Bancroft is a British television thriller series that premiered on ITV on 11 December 2017 and concluded on 14 December 2017. The series was produced by Tall Story Pictures for ITV, and distributed worldwide by ITV Studios Global Entertainment. It was created and written by Kate Brooke. A second series was broadcast from 1 January 2020 to 3 January 2020. On 3 November 2020 ITV cancelled Bancroft after two series.
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Synopsis
Detective Superintendent Elizabeth Bancroft (Parish) discovers her colleague DS Katherine Stevens (Marsay) has been given a cold case to solve who really killed Laura Fraser (Sacofsky) in 1990. The investigation ties into Bancroft's own dark past.
Cast
Main
Sarah Parish as Detective Superintendent / Detective Chief Superintendent Elizabeth Bancroft
Adam Long as Joe Bancroft
Adrian Edmondson as Superintendent Clifford Walker
Lee Boardman as Detective Inspector George Morris
Charles Babalola as Detective Sergeant Andy Bevan
Ryan McKen as Danesh Kamara
Shameem Ahmad as Naila Kamara
Series 1 (2017)
Faye Marsay as Detective Sergeant Katherine Stevens
Amara Karan as Dr. Anya Karim
Art Malik as Chief Superintendent Alan Taheeri
Linus Roache as Tim Fraser
Lily Sacofsky as Laura Fraser
Anjli Mohindra as Zaheera Kamara
Series 2 (2020)
David Avery as Detective Superintendent Jake Harper
Jacqueline Boatswain as Chief Constable Frances Holland
James Quinn as Detective Sergeant Richard Potter
Yemisi Oyinloye as Detective Constable Sally Reed
Charlotte Hope as Annabel Connors