Ellis (TV series)

DCI Ellis and assistant DS Harper are sent to help failing police investigations at different local police stations. ==Cast==

Main • Sharon D. Clarke as DCI Ellis • Andrew Gower as DS Chet Harper Episodic Episode 1: Hanmore • Wayne Fosket as Michael Edwards • John Hollingworth as Malcolm Oliver • Sasha Desouza-Willock as PC Suravi Kareem • Joel Morris as Joseph Ward • Niamh Blackshaw as Jade Bell • Cariad Lloyd as Pippa Ellerson • Keir Charles as Chris Ellerson • Sonny Walker as Kelvin Jones Episodes 6 & 7: Elmsly • Mark Addy as Elliot Quinn • Matilda Freeman as Mackenzie Quinn • Stephen Tompkinson as DCI Chalmers • Judy Flynn as Wendy Pyke • Caroline O'Neill as Rosie Watts • Jack Bandeira as Tim Selby • Sophie Stanton as Tina Marshall ==Production==

The series is written by Paul Logue and Siân Ejiwunmi-Le Berre and produced by Company Pictures. The three-part series consisting of two-hour episodes is executive produced by Catherine Mackin, Bea Tammer, Michele Buck and Lucy Raffety. Chris Martin is series producer. Filming took place in Northern Ireland in the spring of 2024. Filming locations included Dromore in County Down, Gracehill in County Antrim near Ballymena, The series was renewed for a second series with filming scheduled for June 2025. ==Broadcast==

The series was broadcast on Channel 5 in the UK on 31 October 2024. ==Episodes==

Series 1 (2024) Series 2 (2026) ==Reception==

Writing in the Radio Times, Morgan Cormack said the show was "really rather good" and far from the cosy-crime genre that some viewers may have expected, and that it had some "very topical, gritty subject matter that has some eerie real-world similarities". Cormack also states that “Ellis certainly isn't the first enigmatic detective to grace our screens” but felt that scriptwriter Ejiwunmi-Le Berre successfully created a character "that doesn't fall into the stereotypical tropes". == References ==