Bancroft (TV series)

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Bancroft
Bancroft Series 1 DVD.jpg
DVD cover for series one
GenreCrime Drama
Created byKate Brooke
Directed by
  • John Hayes
  • Lawrence Gough
Starring
ComposerEdmund Butt
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes7
Production
Executive producers
  • Kate Brooke
  • Patrick Schweitzer
  • Catherine Oldfield
Producers
  • Phil Collinson (S1)
  • Simon Meyers (S2)
Production company Tall Story Pictures
Original release
Network ITV
Release11 December 2017 (2017-12-11) –
3 January 2020 (2020-01-03)

Bancroft is a British television thriller series that premiered on ITV on 11 December 2017 and concluded on 14 December 2017. [1] The series was produced by Tall Story Pictures for ITV, and distributed worldwide by ITV Studios Global Entertainment. [2] It was created and written by Kate Brooke. [3] A second series was broadcast from 1 January 2020 to 3 January 2020. [4] On 3 November 2020 ITV cancelled Bancroft after two series. [5]

Contents

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

Series 1 (2017)

Series 2 (2020)

Episodes

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
1 411 December 2017 (2017-12-11)14 December 2017 (2017-12-14)
2 31 January 2020 (2020-01-01)3 January 2020 (2020-01-03)

Series 1 (2017)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateU.K. viewers
(millions)
1"1.1"John Hayes Kate Brooke 11 December 2017 (2017-12-11)8.35
2"1.2"John Hayes Kate Brooke 12 December 2017 (2017-12-12)7.07
3"1.3"John Hayes Kate Brooke & Ben Morris13 December 2017 (2017-12-13)7.03
4"1.4"John Hayes Kate Brooke 14 December 2017 (2017-12-14)7.27

Series 2 (2020)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateU.K. viewers
(millions)
1"2.1"Lawrence Gough Kate Brooke & Ben Morris1 January 2020 (2020-01-01)5.92
2"2.2"Lawrence Gough Kate Brooke & Ben Morris2 January 2020 (2020-01-02)4.63
3"2.3"Lawrence Gough Kate Brooke & Ben Morris3 January 2020 (2020-01-03)5.01

References

  1. ↑ "Bancroft - Watch episodes, ITV". Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Sarah Parish returns as Bancroft in a second series of the psychological thriller". Press Centre. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. ↑ Power, Ed (14 December 2017). "Bancroft, episode 4, review: a deliriously over-the-top finale". The Telegraph . ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "When is Bancroft back on TV?". Radio Times. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Bancroft axed by ITV after 2 series". MSN .
  6. ↑ "Meet the cast of Bancroft". Radio Times. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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