| Above Suspicion | |
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Jason Durr as Alan Daniels and Kelly Reilly as Anna Travis. |
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| Genre | Crime Drama |
| Written by | Lynda La Plante |
| Directed by | Christopher Menaul (Series 1) Gillies MacKinnon (Series 2 & 3) |
| Starring | Kelly Reilly Ciarán Hinds Shaun Dingwall |
| Composer(s) | Series 4: Simon Lacey |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Series 1: Liz Thorburn Series 2 & 3: Liz Thornburn Lynda La Plante |
| Producer(s) | Series 1: Lynda La Plante Jolyon Symonds Series 2: Chris Clough Series 3: Hugh Warren |
| Running time | Series 1: 150 Minutes. Series 2: 180 Minutes. Series 3: 180 Minutes. |
| Production company(s) | La Plante Productions |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV (ITV1/STV/UTV) (also ITV1 HD/STV HD/UTV HD) |
| Original airing | Series 1: 4 January 2009 Series 2: 4 January 2010 Series 3: 3 January 2011 |
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Above Suspicion is a TV series based on Lynda La Plante's novels Above Suspicion, The Red Dahlia, Deadly Intent and Silent Scream. It stars Kelly Reilly and Ciarán Hinds. It features the career of La Plante's latest heroine DC Anna Travis.
The first series, Above Suspicion, was shown on the fourth and fifth of January 2009; the second series, Above Suspicion: The Red Dahlia, was shown on the fourth, fifth and sixth of January 2010. The third series, Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent, was shown on the third, fourth and fifth of January 2011.
A fourth series has been commissioned by ITV.[1]
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This two-part series follows rookie DC Anna Travis. Anna is assigned to her first homicide case; a string of grisly murders that have gone unsolved for the past eight years. The discovery of a new victim, who doesn't fit the usual profile of prostitute or drug user, causes concern that the killer may be indiscriminately targeting his victims. Eager to prove herself, Travis uncovers a vital piece of evidence linking one man to all the killings. But things get complicated when she finds herself attracted to the prime suspect...
The first part attracted high audience figures of 6.8 million viewers.[2] The Daily Telegraph called the show "Lynda La Plante's younger, sassier successor to Prime Suspect."[3] Audience viewership figures increased to 7.3 million in the second and concluding installment.[4]
A young girls body is dumped, horrifically mutilated and drained of blood. Her death is an ominous mirror image of an unsolved 1940s case in Los Angeles known as "The Black Dahlia". Detective Constable Anna Travis must race against time to catch this copycat killer, dubbed "The Red Dahlia" from the flower his victim wore in her hair. But there are no suspects and a media frenzy is spiralling out of control.
This series was based on a copycat murderer re-enacting the Black Dahlia murder. Lynda La Plante adapted this from her own novel The Red Dahlia.
The first episode was watched by 6.7 million viewers (26% of all viewers), taking the 9pm slot from its main rival, the return of the BBC series Hustle.[5] The program was reviewed favourably by The Daily Telegraph, with a request for "More please."[6]
A man kills the surgeon who has just changed his face. The team investigates a shooting at a drug dealer's den on a seedy estate, which soon links in to one of the "FBI Most Wanted", a drug dealer who disappeared over ten years ago.... Kelly Reilly, Ciarán Hinds, Celyn Jones, Amanda Lawrence and Shaun Dingwall all reprise their respective roles, with Ray Fearon, Robbie Gee and Andrew Woodall also starring.
The first episode opened with 5.495 million viewers on ITV1, a 19.5% share, with another 326,000 on ITV1 HD. It was narrowly beaten by BBC One's new series of Silent Witness which, with 5.877 million viewers, had a 20.9% share of the 9-10pm audience.[7]
A fourth series has been commissioned by ITV, to be based on the novel Silent Scream by Lynda La Plante.[8]
Kelly Reilly and Ciaran Hinds will reprise their respective roles for this three-part drama.[9]