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Scotsman
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Red Riding Trilogy cast: who is in the movies on Netflix?
Red Riding Trilogy has become a hit since being released on Netflix this month 📺 Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... The Red Riding Trilogy arrived on Netflix this month. The trio of movies have become a surprise hit again on the streaming service. But who is in the cast - and where do you know them from? An acclaimed British TV classic has become a surprise hit on Netflix after landing on the streaming service this month. The Red Riding trilogy has found a new audience more than 15 years after it was first released on television. Set against the backdrop of the Peter Sutcliffe killings, the three movies are based on novels and feature fictional characters. Originally released by Channel 4, all three have been picked up by the streaming service and are available to watch right now. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Dubbed 'Yorkshire Noir' by some, the trilogy boasts an incredible cast of British actors - including a future Marvel star, TV icons and more. Here's all you need to know: Who is in the cast of the Red Riding trilogy? Sean Bean in the Red Riding Trilogy | Channel 4 The films cover almost a decade between them and feature a huge range of actors. Andrew Garfield and Sean Bean are among the most recognisable names as of 2025, but there are plenty of other memorable faces. Red Riding 1974 Eddie Dunford - Andrew Garfield John Dawson - Sean Bean DI Dick Alderman - Shaun Dooley Bet - Lynn Roden BJ (older) - Robert Sheehan Paul Booker - Ian Mercer Leonard Cole - Gerard Kearns Mary Cole - Cara Seymour Sgt/DSupt Bob Craven - Sean Harris Marjorie Dawson - Cathryn Bradshaw PC Tommy Douglas - Tony Mooney Susan Dunford - Rachel Jane Allen Uncle Eric - Graham Walker Sgt Bob Fraser - Steven Robertson Barry Gannon - Anthony Flanagan Paula Garland - Rebecca Hall Gaz - Danny Cunningham George Greaves - Berwick Kaler Bill Hadley - John Henshaw DSupt/DCS Maurice Jobson - David Morrissey Mr Kemplay - Stewart Ross Mrs Kemplay - Jennifer Hennessy Rev Martin Laws - Peter Mullan DCS/ACC Bill Molloy - Warren Clarke Michael Myshkin - Daniel Mays DI Jim Prentice - Chris Walker Clare Strachan - Kelly Freemantle Kathryn Tyler - Michelle Dockery Steph - Katherine Vasey Jack Whitehead - Eddie Marsan Aunt Win - Rita May Red Riding 1980 Eddie Dunford - Andrew Garfield DI Dick Alderman - Shaun Dooley CC Harold Angus - Jim Carter BJ (older) - Robert Sheehan Sgt/DSupt Bob Craven - Sean Harris PC Tommy Douglas - Tony Mooney HMIC Philip Evans - James Fox Elizabeth Hall - Julia Ford Joan Hunter - Lesley Sharp ACC Peter Hunter - Paddy Considine DSupt/DCS Maurice Jobson - David Morrissey Rev Martin Laws - Peter Mullan HMCIC Sir John Marsden - David Calder DC Helen Marshall - Maxine Peake DCS/ACC Bill Molloy - Warren Clarke DCS John Nolan - Tony Pitts DI Jim Prentice - Chris Walker CC Clement Smith - Ron Cook Clare Strachan - Kelly Freemantle Peter Sutcliffe - Joseph Mawle Michael Warren - Nicholas Woodeson Jack Whitehead - Eddie Marsan Red Riding 1983 Eddie Dunford - Andrew Garfield John Dawson - Sean Bean CC Harold Angus - Jim Carter Hazel Atkins - Tamsin Mitchell Mr Atkins - Andrew Cryer DI Dick Alderman - Shaun Dooley BJ (older) - Robert Sheehan BJ (younger) - James Ainsworth Paul Booker - Ian Mercer Leonard Cole - Gerard Kearns Mary Cole - Cara Seymour Sgt/DSupt Bob Craven - Sean Harris PC Tommy Douglas - Tony Mooney Sgt Bob Fraser - Steven Robertson Bill Hadley - John Henshaw Judith Jobson - Lisa Howard DSupt/DCS Maurice Jobson - David Morrissey Jim Kelly - Gary Whittaker Rev Martin Laws - Peter Mullan DCS/ACC Bill Molloy - Warren Clarke Michael Myshkin - Daniel Mays Mrs Myshkin - Beatrice Kelley DCS John Nolan - Tony Pitts John Piggott - Mark Addy DI Jim Prentice - Chris Walker Susan Ridyard - Emily Millicent Mott Kathryn Tyler - Michelle Dockery Tessa - Catherine Tyldesley Mandy Wymer - Saskia Reeves It is impossible to deeply dive into every member of the cast across the three films, but it is truly an incredible line-up. Even back in 2009, Sean Bean was a very recognisable name from his turn as Sharpe in the ITV series - which had concluded the previous year. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad He had also had a starring turn in the Lord of the Rings films as Boromir at the turn of the millennium. Bean would go on to appear in shows like Game of Thrones and the award winning BBC drama Time. Andrew Garfield might be best known to audiences now as Spider-Man/ Peter Parker - playing the character across three films including the 2022 blockbuster Spider-Man: No Way Home. A year after Red Riding he went on to star in The Social Network as Eduardo Saverin. Viewers now may recognise Michelle Dockery best from her role as Lady Mary Crawley in Downton Abbey. She played the character across its original run on ITV from 2010 to 2015 as well as in the recent big screen movies - and she is set to reprise it in Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale later this year. When was Red Riding trilogy released on Netflix? The trio of films originally debuted on Channel 4 back in March 2009. They were released weekly and featured an incredible cast full of actors - including some future stars as well as established names. