‘Strike: Troubled Blood’ Gets December Premiere Date On BBC One/iPlayer
‘Strike: Troubled Blood‘ (aka Season 5), the next instalment of the BBC’s adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s best-selling crime novels (written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith), has landed a December UK premiere date on BBC One & iPlayer.
Private detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he’s approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough, who went missing under mysterious circumstances in 1974.
Strike’s never tackled a cold case, before let alone one 40 years old, but despite the slim chance of success he’s intrigued and takes it on, adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency Robin Ellacott are currently working on. And Robin herself is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention, as well as battling her own feelings about Strike.
As Strike and Robin investigate Margot’s disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted. And they learn even cases 40 years old can prove to be deadly.
The series sees Tom Burke (The Souvenir, True Things About Me) and Holliday Grainger (The Capture, Animals) return in the lead roles as Strike and Robin. They are joined by other returning cast members including Kerr Logan (Alias Grace, Showtrial) as Matthew, Sarah Sweeney (Bastard Executioner, Cider With Rosie) as Lucy, and Ben Crompton (Game Of Thrones, Rebecca) as Shanker.
New faces this year include Linda Bassett (Call The Midwife, What If If Only), Kierston Wareing (I Love My Mum, The Take), Abigail Lawrie (Our Ladies, Tin Star), Anna Calder-Marshall (The Third Day, Harlots), Fionnula Flanagan (Lost, The Others), Cherie Lunghi (Unforgotten, Midsomer Murders), Jack Greenlees (The Trial Of Christine Keeler, The Swarm), Daniel Peacock (Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves, Only Fools And Horses), Ruth Sheen (Unforgotten, It’s A Sin), Syrus Lowe (Avenue 5, The Inheritance), Carol MacReady (This Is Going To Hurt, Gentleman Jack), Sophie Ward (A Very English Scandal 2: The Duchess Of Argyll, Moonstone), Robin Askwith (The Train To Christmas, The Madam Blanc Mysteries), Genevieve Hulme-Beaman (Burn It All, Rebecca’s Boyfriend), Christina Cole (Suits, Innocent), Ian Radford (Coronation Street, The Man With The Iron Heart), Philip Cornwell (Call The Midwife, Dodger) and Kenneth Cranham (Hatton Garden, Layer Cake).
Sue Tully, who previously directed ‘Strike: Lethal White’, is behind the camera for this adaptation. Her other credits include ‘Too Close’, ‘Line Of Duty’, ‘Tin Star’, ‘The A Word’ and ‘The Musketeers’. The script comes from Tom Edge (You, Don’t Know Me, Vigil) who also wrote ‘Strike: The Silkworm’, ‘Strike: Career Of Evil’ and ‘Strike: Lethal White’.
J.K. Rowling (Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, Strike, The Casual Vacancy), Neil Blair (Fantastic Beasts And Where to Find Them, Strike), Ruth Kenley-Letts (Too Close, Strike, You Don’t Know Me) and Tommy Bulfin (for the BBC) executive produce. Jenny van der Lande (Too Close, You Don’t Know Me) is story producer and Alex Rendell will produce. HBO has North American rights and Warner Bros. is selling the show internationally.
‘Strike: Troubled Blood‘ premieres Sunday, 11th December 2022 at 9pm on BBC One/iPlayer, with the second episode airing Monday, 12th December 2022.
