Good Cop

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Good Cop
Series title over water
GenrePolice procedural
Created byStephen Butchard
Written byStephen Butchard
Directed bySam Miller
Susan Tully
StarringWarren Brown
Michael Angelis
Tom Hopper
Kerrie Hayes
Mark Womack
Philip Hill-Pearson
Aisling Loftus
Stephen Graham
Stephen Walters
Opening themeArmies by Tricky
ComposerPaul Englishby
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producerJessica Pope
ProducerRebecca Hodgson
CinematographyTony Slater-Ling
Running time60 minutes
Production companyBBC Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC One
BBC One HD
Release30 August (2012-08-30) –
13 October 2012 (2012-10-13)
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Good Cop is a British police procedural television series, written and created by Stephen Butchard, that first broadcast on BBC One on 30 August 2012. The plot centres on an ordinary police constable, John Paul Rocksavage (Warren Brown), whose life changes forever when his best friend and colleague, Andy Stockwell (Tom Hopper), is attacked and killed in a savage ambush.[1][2]

A single series of four episodes was broadcast weekly at 9:00pm on Thursdays from 30 August 2012. Following the shooting of two police officers in Tameside, Greater Manchester, on 18 September 2012, the BBC postponed the final episode, originally scheduled for Thursday 20 September at 9:00pm.[3] The BBC announced on 28 September that the final episode would air on Saturday 13 October 2012, at a later timeslot of 10:30pm.[4] Consequently, viewing figures for the final episode were much lower than the rest of the series.

The complete series was released on DVD on 15 October 2012, three weeks later than the expected date of 24 September 2012.[5][6] The series was also released on Region 4 DVD in Australia on 5 June 2013.[7] The BBC stated on 4 February 2013 that Good Cop would not return for a second series although no reason for the cancellation was given.[8][9]

  1. ^ "BBC One - Good Cop". BBC. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  2. ^ Midgley, Neil (30 August 2012). "Good Cop, BBC One, review". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Police drama Good Cop pulled after Manchester shootings". BBC News. BBC. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  4. ^ "BBC confirms airdate for delayed final episode". Digital Spy. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Good Cop (DVD)". Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Good Cop episode guide". Amazon UK. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Good Cop". Blockbuster LLC. 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  8. ^ Tweet from Warren Brown
  9. ^ "'Good Cop' not returning for series two". Digital Spy. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2017.