Overview
- The six-part series launches Sunday 18 January on ITV1, with episodes airing Sundays and Mondays at 9 p.m., and streaming on ITVX and STV Player.
- Sophie Rundle returns as Jo Marshall to investigate a body found in unusual circumstances, drawing her into clashes with powerful local figures and a deeply personal fight against long-standing police corruption.
- New faces include Jill Halfpenny as DS Sam Bradley alongside Alun Armstrong, Matthew McNulty and Ian Puleston-Davies, joining returning cast Lorraine Ashbourne, Nicholas Gleaves, Philip Glenister and Matt Stokoe.
- Filming set the fictional town of Waterside in Glossop, with wider locations across Greater Manchester and beyond, including Rochdale, Wardle, Alderley Edge, Jackdaw Quarry, Wythenshawe, Cheadle and Clitheroe.
- Rundle hints that DS Bradley may not be what she first appears and teases a late-series shock, with specifics kept under wraps.