Looking for a new, addictive crime thriller to binge? Well, next week the BBC have you covered with Wolf, their TV adaptation of the late Mo Hayder’s beloved novel. But as star Sacha Dhawan (who you may know from his brilliant take on The Master in Doctor Who) stated to GamesRadar+ in an interview, it isn’t even strictly a simple crime drama: “I’ve not really seen anything like this on British TV before, this perfect mix of genre. It’s not even a crime thriller! Yes, it starts off as that but then it enters this heightened world of horror and sickly humour. That creates a unique blend which is why I can’t define it - it’s really unlike anything I’ve ever seen.”
Wolf sees young detective Jack Caffery (Ukweli Roach in his first lead role) embark on a journey into this twisted world, believing that the wrong person was put behind bars for a grisly murder that occurred several years ago. His drive to right the wrongs of others all comes from Jack’s own past, his obsession with the neighbour he thinks killed his 10-year-brother in the ‘90s. As Roach emphasised, it’s this childhood trauma that defines the detective:
