London Kills

London Kills is a British police procedural television series, written and created by Paul Marquess, that premièred on Acorn TV on 26 February 2019 in the United States. One of Acorn TV's first original commissions, London Kills centres around an elite murder investigation squad in London headed by DI David Bradford, an experienced detective whose judgement is called into question following the unexpected disappearance of his wife.
The series follows on from Marquess' former London-based police procedural series Suspects. The cast features a number of striking similarities, includes a documentary-style feel and has an ad-lib script allowing the cast partially to improvise their lines based on a synopsis. In 2024, it was renewed for a fifth series.

Cast

Hugo Speer as Detective Inspector David Bradford: head of the Metropolitan Police Murder Investigation Team
Sharon Small as Detective Sergeant Vivienne Cole
Bailey Patrick as Rob Brady: senior Detective Constable and seasoned investigator
Tori Allen-Martin as Billie Fitzgerald: trainee detective constable and the youngest member of David's team
Jennie Jacques as Amber Saunders : a homeless witness who befriends Billie
Maimie McCoy as Grace Harper : witness under the protection of Detective Inspector David Bradford
John Michie plays Detective Chief Superintendent Jack Mulgrew
Benjamin O'Mahony as Sergeant Ian Durrant
Release

Outside the United States, the series was originally to be broadcast on Channel 5, although the broadcaster later pulled out of the deal. The BBC subsequently purchased the first five-episode series for broadcast as part of their daytime schedule and began broadcasting episodes daily at 1:45pm from 24 June 2019. The first series was released on Region 2 DVD on 1 July 2019. Series 1 was released in Australia on 6 May 2020. The second series premièred in the United States on 15 July 2019.

London Kills

Cast

Release

Episodes

Series 1 (2019)

Series 2 (2019)

Series 3 (2022)

Series 4 (2023)

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