Netflix original ended series (2012–2018) 2016 British television series debuts 2016 British television series endings 2010s British crime drama television series British English-language television shows Netflix television dramas ITV television dramas British detective television series 2010s British mystery television series Television shows about murder Fiction about obsessive–compulsive disorder Television series by Red Production Company Television series by StudioCanal Television shows set in Cheshire Television shows set in Germany