TV series
Karen Pirie
Overview
When a 25-year-old murder in St Andrews becomes the subject of a provocative true-crime podcast, DS Karen Pirie is tasked with heading up a review. Digging up the past, Karen uncovers fresh evidence and a potential perpetrator. But when suspects start coming under attack, the cold case turns into an active investigation. Can Karen find the killer before it’s too late?
Details
- First air date
- 2022-09-25
- Status
- Returning Series
- Seasons
- 2 seasons
- Episodes
- 6 episodes
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Network
- ITV1
- Production
- World Productions
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Lauren Lyle as DI Karen Pirie
- Chris Jenks as DC Jason Murray
- Zach Wyatt as DS Phil Parhatka
- Emer Kenny as River Wilde
- Rakhee Thakrar as Bel Richmond
- Steve John Shepherd as DI Simon Lees
- Ariyon Bakare as Alex Gilbey Snr
- Michael Shaeffer as Weird Mackie Snr
- Stuart Bowman as Chief Superintendent Lawson
- Jack Hesketh as Weird Mackie Jnr
- Jhon Lumsden as Ziggy Malkiewicz Jnr
- Buom Tihngang as Alex Gilbey Jnr
Creators and crew
- Emer Kenny - Creator
- Gareth Bryn - Creator
- Val McDermid - Executive Producer
- Simon Heath - Executive Producer
- Emer Kenny - Executive Producer
- Clare Kerr - Producer
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