Granite Harbour (TV series)

Granite Harbour
Genre	Police procedural
Based on	an idea by Adriel Leff & Kul Muhay
Written by	Sarah Deane Robert Fraser Jillian Mannion Ciara Conway
Starring	Romario Simpson Hannah Donaldson Dawn Steele Bhav Joshi Michelle Jeram
Composers	Matthew Hall Stephen Vedmore
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer	Colin McKeown
Producer	Donna Molloy
Production locations	Aberdeen, Scotland
Cinematography	Caroline Bridges
Editor	Alex Beards
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	LA Productions
Original release
Network	BBC Scotland BBC One
Release	1 December 2022 (2022-12-01) – present

Granite Harbour is a British police procedural television drama series set in Aberdeen, Scotland. ^{[1] [2]} It is based on an idea by Adriel Leff & Kul Muhay. The series was first broadcast on BBC Scotland on 1 December 2022, followed by BBC One. ^[3]

A second series was broadcast in May 2024.

Plot

Former sergeant in the Royal Military Police, now detective Davis Lindo, and his partner DS Lara Bartlett must solve the murder of an oil tycoon in Aberdeen. ^[4]

Cast

• Romario Simpson as DC Davis Lindo ^{[1] [5]}
• Hannah Donaldson as DS Lara "Bart" Bartlett ^{[1] [5]}
• Dawn Steele as DCI Cora MacMillan ^[5]
• Bhav Joshi as DI Jaiyush Mallick ^[6]
• Michelle Jeram as DS Simone "Monty" Montrose ^[5]
• Katia Winter as Karolina Andersson (Series 1) ^[6]
• Gary Lewis as Shay Coburn (Series 1)
• Hiftu Quasem as Sandy Hepburn (Series 1)
• Caroline Deyga as Hannah Coutts (Series 1)
• Andrew Still as Rory Dashford (Series 1)
• Patrick Robinson as Grantley Lindo (Series 2) ^[5]
• Lesley Hart as Grace McFadden (Series 2) ^[5]
• Søren Malling as Captain Nielsen (Series 2) ^[5]
• Kate Bracken as Katie Forsyth (Series 2) ^[5]
• Sani Mamood as Nazir Mallick (Series 2) ^[5]
• Alex Høgh Andersen as Emil Veggem (Series 2) ^[5]
• Christopher Rygh as Axel Berg (Series 2) ^[5]
• Afsaneh Dehrouyeh as Mariam Faraki (Series 2) ^[5]

Production

Co-creator of Granite Harbour Kul Muhay, a former police officer from Derby said that he wanted to create a more realistic and accurate police procedural when compared with others he had watched. ^[7] In August, 2023, the show was renewed for a second series which aired May 2024. ^{[8] [9]}

The musical score for the first series was produced by a teenager. ^[10]

The first and second series were produced by LA Productions. ^{[5] [10]}

Episodes

Series 1 (2022)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.K. viewers (millions)
1	"Episode 1"	Gary Williams	Sarah Deane & Adriel Leff Story by: Sarah Deane	1 December 2022 (2022-12-01) (BBC Scotland) 2 December 2022 (2022-12-02) (BBC One)	3.67
2	"Episode 2"	Gary Williams	Sarah Deane & Tara Hepburn Story by: Sarah Deane	7 December 2022 (2022-12-07) (BBC One) 8 December 2022 (2022-12-08) (BBC Scotland)	N/A
3	"Episode 3"	Gary Williams	Sarah Deane Story by: Sarah Deane	15 December 2022 (2022-12-15) (BBC Scotland) 16 December 2022 (2022-12-16) (BBC One)	N/A

Series 2 (2024)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.K. viewers (millions)
1	"Episode 1"	Martin Smith and Alex Browning [5]	Robert Fraser [5]	TBA	TBD
2	"Episode 2"	Martin Smith and Alex Browning [5]	Jillian Mannion [5]	TBA	TBD
3	"Episode 3"	Martin Smith and Alex Browning [5]	Ciara Conway [5]	TBA	TBD

Reception

Stuart Jeffries of The Guardian gave the first episode of the first series three out of five stars, where he criticises the writing, calling several character actions "cliched". Jeffries also describes the main characters as "dressiest crime solvers in all of Police Scotland’s history" whom he couldn't imagine "getting into a dumpster to hunt for clues". ^[6]

References

1. Cullen, Jessica (15 November 2022). "BBC's Granite Harbour: Cast, plot, trailer, release". Stylist.
2. "Granite Harbour star says drama is "quite different" to Shetland". Radio Times.
3. "BBC One - Granite Harbour". BBC.
4. "Meet the cast of Granite Harbour, BBC One's Scottish drama". Radio Times.
5. "Granite Harbour cast tease what to expect in series 2 - "Stunning, characters, danger, stylish, risky"". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
6. "Granite Harbour review – the best dressed cop double-act in TV history". the Guardian. 2 December 2022.
7. Toms, Adam (2 December 2022). "Line Of Duty 'laughably inaccurate', says ex-Derby police chief". Derbyshire Live. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 24 August 2024.
8. "Granite Harbour season 2 gets release date on BBC One". Radio Times. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
9. Cook, Sam (3 May 2024). "Everything you need to know about Granite Harbour series two". Wales Online. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
10. "Teenager composes theme tune and score for police drama". Lancashire Telegraph. 29 April 2024. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 24 August 2024.

External links

• Granite Harbour at IMDb