Manchester Office:
The Sharp Project, Blue 141,
Thorp Road,
Manchester, M40 5BJ
London Office:
Magnesia House,
6 Playhouse Yard,
London, EC4V 5EX
Tel: +44 (0)207 236 2740
The series centres on Professor Wolfe Kinteh, played by Babou Ceesay, who works at a university in the north of England as a lecturer. But, along with his dedicated team, he helps the police to examine crime scenes and solve a variety of crimes, beginning with a gruesome incident in which an engineer has been killed while repairing a machine in a meatpacking factory. However, for Wolfe, described as ‘half-genius, half liability’, having bipolar proves both an asset and a challenge.
Wolfe’s teaching forensics but his lab also does forensics for the police and they use him for complex cases knowing he’s going to do it his own way,” says Ceesay. “He struggles with bipolar, but because of the way his brain works, he’s able to put things together in a crime scene in a way that other people won’t. Work is his safety net. But he’s willing to cross every line, including breaking the law, to get where he needs to.”=–
Wolfe is living apart from his estranged wife Valerie, played by Game of Thrones’ Natalia Tena, and their teenage daughter Flick, played by Alex Rider’s Talitha Wing, but is desperate to reunite with them.
Meanwhile, working alongside Wolfe to help DCI Betsy Chambers, played by Little Boy Blue’s Christine Tremarco, is a dedicated group of crime scene experts including no-nonsense single mum Dot played by Sherlock star Amanda Abbington. Savvy, ambitious Maggy is played by Chimerica’s Naomi Yang, The Bay’s Adam Long is enthusiastic entomologist Steve and Small Axe’s Shaniqua Okwok is enigmatic rookie Dominique.
Babou Ceesay, Natalia Tena, Amanda Abbington, Adam Long, Shaniqua Okwok, Christine Tremarco, Talitha Wing, Naomi Yang
Paul Abbott, Furquan Akhtar, Cat Jones, Georgia Lester, Freddy Syborn
Completed
2021
6 x 60 min
Manchester Office:
The Sharp Project, Blue 141,
Thorp Road,
Manchester, M40 5BJ
London Office:
Magnesia House,
6 Playhouse Yard,
London, EC4V 5EX
Tel: +44 (0)207 236 2740