''Trigger Point'' is a British

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television series starring

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as a police

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expert in

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. It was created and written by Daniel Brierley, and first broadcast on 23 January 2022 on ITV. In June 2022, it was announced that

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streaming platform had acquired the series for the US starting on 8 July 2022. On 27 February 2022, it was announced that a second series had been commissioned, and it began broadcasting on 28 January 2024. A third series was commissioned on 11 October 2024.

Plot

Lana Washington is an ex-

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bomb disposal operative (known as an 'Expo') and Afghan War veteran who heads a Metropolitan Police bomb squad, using her skills to counter

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threats involving explosives.

Cast

Main

as EXPO Lana Washington *

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as DI/DCI Thom Youngblood (Series 1–2) *

Adrian Lester Adrian Anthony Lester (born Anthony Harvey on 14 August 1968) is a British actor. He is the recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award, an Evening Standard Theatre Award and a Critics' Circle Theatre Award for his work on the London stage, an ...

as EXPO Joel "Nut" Nutkins (Series 1) * Nabil Elouahabi as EXPO Hassan "Hass" Rahim * Kris Hitchen as EXPO John Hudson (Series 1–2) * Eric Shango as EXPO Danny * Kerry Godliman as Dr. Sonya Reeves * Nadine Marshall as DSupt. Marianne Hamilton (Series 1) *

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as DI Samira Desai (Series 1) *

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as Commander Bregman (Series 1) *

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as Commander John Francis (Series 2 – present) * Natalie Simpson as DS Helen Morgan (Series 2 – present) * Maanuv Thiara as DI Amar Batra (Series 2 – present) * Cris Haris as Counter Terrorism Specialist & Firearms Officer (Series 1–2) *

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as Jeff Washington * Tamzin Griffin as Val Washington *

Ewan Mitchell Ewan Robert Mitchell is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in the medieval series '' The Last Kingdom'' (2017–2022), the BBC war drama '' World on Fire'' (2019–2023), and the HBO fantasy series '' House of the Dragon'' (2022� ...

as Billy Washington (Series 1)

Series 1

* Cal MacAninch as Inspector Lee Robins * Warren Brown as Karl Maguire * Tom Stokes as Pete * Gavin Sibson as PS Costa * Gwynfor Jones as PS Brown * Michael Akinsulire as PS Carney * Lucy Russell as Moira Bloxham * Salima Saxton as Ayesha Campbell-Khan * Rick Warden as Andy Phelan * Neil Stoddart as Nick Roberts * Camilla Power as Agatha Jack * Jennifer Castle as Jocasta Wellings * Mo Idriss as Ali Hussein

Series 2

* Bethan Cullinane as Hope * Tomiwa Edun as Alex * Dan Whitlam as Tim * Lewis Jamison as Josh * Thom Ashley as Nick Hood * Lee Colley as Hanson * Dino Kelly as Mac * Os Leanse as Hugo * Oliver Senton as Webster King

Production

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mentored Brierly, who was new to television, and developed the series during a television

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scheme. The series was filmed in London.

Episodes

Series overview

Series 1 (2022)

Series 2 (2024)

Reception

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for ''

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'' gave the first episode three out of five, remarking, "It's great fun as long as you set your preposterousness levels to 'high'. Go in thinking ''CSI: Peckham'' or ''Line of Bomb Duty'' or ''Bomby McBombface'', rather than ''The Wire But With Actual Wires'' or ''Breaking Explosively Badly'' and you'll enjoy yourself a lot more." Ed Cumming of ''The Independent'' also gave it three out five, praising the tension but finding the dialogue and storytelling melodramatic.

Accolades

References

External links

* * {{Epguides, TriggerPoint 2022 British television series debuts 2020s British crime television series Crime thriller television series British English-language television shows ITV crime shows Television series by Hat Trick Productions Television shows set in London Cultural depictions of Metropolitan Police officers