''Ridley'' is a British police procedural drama created and written by Paul Matthew Thompson, a screenwriter on the police drama ''

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'', and Jonathan Fisher. The series is co-produced by Adrian Dunbar, who also stars as the title character. The first of four feature-length mysteries aired on ITV on 28 August 2022. Filming took place on location, mainly in rural areas in the north of England in

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and on the Pennine moors, with some scenes set in

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. A second series was commissioned in 2023 and began airing in the United States starting Sunday, 15 September 2024.

Premise

Alex Ridley ( Adrian Dunbar) is a former

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who is brought back in as a consultant some eighteen months after an early retirement, due to a nervous breakdown from having to come to terms with the loss of his wife and daughter in a house fire. He spends some of his retirement time as a pianist and singer in a jazz club of which he is a co-owner. He assists former colleague Carol Farman ( Bronagh Waugh), newly promoted to detective inspector.

Cast

Main

* Adrian Dunbar as Alex Ridley, a retired detective inspector, now serving as a police consultant * Bronagh Waugh as DI Carol Farman, team leader and Ridley's former protege * Terence Maynard as DCI Paul Goodwin, Farman's boss * Georgie Glen as Dr. Wendy Newstone, police pathologist and chief forensics officer * George Bukhari as DC Darren Lakhan, a junior detective on Farman's team *

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as Annie Marling, owner of the jazz club and a close friend of Ridley *

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as Geri Farman, Carol's wife

Supporting

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as Michael Flannery, a convicted criminal who murdered Ridley's wife and daughter * Jacquetta May as Kate Ridley, Ridley's wife, who died in the house fire (in flashbacks) * Kitty Watson as Ella Ridley, Ridley's daughter, who also died in the house fire (in flashbacks) * Tareq Al-Jeddal as Jack Farman, Carol and Geri's teenaged son

Episodes

Series 1 (2022)

Series 2 (2024)

References

External links

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