Crime (TV series)

Crime
GenreCrime thriller
Based onCrime
by Irvine Welsh
Screenplay by
Directed by
  • David Blair
  • James Strong
  • Trygve Allister Diesen
  • Anthony Neilson
Starring
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producers
  • Pamela Hansson
  • Dean Cavanagh
  • Douglas Scott
  • James Strong
  • Richard Tulk-Hart
  • Irvine Welsh
  • Tony Wood
Producers
  • Helen Ostler
  • David Blair
Cinematography
  • David Liddell
  • Will Pugh
  • Ashley Rowe
Editors
  • Melanie Viner-Cueno
  • Barry Moen
  • Nikki McChristie
  • Ulrike Münche
Production companies
  • Buccaneer
  • Off Grid Film and TV
  • Blazing Griffin
Original release
Network
Release18 November 2021 (2021-11-18) (BritBox)
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Crime (also known as Irvine Welsh's Crime) is a Scottish crime drama television series, an adaptation of the Irvine Welsh novel of the same name. The 6-episode first series was co-written by Welsh and Dean Cavanagh and broadcast in 2021 on BritBox, later moved in the UK to be available on ITVX. It stars Dougray Scott as the detective Ray Lennox. Scott won an International Emmy Award and a BAFTA in November 2022 for his performance. A second series began filming in Scotland in 2022 and premiered on 21 September 2023 on ITVX.[1]

  1. ^ Bundel, Ani (12 September 2023). "Irvine Welsh's 'Crime' Returns to ITV for Season 2". Telly Visions. Retrieved 13 September 2023.