London Kills

London Kills
GenrePolice procedural
Created byPaul Marquess
Written by
  • Paul Marquess
  • Jake Riddell
  • Sally Tatchell
  • Sarah-Louise Hawkins
Directed byCraig Pickles
Starring
ComposerJustine Barker
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producers
  • Paul Marquess
  • Shane Murphy
ProducerMary Hare
Production locationLondon
CinematographyNick Manley
EditorPaul Endacott
Running time45 minutes approx.
Production companyAcorn
Original release
NetworkAcorn TV
Release26 February 2019 (2019-02-26) –
present
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London Kills is a British police procedural television series, written and created by Paul Marquess, that premièred on Acorn TV on 26 February 2019 in the United States.[1] One of Acorn TV's first original commissions, London Kills centres around an elite murder investigation squad in London headed by DI David Bradford (Hugo Speer), an experienced detective whose judgement is called into question following the unexpected disappearance of his wife.[2]

The series – newly commissioned by AMC Networks for its 4th series [3] – follows on from Marquess' former London-based police procedural series Suspects and aside from the cast features a number of striking similarities, including a documentary-style feel and an ad-lib script allowing the cast partially to improvise their lines based on a synopsis.[4]

Outside the United States the series was originally to be broadcast on Channel 5, although the broadcaster later pulled out of the deal. The BBC subsequently purchased the first five-episode series for broadcast as part of their daytime schedule and began broadcasting episodes daily at 1:45pm from 24 June 2019.[5] The first series was released on Region 2 DVD on 1 July 2019.[6] Series 1 was released in Australia (Region 4) on 6 May 2020.[7] The second series premièred in the United States on 15 July 2019.[8]

  1. ^ White, Peter (23 March 2018). "Acorn TV Commissions Original 'London Kills' From 'Suspects' Paul Marquess". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. ^ Reilly, Elaine (24 June 2019). "London Kills – Everything you need to know about the Hugo Speer cop drama". What' s on TV. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Acorn TV Schedules London Kills Season 4 Release Date for 2023". premieredate.news. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Tonight's TV: London Kills and The £1 Houses: Britain's Cheapest Streets". The National. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  5. ^ Johnson, Amy (27 June 2019). "London Kills: 'They wouldn't tell me' Laurie Brett reveals detail bosses kept from her". Daily Express. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  6. ^ "London Kills – Series 1 [DVD]". Amazon. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  7. ^ "London Kills – Series 1". JB Hi-Fi.
  8. ^ "London Kills Series 2 Acorn TV: Release Date, Cast, Plot, Trailer". Meaww. Retrieved 4 July 2019.