Traces

Traces is a British television crime drama produced by Red Production Company (a StudioCanal company). Co-created and written by Val McDermid and Amelia Bullmore, and based upon an original idea by McDermid, it originally premiered on Alibi on 9 December 2019. The series was rerun on BBC One on 4 January 2021 and Series One began repeating on Drama on 15 January 2022. A second six-episode season was released in February 2022. Synopsis Traces focuses on three female forensic professionals, Emma Hedges, Sarah Gordon and Kathy Torrance, working together at the fictitious Scottish Institute of Forensic Science and Anatomy (SIFA) in Dundee, Scotland, as they uncover the truth of a murder case and bring a killer to justice. Cast In the first series, the cast was as follows: Molly Windsor as Emma Hedges, a lab technician who has moved back to her birthplace of Dundee, for her new job, and in search of answers about her mother's murder. Laura Fraser as Professor Sarah Gordon, professor of Chemistry at the University of Tayside and Emma's new boss at SIFA. Jennifer Spence as Professor Kathy Torrence, a professor of forensic anthropology at the University of Tayside and a colleague at SIFA. Martin Compston as Daniel MacAfee, director of a construction company and romantic interest of Emma. Vincent Regan as Phil MacAfee, Daniel's father and former director of MacAfee Construction. Michael Nardone as Detective Inspector Neil McKinven, a friend of Professor Gordon who has insight on the Marie Monroe case. Phil McKee as Jimmy Levin, husband of Marie Monroe and Emma's stepfather. John Gordon Sinclair as Drew Cubbin, Emma's father and ex-partner of Marie Monroe. Morayo Akandé as Detective Constable Trina Adeboyo, colleague of DI McKinven at Police Scotland. Jamie Marie Leary as Skye Alessi, Emma's childhood best friend. Carly Anderson as Marie Monroe, Emma's mother who was murdered in 2001, and whose case remains unsolved. Laurie Brett as Izzy Alessi, best friend of Marie Monroe, and mother to Emma's childhood best friend Skye. Joana Borja as Dr.