| Blue Murder | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Cath Staincliffe |
| Starring | Caroline Quentin Ian Kelsey Paul Loughran Nicholas Murchie Saskia Wickham Rhea Bailey Belinda Everett |
| Theme music composer | Kevin Sargeant |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 90 minutes (series 1–4) 60 minutes (series 5) |
| Production company | ITV Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 18 May 2003 – 12 October 2009 |
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Blue Murder is a British crime drama television series based in Manchester, originally broadcast on ITV from 2003 until 2009, starring Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis and Ian Kelsey as DI Richard Mayne. Five series of the programme were broadcast over the course of six years. Reruns have aired on ITV3.