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The three episodes had a theatrical release in 2010 in the United States. More than a decade later it has now landed on Netflix and it has already proved a hit since its arrival on the streaming service last week. Red Riding 1974 - the first in the trilogy - has shot up the charts on Netflix in the UK. It is currently the 2nd most watched film on the platform as of July 21. Have you watched Red Riding since it arrived on Netflix, or do you remember it from back on Channel 4? Let me know your thoughts on the films by email: . If you love TV, check out our Screen Babble podcast to get the latest in TV and film.
Scotsman
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Red Riding Trilogy cast: who is in the movies on Netflix?
Red Riding Trilogy has become a hit since being released on Netflix this month 📺 Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... The Red Riding Trilogy arrived on Netflix this month. The trio of movies have become a surprise hit again on the streaming service. But who is in the cast - and where do you know them from? An acclaimed British TV classic has become a surprise hit on Netflix after landing on the streaming service this month. The Red Riding trilogy has found a new audience more than 15 years after it was first released on television. Set against the backdrop of the Peter Sutcliffe killings, the three movies are based on novels and feature fictional characters. Originally released by Channel 4, all three have been picked up by the streaming service and are available to watch right now. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Dubbed 'Yorkshire Noir' by some, the trilogy boasts an incredible cast of British actors - including a future Marvel star, TV icons and more. Here's all you need to know: Who is in the cast of the Red Riding trilogy? Sean Bean in the Red Riding Trilogy | Channel 4 The films cover almost a decade between them and feature a huge range of actors. Andrew Garfield and Sean Bean are among the most recognisable names as of 2025, but there are plenty of other memorable faces. Red Riding 1974 Eddie Dunford - Andrew Garfield John Dawson - Sean Bean DI Dick Alderman - Shaun Dooley Bet - Lynn Roden BJ (older) - Robert Sheehan Paul Booker - Ian Mercer Leonard Cole - Gerard Kearns Mary Cole - Cara Seymour Sgt/DSupt Bob Craven - Sean Harris Marjorie Dawson - Cathryn Bradshaw PC Tommy Douglas - Tony Mooney Susan Dunford - Rachel Jane Allen Uncle Eric - Graham Walker Sgt Bob Fraser - Steven Robertson Barry Gannon - Anthony Flanagan Paula Garland - Rebecca Hall Gaz - Danny Cunningham George Greaves - Berwick Kaler Bill Hadley - John Henshaw DSupt/DCS Maurice Jobson - David Morrissey Mr Kemplay - Stewart Ross Mrs Kemplay - Jennifer Hennessy Rev Martin Laws - Peter Mullan DCS/ACC Bill Molloy - Warren Clarke Michael Myshkin - Daniel Mays DI Jim Prentice - Chris Walker Clare Strachan - Kelly Freemantle Kathryn Tyler - Michelle Dockery Steph - Katherine Vasey Jack Whitehead - Eddie Marsan Aunt Win - Rita May Red Riding 1980 Eddie Dunford - Andrew Garfield DI Dick Alderman - Shaun Dooley CC Harold Angus - Jim Carter BJ (older) - Robert Sheehan Sgt/DSupt Bob Craven - Sean Harris PC Tommy Douglas - Tony Mooney HMIC Philip Evans - James Fox Elizabeth Hall - Julia Ford Joan Hunter - Lesley Sharp ACC Peter Hunter - Paddy Considine DSupt/DCS Maurice Jobson - David Morrissey Rev Martin Laws - Peter Mullan HMCIC Sir John Marsden - David Calder DC Helen Marshall - Maxine Peake DCS/ACC Bill Molloy - Warren Clarke DCS John Nolan - Tony Pitts DI Jim Prentice - Chris Walker CC Clement Smith - Ron Cook Clare Strachan - Kelly Freemantle Peter Sutcliffe - Joseph Mawle Michael Warren - Nicholas Woodeson Jack Whitehead - Eddie Marsan Red Riding 1983 Eddie Dunford - Andrew Garfield John Dawson - Sean Bean CC Harold Angus - Jim Carter Hazel Atkins - Tamsin Mitchell Mr Atkins - Andrew Cryer DI Dick Alderman - Shaun Dooley BJ (older) - Robert Sheehan BJ (younger) - James Ainsworth Paul Booker - Ian Mercer Leonard Cole - Gerard Kearns Mary Cole - Cara Seymour Sgt/DSupt Bob Craven - Sean Harris PC Tommy Douglas - Tony Mooney Sgt Bob Fraser - Steven Robertson Bill Hadley - John Henshaw Judith Jobson - Lisa Howard DSupt/DCS Maurice Jobson - David Morrissey Jim Kelly - Gary Whittaker Rev Martin Laws - Peter Mullan DCS/ACC Bill Molloy - Warren Clarke Michael Myshkin - Daniel Mays Mrs Myshkin - Beatrice Kelley DCS John Nolan - Tony Pitts John Piggott - Mark Addy DI Jim Prentice - Chris Walker Susan Ridyard - Emily Millicent Mott Kathryn Tyler - Michelle Dockery Tessa - Catherine Tyldesley Mandy Wymer - Saskia Reeves It is impossible to deeply dive into every member of the cast across the three films, but it is truly an incredible line-up. Even back in 2009, Sean Bean was a very recognisable name from his turn as Sharpe in the ITV series - which had concluded the previous year. