Cooper and Fry (TV series)
Cooper and Fry is a British television series adapted from the Cooper and Fry book series written by Stephen Booth, with Robert James-Collier and Mandip Gill in the title roles. The series started to air on Channel 5 from 18 November 2025.
Premise
An English detective in the Peak District, Ben Cooper, must work on a string of mysterious deaths with a guarded newcomer, Diane Fry.Cast
- Mandip Gill as DC Diane Fry
- Robert James-Collier as DC Ben Cooper
- Lorcan Cranitch as DI Paul Hitchens
- Barry John O'Connor as DS Todd Eland
- Charlotte Bradley as Isobel Cooper
- Niam McCann as Tracy Garnett
- Clara Simpson as Dr Juliana Taylor
Guest
- Vincent Jerome as DCI David Branagh
- Mika Simmons as Sarah Runshaw
Production
The four-part series was announced in July 2025 by Channel 5 and produced by Clapperboard Studios, in association with Failsafe Films, and distributed by STUDIO TF1. The series is co-created by Ben Court and Caroline Ip who also serve as writers on the series, with Kit Lambert and Jeff Povey.The cast is led by Mandip Gill as Diane Fry and Robert James-Collier as Ben Cooper. First-look images from filming were released on 1 November 2025.
The programme is set in the fictional town of Edendale in Derbyshire's Peak District, but filmed in Ireland: Dublin; County Wicklow: Bray, Glendalough, Newtown Mount Kennedy, Glendarragh, Lough Dan, Roundwood, and Cloghleagh Forest; and County Kildare: Ballymore Eustace and Kilteel.
Episodes
Four episodes will air, on Channel 5, for two hours and five minutes between 8pm and 10:05pm on Tuesday nights, with adverts, starting 18 November 2025, each based on a novel from Stephen Booth's series of the same name:- Dying to Sin - episode 1
- Black Dog - episode 2
- Blind to the Bones - episode 3
- Dancing with the Virgins - episode 4