Suspects

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Television series
Original title Suspects
Country of production Great Britain
original language English (BE)
Year (s) 2014–
length 48 minutes
Episodes 23 in 5 seasons
genre Detective film
Director Craig Pickles, John Hardwick, Fiona Walton
idea Darren Fairhurst, Steve Hughes, Paul Marquess
production Mary Hare, Kara Manley, Paul Marquess
music Justine Barker
First broadcast February 12, 2014 on Channel 5
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Suspects is a British television series broadcast by Channel 5 . The concept of the television series was developed by Darren Fairhurst, Steve Hughes and Paul Marquess. Five seasons have been shown in the UK so far.

Plot and background

Suspects is set in a London police station. DS Jack Weston, DC Charlie Steele and DI Martha Bellamy investigate murders, missing persons reports, robberies, etc. In the style of a documentary, a crime is solved in every episode. With the second season, the concept of the series changes a little, so a case is not solved in one episode, but extends over several episodes. The actors work without a fixed script. The plot is only roughly described. With the dialogue, their individual actions and reactions, the actors have to improvise during the shooting. This production style should make the series look more real and investigative. The drama is primarily about the investigation. The police officers' private lives are barely dealt with. An episode is shot within two and a half days, which means that there are only about 18 minutes to film a scene. In order to prepare for the shooting, the three main actors took part in an intensive workshop with a former police officer over a period of several weeks. They got to know interview techniques, police thermologies and everyday police work. Darren Fairhurst, Steve Hughes and Paul Marquess came up with the idea for the drama. Directed by Craig Pickles, John Hardwick and Fiona Walton. Damien Molony , Clare-Hope Ashitey and Fay Ripley starred in the series.

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Episode list

season 1

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in Great Britain German language first broadcast (-) Director script
1 1 - Alone 1st of February 2014 - John Hardwick Claire Fryer, Darren Fairhurst, Steve Hughes, Paul Marquess
A two-year-old girl is reported missing. The child's family quickly becomes suspected of having something to do with the child's disappearance.
2 2 - Calling card 19th February 2014 - John Hardwick Jake Riddell, Darren Fairhurst, Steve Hughes, Paul Marquess
The police investigate deaths in the drug environment.
3 3 - Hard target February 26, 2014 - Craig Pickles Jake Riddell, Darren Fairhurst, Steve Hughes, Paul Marquess
Three women were raped by a stranger, the police are looking for the perpetrator.
4th 4th - Sensitivity 5th March 2014 - Craig Pickles Jake Riddell, Darren Fairhurst, Steve Hughes, Paul Marquess
The police are investigating an overdose.
5 5 - Eyes Closed March 12, 2014 - Craig Pickles Claire Fryer, Darren Fairhurst, Steve Hughes, Paul Marquess
A girl is found dead in a London park. The police are investigating.

season 2

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in Great Britain German language first broadcast (-) Director script
6th 1 - Nobody Else (Part One) 20th August 2014 - Craig Pickles Kathrine Smith, Darren Fairhurst, Steve Hughes, Paul Marquess
The police are investigating the murder of a police officer’s neighbor.
7th 2 - Nobody Else (Part Two) August 21, 2014 - John Hardwick Kathrine Smith, Darren Fairhurst, Steve Hughes, Paul Marquess
The police are investigating several murders.
8th 3 - Vigilante (Part One) August 27, 2014 - Fiona Walton Steve Hughes, Darren Fairhurst, Steve Hughes, Paul Marquess
The police discover a pedophile ring.
9 4th - Vigilante (Part Two) August 28, 2014 - Fiona Walton Paul Marquess, Darren Fairhurst, Steve Hughes, Paul Marquess
Jack is found bloodied next to a murder scene. The dead is a pedophile. His colleagues need to find out if he took the law into his own hands and killed the pedophile.

season 3

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in Great Britain German language first broadcast (-) Director script
10 1 - The Artist January 13, 2015 - Craig Pickles Claire Fryer
A popular art teacher is attacked in college. The police are investigating.
11 2 - Victim January 14, 2015 - John Hardwick Claire Fryer, Tom Lazenby
A seriously injured woman is dragged out of the Thames at night . She suffers from severe burns. The only witnesses are a couple of homeless people who saw a man with a white truck throw the woman into the Thames.
12 3 - Safe from Harm 20th January 2015 - Craig Pickles Claire Fryer
Asif Khan, 19, has to fight for his life after a gasoline bomb is thrown into his house through the window. The investigative team encounters some unscrupulous builders.
13 4th - Connections January 21, 2015 - John Hardwick Claire Fryer
16-year-old Mandy Granger is reported missing. Only a little later the body of a naked girl is found. DC Charlie Steele thinks this is Mandy Granger.

