When a historic cold case involving the murder of barmaid Rosie Duff in St Andrews becomes the subject of a true crime podcast, DS Karen Pirie is tasked with solving it. Her colleagues in the ITV drama are not confident they can solve the 25-year-old mystery, lamenting that they have only been put on the case because “some woke millennial’s found a microphone”.
From hard-boiled to easily digested comfort shows, the podcaster is playing an increasingly integral role in TV crime drama. In The Jetty, a peaceful northern town is unsettled by the arrival of true crime podcaster Riz (Weruche Opia) who is investigating a cold case of her own: the disappearance of schoolgirl Amy. Like in Karen Pirie, her podcast spurs the police into action and leads DC Ember Manning (Jenna Coleman) to discover murky hidden truths about the men in her community.
