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A LONG-RUNNING noughties transgression play is acceptable for a reboot astatine the BBC - 16 years aft the finale episode.
The revived programme stars an each caller formed arsenic it receives a modern update.
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Lynley, similar its predecessor The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, is based connected best-selling novels by Elizabeth George.
Currently successful producition successful Ireland, the four-part bid was commissioned by BritBox US successful relation with the BBC.
Leading the formed are Leo Suter and Sofia Barclay arsenic mismatched partners DI Tommy Lynley and DS Barbara Havers.
A BBC connection read: "Tommy Lynley is simply a superb police detective but an outsider successful the unit – simply by virtuousness of his aristocratic upbringing.
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"He is paired with Barbara Havers, a sergeant with a maverick cognition and a working-class background.
"With seemingly thing successful communal and against each odds, the mismatched duo of Lynley and Havers go a formidable team, bonded by their tendency to spot justness done."
Also joining the formed is Daniel Mays arsenic DCI Brian Nies, a suspicious and astute Detective astatine the Three Counties Major Incident Team.
Nies has an aversion to Lynley, stemming from insecurities implicit people and knowing he's nary longer the smartest idiosyncratic successful the room.
Meanwhile, Niamh Walsh portrays Helen Clyde, an property cause and Lynley's erstwhile Oxford classmate.
The brace ignite a romance aft crossing paths with each different connected a case.
Acclaimed BBC transgression play returning to screens 2 years connected from cliffhanger finale
Rounding retired the ensemble is Michael Workeye arsenic tech specializer Tony Bekele; and Joshua Sher arsenic forensic scientist, Simon St. James.
Author Elizabeth George said “I'm thrilled to spot Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers travel to television again, particularly done the information of the BBC and Britbox and the accumulation expertise of Playground.
"Watching my characters brought to beingness connected television is simply a existent celebration.”
Writer and Executive Producer Steve Thompson added: “It's a privilege and a thrill to person the accidental to accommodate these fantastic books for television.
BBC transgression dramas
The BBC is reopening lawsuit files connected an all-star line-up of transgression dramas this summer.
Here's a refresher connected the popular programmes which span six decades.
- Campion: Aired from 1989 to 1990, this detective play bid was adapted from novels by Margery Allingham and stars Peter Davison.
- Dalziel And Pascoe: A gritty detective play bid astir a mismatched brace of policemen, based connected the award-winning books by Reginald Hill. Aired from 1996 to 2007.
- Death In Paradise: A misanthropic detective inspector is assigned to a Caribbean land against his will. Premiered successful 2011 and is inactive connected aerial to this day.
- Happy Valley: Created by Sally Wainwright, this bluish noir follows Sarah Lancashire arsenic Sgt Catherine Cawood – tough, defiant and facing her traumatic past.
- Hinterland: Welsh play starring Richard Harrington. Brooding DCI Tom Mathias uncovers secrets – and links to his troubled past amid mountainous terrain and close-knit villages. Aired from 2013 to 2016.
- Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Based connected the novels of Elizabeth George, this play bid is astir upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley and moving people DS Barbara Havers. Aired from 2001 to 2007.
- Jonathan Creek: Starring comedian Alan Davies, this comedy-drama bid follows a inventor of magic tricks who is often called successful to lick puzzling murders. Aired from 1997 to 2016.
- Law & Order: Originally broadcast successful 1978, this four-part play bid is astir the British judicial system. Stars see Peter Dean and Derek Martin.
- Life On Mars: Beguiling science-fiction constabulary play pursuing a Manchester policeman who travels backmost to 1973 pursuing a car accident. Stars John Simm and Philip Glenister. Aired from 2006 to 2007.
- Line Of Duty: Created by Jed Mercurio, this play follows the investigations of AC-12, a arguable constabulary anticorruption unit. Stars Martin Compston, Vicky McClure and Adrian Dunbar, aired from 2012 to 2021.
- Luther: Crime play bid starring Idris Elba arsenic DCI John Luther. Aired from 2010 to 2019, with a follow-up movie released successful 2023.
- New Tricks: Warm-hearted play pursuing an eccentric radical of old-fashioned detectives. Starring Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong and James Bolam. Aired from 2003 to 2015.
- Sherlock: Benedict Cumberbatch stars a modern time Sherlock Holmes, teaming up with Martin Freeman's warfare seasoned Dr Watson to lick intolerable crimes. Aired from 2010 to 2017.
- Shetland: Detective play starring Douglas Henshall, Ashley Jensen and Alison O'Donnell, showcasing the acheronian broadside of 1 of the astir beauteous places connected earth. Premiered successful 2013 and is inactive connected aerial to this day.
- The Cops: Set successful the fictional bluish municipality of Stanton, this acclaimed, provocative constabulary play stars Katy Cavanagh, Rob Dixon and John Henshaw. Aired from 1998 to 2001.
- Waking The Dead: With a formed including Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston and Wil Johnson, this bid follows a acold lawsuit squad who unearths sleeping secrets, but sometimes the past is champion near buried. Aired from 2000 to 2011.
- Wallander: Starring Sir Kenneth Branagh, Kurt Wallander is incapable to unsee the acheronian crimes he's tasked to analyse portion Wallander's occupation comes astatine a outgo to his household and relationships. Aired from 2008 to 2016.
"Elizabeth George's iconic characters are greatly loved and her gripping stories are astute and ingenious.”
Lynley volition beryllium distributed internationally by BBC Studios.
Nathaniel Parker played the titular DI successful The Inspector Lynley Mysteries from 2001 to 2008.
A full of 24 episodes aired connected BBC One, spanning six series.
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