The Suspect (TV series)

Not to be confused with Suspect (TV series).

The Suspect is a British police procedural television series in five episodes based on Michael Robotham's 2004 novel The Suspect. Screenwritten by Peter Berry and produced by Natasha Romaniuk, the first episode aired on ITV on Monday 29 August 2022.^[2]

The Suspect
Genre	Police procedural
Written by	Peter Berry
Directed by	James Strong, Camilla Strøm Henriksen (ep. 4, 5)
Starring	Aidan Turner Shaun Parkes Anjli Mohindra Sian Clifford Camilla Beeput Adam James Bobby Schofield Bronagh Waugh Angela Griffin
Theme music composer	Glenn Gregory, Berenice Scott
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Producer	Natasha Romaniuk
Production location	London
Cinematography	Matt Gray (3 episodes), Nick Dance (2 episodes)
Production company	World Productions[1]
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	29 August (2022-08-29) – 26 September 2022 (2022-09-26)

The thriller stars Aidan Turner in the title role of Joe O'Loughlin, a clinical psychologist.^[3] The series was filmed during 2021 in various locations in London.^[3]

Synopsis

A woman is found in a shallow grave in a cemetery. The postmortem reveals that she has been stabbed 21 times, self inflicted. Asked by the police for his advice on the crime, Joe O'Loughlin a clinical psychologist, reveals that the woman was a former patient and following a series of apparent coincidences and circumstantial evidence he becomes suspected of the murder.^[2][4]

Cast

• Aidan Turner as Joe O'Loughlin^[1][5]
• Shaun Parkes as DI Vince Ruiz^[1]
• Anjli Mohindra as DS Riya Devi^[1]
• Sian Clifford as Fenwick^[1]
• Camilla Beeput as Julianne^[1]
• Adam James as Gerald Owens^[1]
• Bobby Schofield as Bobby Moran^[1]
• Bronagh Waugh as Cara^[1]
• Angela Griffin as Melinda^[1]
• Katy Carmichael as Bridget Aherne
• Tara Lee as Catherine McCain

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date [6]	UK viewers (millions)
1	"Episode 1"	James Strong	Peter Berry	29 August 2022 (2022-08-29)	5.09
2	"Episode 2"	James Strong	Peter Berry	5 September 2022 (2022-09-05)	4.12
3	"Episode 3"	James Strong	Peter Berry	12 September 2022 (2022-09-12)	3.86
4	"Episode 4"	Camilla Strøm Henriksen	Peter Berry	20 September 2022 (2022-09-20)	3.87
5	"Episode 5"	Camilla Strøm Henriksen	Peter Berry	26 September 2022 (2022-09-26)	3.81

Critical response

A review of the TV series in The Independent states "The dialogue is far too flimsy to effectively gloss over anything; plot holes fall out the characters’ mouths with a clang" but does admit to it being 'strangely compelling'.^[7]