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 (Hugo Speer), 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 (series 1): a homeless witness who befriends Billie Maimie McCoy as Grace Harper (series 2): witness under the protection of Detective Inspector David Bradford John Michie plays Detective Chief Superintendent Jack Mulgrew (series 3) Benjamin O'Mahony as Sergeant Ian Durrant (series 3)
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 (Region 4) on 6 May 2020. The second series premièred in the United States on 15 July 2019.
Episodes
Series 1 (2019)
Series 2 (2019)
Series 3 (2022)
Series 4 (2023)
Home media +DVD Releases SeriesRegion 2Region 411 July 20196 May 202026 April 202018 November 20201–26 April 2020N/A3TBA7 September 20221–3TBAN/A1 - 427 Nov 2023
References
External links
London Kills at Telly Season