Lauren Lyle plays Det Sgt Karen Pirie
(Picture: ITV/ World Productions)New ITV drama Karen Pirie is an adaptation of one of author Val McDermid’s most popular novels, The Distant Echo, and it has a few major twists and turns.
While the original book was set in the seventies and 2000s, the series is set between the 1990s and 2022, reports the Radio Times.
Elsewhere, Karen Pirie, who was only introduced into the novel at the end, takes centre stage, as she does throughout the rest of McDermid’s series.
The character is played by Outlander star Lauren Lyle, and her trusty DC Jason Murray, aka The Mint, is played by Sex Education’s Chris Jenks.
The action in the series takes place across two timelines, with one in 1996, and another in 2022, which means some of the characters are played by two different actors, in order to show the different life stages.
But who else stars in the three-part ITV series, and which characters do they play?
Here’s everything you need to know about the cast of Karen Pirie.
Who is in the cast of Karen Pirie?
Lauren Lyle - Det Sgt Karen Pirie
Chris Jenks - Dc Jason Murray
Zach Wyatt - Det Sgt Phil Parhatka
Jhon Lumsden - Sigmund ‘Ziggy’ Malkiewicz Junior
Jack Hesketh - Tom ‘Weird’ Mackie Junior
Buom Tihngang - Alex Gilbey Junior
Alec Newman - Sigmund ‘Ziggy’ Malkiewicz Senior
Michael Shaeffer - Tom ‘Weird’ Mackie Senior
Ariyon Bakare - Alex Gilbey Senior
Bobby Rainsbury - Grace Galloway
Anna Russell-Martin - Rosie Duff
Gilly Gilchrist - Det Insp Barney Maclennan
Kevin Mains - Det Sgt Jimmy Lawson Junior
Stuart Bowman - Chief Supt Lawson Senior
Gemma Mcelhinney - Pc Janice Hogg Junior
Emer Kenny - River Wilde
Rakhee Thakrar - Bel Richmond
Steve John Shepherd - Det Insp Simon Lees
Karen Pirie starts on ITV and ITV Hub at 8pm on Sunday, September 25.