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad He had also had a starring turn in the Lord of the Rings films as Boromir at the turn of the millennium. Bean would go on to appear in shows like Game of Thrones and the award winning BBC drama Time. Andrew Garfield might be best known to audiences now as Spider-Man/ Peter Parker - playing the character across three films including the 2022 blockbuster Spider-Man: No Way Home. A year after Red Riding he went on to star in The Social Network as Eduardo Saverin. Viewers now may recognise Michelle Dockery best from her role as Lady Mary Crawley in Downton Abbey. She played the character across its original run on ITV from 2010 to 2015 as well as in the recent big screen movies - and she is set to reprise it in Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale later this year. When was Red Riding trilogy released on Netflix? The trio of films originally debuted on Channel 4 back in March 2009. They were released weekly and featured an incredible cast full of actors - including some future stars as well as established names. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The three episodes had a theatrical release in 2010 in the United States. More than a decade later it has now landed on Netflix and it has already proved a hit since its arrival on the streaming service last week. Red Riding 1974 - the first in the trilogy - has shot up the charts on Netflix in the UK. It is currently the 2nd most watched film on the platform as of July 21. Have you watched Red Riding since it arrived on Netflix, or do you remember it from back on Channel 4? Let me know your thoughts on the films by email: .
Telegraph
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
‘Better than the Godfather': The Red Riding Trilogy comes to Netflix, 15 years after its TV debut
The Red Riding Trilogy is now on Netflix. Read that as both a recommendation and a warning. On the one hand, Red Riding – a three-film adaptation of David Peace's four novels, 1974, 1977, 1980 and 1983, released on Channel 4 in 2009 – is an undoubted high watermark of modern British television. But on the other, it is a dark (and, to these eyes, wonderful) night of the soul. Red Riding is a story of crime and police corruption in Yorkshire in the 1970s and 1980s. It dibs and dabs from real life, building a sustained, diseased epic that sets the Yorkshire Ripper murders alongside a set of (fictional) child abductions and killings. When it was released in 2009 it came with an august cinematic pedigree. Tony Grisoni (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) adapted the screenplays, and three directors also better known for their work in cinema were assigned one film each: Julian Jarrold (Brideshead Revisited), James Marsh (Man on Wire) and Anand Tucker (And When Did You Last See Your Father?) The acting talent was equally illustrious. In the first film, The Year of Our Lord 1974, Andrew Garfield, who had just won a Bafta for his role in Boy A, starred as a young crime journalist on the case of a group of missing schoolgirls – one of them turned up with swan's wings literally stitched on to her back. The right people in Hollywood were paying attention: Garfield would go on to major stardom, including the plum gig of Spider-Man and being twice Oscar-nominated for Best Actor in Hacksaw Ridge and Tick, Tick Boom! In the second, The Year of Our Lord 1980, the superb Paddy Considine played a Manchester detective conducting an internal investigation into the team working the Ripper case. And in the last, The Year of Our Lord 1983, Mark Addy portrayed a local solicitor representing a young man with extreme learning difficulties (a young Daniel Mays) who was imprisoned for the child murders in the first film. Addy went on to star in Game of Thrones. Mays has appeared in everything from Line of Duty to the recent Bookish. The supporting cast, meanwhile, was as strong an ensemble as television could muster, pre-streamer: Lesley Sharp, Rebecca Hall, David Morrissey, Sean Bean, Warren Clarke, Maxine Peake, Jim Carter and Peter Mullan, for starters. Sean Harris (Mission: Impossible) inevitably turns up for some added horror. It is arguably the best British ensemble cast ever put together for television, and in the actors attracted to