Ellis (also titled Inspector Ellis) is a British crime drama television series for Channel 5 starring Sharon D. Clarke as Detective Chief Inspector Ellis. It premiered in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2024 on Channel 5 with a three-part series and was renewed for a second series.
The series is written by Paul Logue and Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre and produced by Company Pictures.[4] The three-part series consisting of two-hour episodes is executive produced by Catherine Mackin, Bea Tammer, Michele Buck and Lucy Raffety. Chris Martin is series producer.[5]
The series was renewed for a second series with filming scheduled for June 2025.[9]
Broadcast
The series was broadcast on Channel 5 in the UK on 31 October 2024.[10]It was launched internationally shortly after on Acorn TV under the title 'Inspector Ellis'.[11]
The season launched with 'Hanmore' as the pilot and brought in 1.3 million viewers.[12]
Created by: Sian Martin, Paul Logue Written by: Sian Martin, Jessica Ruston
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Reception
Writing in the Radio Times, Morgan Cormack said the show was "really rather good" and far from the cosy-crime genre that some viewers may have expected, and that it had some "very topical, gritty subject matter that has some eerie real-world similarities". Cormack also states that “Ellis certainly isn't the first enigmatic detective to grace our screens” but felt that scriptwriter Ejiwunmi-Le Berre successfully created a character "that doesn't fall into the stereotypical tropes".[13]
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