Ridley series 2
The retired detective turned police consultant resumes his partnership with former protégée, DI Carol Farman, played by Bronagh Waugh (The Suspect, Unforgotten, The Fall), who is now in charge of investigations. Ridley is written and created by award-winning writer Paul Matthew Thompson, one of the lead writers of ITV's iconic detective drama, Vera, and co-created by Jonathan Fisher (Blood, Hollington Drive, Penance), Managing Director of West Road Pictures. Also this series Julia Gilbert (Midsomer Murders) and Michael Bhim (Vera) have each written an episode.
The original team will all return for the four-part second series, filmed across the North of England; Terence Maynard (Time, Coronation Street) as DCI Paul Goodwin, George Bukhari (Years and Years, The A Word) as DC Darren Lakhan, Georgie Glen (The Crown, Call the Midwife) as pathologist Dr Wendy Newstone. The regular cast also includes Bhavna Limbachia (Citizen Khan, Coronation Street) as Geri and Julie Graham (Shetland, Penance) as Annie. And John Michie joins the cast as Harry Bentham, a likeable and debonair self-made member of the jewellery trade who Ridley vies with for Annie's attention…
In the first episode, Ridley starts to investigate when a jewellery heist turns violent, and the thieves take off with their stolen loot. After an interested party is killed in broad daylight, Ridley and Carol have a race against time to discover the identity of the criminal mastermind behind the whole operation. Will the team be able to bring them to justice before more blood is spilled? Guest stars in episode one includes John Henshaw (The Long Shadow) and Christine Bottomley (Domina).
Ridley was commissioned for ITV by Head of Drama, Polly Hill, with Drama Commissioner, Huw Kennair Jones overseeing production of the drama from the channel's perspective. Jonathan Fisher and Paul Matthew Thompson will act as Executive Producers alongside Ingrid Goodwin. Juliet Charlesworth (Stay Close, Happy Valley, Scott & Bailey) is the producer. It is a West Road Pictures Production for ITV in association with All3Media International.
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