Season 4

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in Great Britain German language first broadcast (-) Director script
14th 1 - AWOL November 25, 2015 - John Hardwick Kathrine Smith
15th 2 - Revenge 2nd December 2015 - Sylvie Boden Sarah-Louise Hawkins
16 3 - Ricochet December 9, 2015 - Craig Pickles Jake Riddell
17th 4th - Rough Justice December 16, 2015 - John Hardwick Jackie Malton

Season 5

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in Great Britain German language first broadcast (-) Director script
18th 1 - The Enemy Within (Part 1) 3rd August 2016 - Fiona Walton Steve Baillie
19th 2 - The Enemy Within (Part 2) August 10, 2016 - Craig Pickles Jake Riddell
20th 3 - The Enemy Within (Part 3) 17th August 2016 - Craig Pickles Hilary Frankland
21st 4th - The Enemy Within (Part 4) August 24, 2016 - Steve Hughes Kathrine Smith
22nd 5 - The Enemy Within (Part 5) August 31, 2016 - Steve Hughes Emma Goodwin
23 6th - The Enemy Within (Part 6) August 31, 2016 - Fiona Walton Jake Riddell

Broadcast and DVD release

The first season was broadcast once a week from February 1, 2014 to March 12, 2014 on the British television channel Channel 5 . The second season was broadcast from August 20 to August 28. The episodes of the second season were shown as double episodes on two consecutive days. The third season aired in January 2015. The first season was released on DVD in the UK on September 1, 2014.

Remakes

In October 2016 it was announced that Suspects would get a German remake. The company UFA secured the rights for the Suspects remake and announced that it would produce it for RTL. In February 2018 it was announced that the series will start on March 22, 2018 under the title " Suspicion - Team Frankfurt investigated ". Ten episodes were produced and broadcast on Thursdays at 10:15 p.m. Nina Kronjäger , Aleksandar Radenkovic and Natalja Joselewitsch take on the leading roles .

In the Netherlands, the pilot episode of another remake of the same name was broadcast on RTL 4 on March 12, 2017 . 711,000 viewers saw the episode. All other of the eight episodes were later published on the video-on-demand portal Videoland. Carly Wijs, Jeroen Spitzenberger and Liv Schouten play the leading roles in the series.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Stephenson: Being Human's Damien Molony on Suspects: 'Just brilliant craic' . In: Express.co.uk . August 17, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ Jake Wallis Simons: Suspects, Channel 5, review: 'unnervingly true to life' . In: Telegraph.co.uk . August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ Christopher Stevens: Catch of the day: Cod, haddock and a green-faced Englishman: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV . In: Dailymail.co.uk . August 21, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  4. ↑ Kathy Griffiths: Crime drama with an edge - that's why Suspects is Kathy Griffiths's TV highlight of the week . In: Southwales-eveningpost.co.uk . August 17, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  5. ↑ a b Andrew Collins: Why Suspects is revolutionizing crime drama Suspects is that rarest of TV series - a cop show that's actually about policing rather than its heroes' troubled private lives. Is this what happens when you ditch the script and get the cast to improvise? Andrew Collins investigates. . In: Theguardian.com . August 18, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  6. ^ Lorna Cooper: Suspects: Damien Molony in cop drama with a difference. . In: Msn.com . February 12, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  7. ↑ Susanna Lazarus: Five questions for the cast of Channel 5 cop drama Suspects. . In: Radiotimes.com . August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  8. ↑ Suspects Series 1 DVD released September 1, pre-order now! . In: Damienmolony.org . August 13, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  9. ↑ 'Suspects' Getting German Remake At RTL . In: tvwise.co.uk . October 17, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  10. ↑ DWDL.de GmbH: "suspicion": RTL can improvise in new crime series - DWDL.de . In: DWDL.de . ( dwdl.de [accessed on March 22, 2018]).
  11. ↑ De TV van gisteren: 'Misselijkmakend' Suspects hits 711,000 kijkers . In: televizier.nl . February 27, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  12. ^ Nieuwe Nederlandse serie Suspects op 12 maart in premiere op RTL4 (maar het is maar één aflevering) . In: scriptgirl.nl . February 27, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  13. ↑ Videoland toont première Suspects op RTL4 . In: telegraaf.nl . March 13, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.