Take a first look at the new thrilling crime drama starring Jimmy Nesbitt coming to Channel 4 very soon.
Suspect is an eight-part series which is an adaptation of the original Danish series Forhøret about veteran detective Danny Frater, who turns up at a hospital mortuary for what he thinks is a routine ID check on a young woman’s body, but gets a devastating shock; the corpse turns out to be his estranged daughter, Christina.
With a prestigious cast starring alongside Nesbitt, including Joely Richardson, Anne-Marie Duff, Richard E. Grant, Ben Miller, Niamh Algar and more, Suspect is expected to keep viewers on the edge of their seats.
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On working with the other cast members, Jimmy Nesbitt said: “The calibre of the actors is amazing and they came so prepared. They were also incredibly supportive and protective of me, I think instinctively, because they knew I was taking on a fairly big responsibility. It was a beautifully collaborative experience.
“I could relate to Danny, with his flaws, vulnerabilities and the devastating situation he faces, from the very first moment I picked up the script. Each episode of Suspect is an intensely theatrical double-hander, a psychological battle of wits between Danny and another character who may know something about his daughter's untimely death.”
Through a series of intense exchanges with those closest to Christina - her partner, Nicola, her best friend, Maia, her business partner, Jaisal, her godfather, Ryan, her mentor, Harry and finally Danny’s ex-wife - he learns about his daughter’s descent into delinquency.
He is forced to confront his own failings as a father whilst struggling to make sense of a mass of contradictory testimony and circumstantial evidence, and he must decide who, if anyone, is responsible for Christina’s death and what he’s going to do about it.
Although no date has been confirmed, Channel 4 has said the eight-part series is coming soon.
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