{"id":55578,"date":"2023-06-18T01:07:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T05:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=55578"},"modified":"2023-06-17T18:08:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T22:08:03","slug":"tonight-a-new-british-detective-series-ridley-debuts-sunday-june-18-8pm-on-pbs-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/18\/tonight-a-new-british-detective-series-ridley-debuts-sunday-june-18-8pm-on-pbs-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonight! 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The first of the 120-minute feature-length mysteries aired on ITV on 28 August 2022. <a href=\"http:\/\/pbs.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check your local PBS station for details<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mvtgjSMmbVI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>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.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55579\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ridley-bar.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ridley-bar.webp 850w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ridley-bar-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ridley-bar-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ridley-bar-750x500.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p><div id=\"morty-2190061145\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h4><strong>Episodes<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Episode 1: The Peaceful Garden<\/strong> written by Jonathan Fisher and Paul Matthew Thompson. Directed by Bryn Higgins. Aired on ITV, 28 August 2022.<br \/>\nTasked 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Episode 2: Hospitality<\/strong> written by Jonathan Fisher and Paul Matthew Thompson. Directed by Noreen Kershaw. Aired on ITV, 4 September 2022.<br \/>\nIn 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Episode 3: Swansong<\/strong> written by Julia Gilbert. Directed by Paul Gay. Aired on ITV, 11 September 2022.<br \/>\nA jazz singer&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Episode 4: The Numbered Days<\/strong> 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.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1203956973\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Main Cast<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55581\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ridley-cast.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ridley-cast.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Ridley-cast-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Adrian Dunbar as Alex Ridley<br \/>\nGeorge Bukhari as DC Darren Lakhan<br \/>\nBronagh Waugh as DI Carol Farman<br \/>\nGeorgie Glen as Dr. Wendy Newstone<br \/>\nTerence Maynard as DCI Paul Goodwin<br \/>\nJulie Graham as Annie Marling<br \/>\nBhavna Limbachia as Geri Farman<br \/>\n\r\n      <table id=\"tmdb-pro\">\r\n        <tbody>\r\n          <tr>\r\n            <td class=\"tmdb-pro-poster\" width=\"20%\" rowspan=\"3\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/image.tmdb.org\/t\/p\/w300_and_h450_bestv2\/\/gdvihv6BhxYDWquoQbZctlVSBwS.jpg\"><\/td>\r\n            <td>\r\n              <h3><b>Ridley<\/b><\/h3>\r\n            <\/td>\r\n          <\/tr>\r\n          <tr><td><span><b>Network:<\/b> ITV1<\/span><span><b>Genre:<\/b> Mystery<\/span><span><b>Seasons:<\/b> 2<\/span><span><b>Episodes:<\/b> 8<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><h5><b>Overview<\/b><\/h5><p>Retired Detective Inspector Alex Ridley is lured back into service as a consultant detective when his former prot\u00e9g\u00e9e, Carol Farman, needs help cracking a complex murder case.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <\/tbody>\r\n      <\/table>  \r\n    <br \/>\n<div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-26535\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoviedb.org\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25983\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb.jpg\" alt=\"Powered by TMDB.org\" width=\"250\" height=\"52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb.jpg 353w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb-350x74.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: .4em;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; font: normal 8pt Arial;\">TV &amp; Movie information has been provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoviedb.org\/\">themoviedb.org<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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