Sky Announces ‘Wolfe’, Forensic Crime Drama From ‘Shameless’ Creator Paul Abbott Starring Babou Ceesay
Sky has commissioned a brand new crime drama, ‘Wolfe‘, from ‘Shameless’ and ‘No Offence’ creator Paul Abbott, which sees Babou Ceesay (‘We Hunt Together’, ‘Into the Badlands’, ‘Guerrilla’) take the lead as Forensic Pathologist Professor, Wolfe Kinteh.
The drama centres around lauded Forensic Pathologist Professor Wolfe Kinteh (Ceesay) – North England’s finest crime scene expert. Wolfe runs the local university forensics department working hand-in-hand with the police to investigate crime scenes and pass on his laser-sharp insight to the next generation of crime fighters. Half genius, half liability – he’s worth the hassle as he gets results.
Wolfe Kinteh is a doting dad and a family man. Well, he would be if his wife Val (Natalia Tena – ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Game of Thrones’) would let him move back into the family home. Wolfe attacks life with a mercurial approach as he deploys his scientific brain to each new case, but what works so well on a crime scene, at home – not so much.
He’s propped up by a team whose lives are as complicated as their mentor’s. There’s child prodigy Maggy (Naomi Yang – ‘Poisonings’, ‘Brave New World’), middle-aged single mum Dot (Amanda Abbington – ‘Sherlock’), team entomologist and closet nerd Steve (Adam Long – ‘Vera’, ‘Happy Valley’).
There is also new recruit Dominique (Shaniqua Okwok – ‘Small Axe’, ‘Anthony’), who is as bright as a button but carrying the baggage of a very dark past. It’s no coincidence that she’s ended up here, in this team. Dominique is here for a reason which puts her in opposition to Wolfe and one of them is going to come out of this a lot worse off.
Each week Wolfe is propelled into a new environment to piece together the parts – in some cases literally – to solve the crime. One thing is for sure though, he won’t be doing it in a way anybody expected.
Wolfe is written by Paul Abbott, Cat Jones, Georgia Lester, Furquan Akhtar and Freddy Syborn. The series is directed by Adrian Shergold (‘Mad Dogs’) and Sean Spencer (‘Panic’). The series is executive produced by Paul Abbott, Martin Carr and Paul Coe (‘No Offence’) and will be produced by AbbottVision in association with Sky Studios. The series is produced by Emma Burge (‘Shameless’).
‘Wolfe‘ Season 1 is set to premiere Autumn 2021 on Sky One.
