Scott & Bailey 2011
Created by Sally Wainwright, Diane Taylor
- Crime, Drama
- 45 min episodes
- 5 seasons
- 33 episodes
- Ended
- TV-14
D.C. Rachel Bailey and D.C. Janet Scott have a robust and engaging friendship which enables them to draw upon each other’s strengths and investigate murders for the Manchester Metropolitan Police.
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Contemporary, earnest, classical in form and resolved.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Lesley SharpDC Janet Scott
- Suranne JonesDC/Sgt. Rachel Bailey
- Sally LindsayAlison Bailey
- Delroy BrownDC Lee Broadhurst
- Jing LusiDC Anna Ram
- Tony MooneyDC Pete Readyough
- David ProshoDC Ian Mitchell
- Judith BarkerDorothy Parsons
- Richard RiddellSteve Dench
- Pippa HaywoodDCI Julie Dodson
Crew
- Sally WainwrightCreator
- Diane TaylorCreator
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Seasons
- Series 16 eps · 2011
- Series 28 eps · 2012
- Series 38 eps · 2013
- Series 48 eps · 2014
- Series 53 eps · 2016
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