Grisoni's scripts and Peace's source material, Red Riding showed that TV was just as worthy of any A-Lister's attention as movies. Since 2009, of course, any qualitative distinction between a television and a film actor has all but disappeared. Grisoni's scripts took Peace's dazzling, intense poetry and used the extended duration of television to give it some structure. Many novels have been deemed unfilmable, but Red Riding, a fractured, hallucinatory narrative in print, showed that with pacing, screen time and the right script, huge projects that spent years scaring writers (and executives) off could work on television. When it was first broadcast, Red Riding was labelled 'a place so dark even Darth Vader would have trouble going there' in these pages. David Thomson in The New York Review of Books wrote, 'Red Riding is better than The Godfather, but it leaves you feeling so much worse.' The New York Times said it was a place 'where men and terror run wild, and beauty exists only in the cinematography and some of the performances. 'The blood that runs through the 'Red Riding' trilogy,' an unsure review continued, 'begins as a river that races and then rages until it floods this dank, dark, pitiless world in misery.' But Mark Addy probably summed it up best, with: 'Yeah, it's not an advert for tourism in Yorkshire.' A cheery sofa-snuggler for you and all the family, this undoubtedly isn't. But as a televisual equivalent of a Bacon triptych, as a nihilistic vision that reaches out from the small screen and envelops like a cold sweat, Red Riding was way ahead of its time. True Detective, HBO's 2014 crime drama, substituted Yorkshire for the US deep south, but followed Red Riding's sense of a Dantean descent through the circles of hell. Unsurprisingly, True Detective's creator Nic Pizzolatto turned out to be a Red Riding fan. This sense of regional gothic and the marauding weirdness of local cultural traditions (leading to the matchless line, 'This is the North, where we do what we want') then spread across television, from Hans Rosenfeldt's The Bridge (2011) to Netflix's Ozark (2017). It has become, in some ways, the dominant theme in all TV thrillers — if you want to freak them out, take them to a place that's the same, but different. However, the success of this strategy relies almost entirely on convincing atmospherics, and again this is where Red Riding was a game changer. While James Marsh's middle episode was shot on 35mm film, the first and third films were on the Red One digital camera, first introduced in 2007. It allowed similar quality to 35mm, but was also highly effective in low, natural light. It soon became the gold standard for realism, but Red Riding was one of the first to bring that gritty intensity. And it worked: in the US, the series was released in cinemas as a 305-minute feature, and it still looks sensational in HD on your ginormous flatscreen today. Yet if you're reading all of this and thinking that unremitting gloom isn't what you're looking for in 2025 (perhaps because there's gloom enough in the real world to make a Hey Duggee binge a preferable choice), there are two things to note. One is that the series has never felt more pertinent, bearing in mind what has happened to mainstream politics on both sides of the Atlantic in the intervening years. 'I think it's about the sense that [it's not possible] to be a little bit corrupt,' said David Morrissey at the time. 'It's like being a little bit pregnant. If you're corrupt, you're corrupt… It's like there's no such thing as a small war. There are consequences.' Secondly, Red Riding is not inhumane. It pushed the boundaries but it was also one of the first series to ask what was too dark and where to draw the line, particularly regarding the young, female body count. Liza Marshall, the then- Channel 4 head of drama, who commissioned the programme, said at the time: 'There is an audience for dark crime, but I think we needed to pull back a little bit from some of the extreme darkness. I just couldn't countenance watching that many hours of television… and then, in the end, it's all really bleak.' As such, Grisoni's adaptation actually turned down the darkness dial from Peace's merciless novels – the final film includes a coda that is not in the books and offers at least a glimpse of redemption. 'It was an emotional reaction to the material,' Grisoni said. 'An emotional reaction to two and a half years of being in this inferno that David Peace had constructed. David doesn't save anyone. Whereas I needed to.' A final note: there is one further mystery that comes with the Red Riding trilogy. As you'll have noticed, there were four novels, but only three films. Grisoni wrote a full screenplay for 1977, but budgetary constraints meant it was never made. So go on Netflix – this is the North, after all, where you can do what you want.
