Scott & Bailey
British television drama series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Scott & Bailey is a British police procedural series that debuted on ITV on 29 May 2011 and concluded on 27 April 2016. The series stars Suranne Jones, Lesley Sharp, Amelia Bullmore, Nicholas Gleaves, Danny Miller and Pippa Haywood. The show, mainly written by Sally Wainwright, revolves around the personal and professional lives of detectives Janet Scott (played by Sharp) and Rachel Bailey (played by Jones). Both characters are members of the Syndicate Nine Major Incident Team (MIT) of the fictional Manchester Metropolitan Police.[1]
Scott & Bailey | |
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Genre | Crime drama police procedural |
Created by | Sally Wainwright Diane Taylor |
Developed by | Suranne Jones Sally Lindsay |
Written by | Sally Wainwright Amelia Bullmore Lee Warburton Emily Ballou |
Directed by | Various |
Starring | Suranne Jones Lesley Sharp Amelia Bullmore Nicholas Gleaves Danny Miller Pippa Haywood |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 5 |
No. of episodes | 33 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Nicola Shindler Sally Wainwright Tom Sherry Suranne Jones |
Producers | Yvonne Francas Juliet Charlesworth |
Production locations | Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom |
Editor | 3SixtyMedia |
Camera setup | 3SixtyMedia |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Production company | Red Production Company |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 29 May 2011 (2011-05-29) ā 27 April 2016 (2016-04-27) |
Despite continued good reception and strong viewership, it was decided to end the series after an abbreviated fifth series in 2016 for creative reasons.[2][3] In March 2018, Canadian TV remade the series as The Detail but the show was cancelled after one season.