A contemporary update of the compelling mystery crime series based on the best-selling novels by Elizabeth George, for BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

Leo Suter (Vikings: Valhalla) and Sofia Barclay (Ted Lasso) star as the unconventional detective duo DI Tommy Lynley and DS Barbara Havers in the series, currently in production in Ireland. They are joined by Daniel Mays (Magpie Murders), Niamh Walsh (The English Game), Michael Workeye (My Lady Jane) and Joshua Sher (Vera).

Made by production company Playground (Wolf Hall, All Creatures Great and Small), in association with Salt Films,  the four-part series was commissioned by BritBox US in association with the BBC.

Tommy Lynley is a brilliant police detective but an outsider in the force – simply by virtue of his aristocratic upbringing. He is paired with Barbara Havers, a sergeant with a maverick attitude and a working-class background. With seemingly nothing in common and against all odds, the mismatched duo of Lynley and Havers become a formidable team, bonded by their desire to see justice done.

 Penned by Sherlock writer Steve Thompson and directed by Ed Bazalgette and Stewart Svaasand, the show pairs an aristocratic police detective and a maverick sergeant from a working class background. Together, the mismatched duo become a formidable team, bonded by their desire to see justice done, while the series tackles issues around personality, gender and class

Created, written and executive produced by Thompson (Vienna Blood, Sherlock), Bazalgette (Marie Antoinette S2, The Last Kingdom:) serves as lead director with Suzanne McAuley (Magpie Murders, Love/Hate) as series producer. David Stern and Colin Callender are executive producers for Playground.