Suspects

Set in London, each episode is a self-contained story, starting with a news report, then following the team of three detectives as they investigate the circumstances the crime. The cases themselves are hard-hitting with contemporary themes, such as the search for a soldier with PTSD, a murder that has been made to look like an assisted suicide and the gang rape of a young teenager.

en
Crime
Drama
Created By

First Aired on

Feb 12, 2014

5 seaons till Aug 31, 2016

Popularity: 4.9386
21 votes
Networks
(GB)
Production

Newman Street

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: The Enemy Within (Part 6)

Seasons & episodes

Total 5 seasons, 23 episodes

Season 1

Aired

5 Episodes
  • Episode 1Alone45 min

    A two-year-old girl is abducted from her home and her dysfunctional family comes under immediate suspicion, but then a convicted child killer is also connected to the case.

  • Episode 2Calling Card45 min

    Jack and Charlie investigate an assault on the owner of the Green Pit nightclub in east London and discover the victim's sister unconscious in the cellar, with blood pouring from a head wound. The detectives' efforts to piece together what happened are hampered by the lack of CCTV footage, and the case takes a confusing turn when a 19-year-old student is found dead with a flyer for the club in his pocket.

  • Episode 3Hard Target45 min

    Jack and Charlie's hunt for a serial rapist becomes complicated when the latest woman to be attacked turns out to be Diane Ackerman - the wife of the station's chief superintendent Howard. A routine background check reveals that the police had recently been called to their address and Diane has a bruise on her throat that predates the rape.

  • Episode 4Sensitivity45 min

    Euthanasia campaigner Terence Holland is found unconscious in his penthouse flat by his doctor after an apparent drugs overdose, leading to the assumption that the terminally ill man had found someone to help him die. However, evidence at the scene prompts Martha to speculate that this could be a case of attempted murder.

  • Episode 5Eyes Closed45 min

    Jack and Charlie are called out in the early hours after a 13-year-old girl is stabbed. The hospital reports back that she was eight weeks pregnant, shows signs of possible self-harming and had been previously sexually assaulted, while a number on her mobile phone belongs to the cab driver who drove her to hospital and claimed he did not know her.

Crew & Team

Jackie Malton

Writer

Paul Marquess

Writer

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