Bancroft (TV series)
Bancroft is a British television thriller series that began airing on ITV on 11 December 2017.[1] The series was produced by Tall Story Pictures for ITV, and distributed worldwide by ITV Studios Global Entertainment.[2] It was created and written by Kate Brooke.[3] A second series was broadcast in January 2020.[4]
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 S1 DVD cover art | |
| Genre | Crime Drama |
| Created by | Kate Brooke |
| Directed by | John Hayes Lawrence Gough |
| Starring | |
| Composer(s) | Edmund Butt |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Kate Brooke Patrick Schweitzer Catherine Oldfield |
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| Production company(s) | Tall Story Pictures |
| Distributor | ITV Studios Global Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 11 December 2017 – present |
| External links | |
| Production website | |
Synopsis
Detective Superintendent Elizabeth Bancroft (Parish), and her colleague DS Katherine Stevens (Marsay) are given a cold case to solve who really killed Laura Fraser (Sacofsky) back in 1990. The investigation ties back into Bancroft's own dark past.
Cast
Main cast
- Sarah Parish as Detective Chief Superintendent Elizabeth Bancroft[5]
- Adam Long as Joe Bancroft
- Adrian Edmondson as Superintendent Clifford Walker
- Lee Boardman as Detective Inspector George Morris
- Charles Babalola as Detective Sergeant Andy Bevan
- Ryan McKen as Danesh Kamara
- Shameem Ahmad as Naila Kamara
Series 1 (2017)
- Faye Marsay as Detective Sergeant Katherine Stevens
- Amara Karan as Anya Karim
- Art Malik as Detective Chief Superintendent Alan Taheeri
- Linus Roache as Tim Fraser
- Lily Sacofsky as Laura Fraser
- Anjli Mohindra as Zaheera Kamara
Series 2 (2020)
- David Avery as Detective Superintendent Jake Harper
- Jacqueline Boatswain as Chief Constable Frances Holland
- James Quinn as Detective Sergeant Richard Potter
- Yemisi Oyinloye as Detective Constable Sally Reed
- Charlotte Hope as Annabel Connors
Episodes
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 4 | 11 December 2017 | 14 December 2017 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 1 January 2020 | 3 January 2020 | ||
Series 1 (2017)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.K. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "1.1" | John Hayes | Kate Brooke | 11 December 2017 | N/A |
| 2 | "1.2" | John Hayes | Kate Brooke | 12 December 2017 | N/A |
| 3 | "1.3" | John Hayes | Kate Brooke & Ben Morris | 13 December 2017 | N/A |
| 3 | "1.4" | John Hayes | Kate Brooke | 14 December 2017 | N/A |
Series 2 (2020)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.K. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "2.1" | Lawrence Gough | Kate Brooke & Ben Morris | 1 January 2020 | N/A |
| 2 | "2.2" | Lawrence Gough | Kate Brooke & Ben Morris | 2 January 2020 | N/A |
| 3 | "2.3" | Lawrence Gough | Kate Brooke | 3 January 2020 | N/A |
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References
- "Bancroft - Watch episodes, ITV". Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- "Sarah Parish returns as Bancroft in a second series of the psychological thriller". Press Centre. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- Power, Ed (14 December 2017). "Bancroft, episode 4, review: a deliriously over-the-top finale". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- "When is Bancroft back on TV?". Radio Times. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- "Meet the cast of Bancroft". Radio Times. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
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