Tonight! A New British Detective Series, “Ridley” Debuts Sunday, June 18 @ 8PM on PBS [VIDEO]

Ridley is a British police procedural drama in four standalone stories created and written by Paul Matthew Thompson, the creator of the police drama Vera, and Jonathan Fisher. It is produced by Juliet Charlesworth (4 episodes), Adrian Dunbar, associate producer (episodes 1, 2), and Mike Noble, line producer (4 episodes). The first of the 120-minute feature-length mysteries aired on ITV on 28 August 2022. Check your local PBS station for details.

The series stars Adrian Dunbar in the role of Alex Ridley. The former detective inspector is brought back in as a consultant 18 months after an early retirement due to a nervous breakdown from having to come to terms with the loss of his wife and daughter in a house fire. He spends some of his retirement time as a pianist and singer in a jazz club of which he is a co-owner. He assists former colleague Carol Farman (Bronagh Waugh), newly promoted to detective inspector.

Episodes

Episode 1: The Peaceful Garden written by Jonathan Fisher and Paul Matthew Thompson. Directed by Bryn Higgins. Aired on ITV, 28 August 2022.
Tasked with solving a complex crime, Ridley investigates the murder of a sheep farmer, and the connections with the disappearance of a young child many years previously, and a convicted sex offender.

Episode 2: Hospitality written by Jonathan Fisher and Paul Matthew Thompson. Directed by Noreen Kershaw. Aired on ITV, 4 September 2022.
In a new case for DI Carol Farman, Ridley is asked to help with an investigation when the body of a young woman is discovered buried on the moors.

Episode 3: Swansong written by Julia Gilbert. Directed by Paul Gay. Aired on ITV, 11 September 2022.
A jazz singer’s brother went missing 40 years ago, Ridley decides to help find the brother but the murder of a woman appears to be connected to the case.

Episode 4: The Numbered Days written by Jonathan Fisher, Paul Matthew Thompson. Directed by Paul Gay. Aired on ITV, September 18, 2022 A man falls to his death from a balcony. DI Carol Farman and Ridley investigate.

Main Cast

Adrian Dunbar as Alex Ridley
George Bukhari as DC Darren Lakhan
Bronagh Waugh as DI Carol Farman
Georgie Glen as Dr. Wendy Newstone
Terence Maynard as DCI Paul Goodwin
Julie Graham as Annie Marling
Bhavna Limbachia as Geri Farman

	Ridley
	Network: ITV1Genre: MysterySeasons: 2Episodes: 8
	Overview Retired Detective Inspector Alex Ridley is lured back into service as a consultant detective when his former protégée, Carol Farman, needs help cracking a complex murder case.