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Retired Detective Inspector Alex Ridley is lured back into service as a consultant detective when his former protégée, Carol Farman, needs help cracking a complex murder case.
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Retired Detective Inspector Alex Ridley is lured back into service as a consultant detective when his former protégée, Carol Farman, needs help cracking a complex murder case.
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Adrian DunbarDI Alex Ridley
Bronagh WaughDI Carol Farman
Terence MaynardDCI Paul Goodwin
George BukhariDC Darren Lakhan
Julie GrahamAnnie Marling
Georgie GlenDr. Wendy Newstone
Bhavna LimbachiaGeri Farman
Tareq Al-JeddalJack Farman
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Episode 1
When a local farmer is found dead, Ridley is called on to assist on an unsolved missing person's case, which leads to a shocking secret.
Written by Paul Matthew ThompsonGuest stars Kitty Watson, Elizabeth Berrington, Jennifer Hennessey, Amanda Lawrence, Erin Shanagher, Graeme Hawley, Caroline Lee-Johnson, Conor Lowson
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Episode 2
When the body of a young woman is found buried in a shallow grave on a bleak Pennine moorland, Carol calls in Ridley to assist with the case, but the victim was not all she seemed as Ridley discovers that she was leading a secret double life.
Written by Paul Matthew ThompsonGuest stars Kitty Watson, Jacqueline Boatswain, Stephen Boxer, Gerald Kyd, Rhiannon Clements, Pat Dynowska, Philip Hill-Pearson, Lucy Thatcher
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Episode 3
A jazz singer's brother went missing 40 years ago, Ridley decides to help find the brother but the murder of a woman appears to be connected to the case
Written by Julia GilbertGuest stars George Costigan, Bryan Dick, Joanna Riding, Jack Deam, Hopi Grace, Gary Pillai, Lucy Robinson, Tupele Dorgu
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Episode 4
Ridley and Carol are called out to investigate the death of a man after a fall from his balcony.
Written by Paul Matthew ThompsonGuest stars Kitty Watson, Nico Mirallegro, Suzanne Packer, JP Conway, Olivia Pentelow, Kelly Shirley, Conor Deane, Marc Geoffrey
Where to watch RidleyEpisode information updated Jul 22, 2026
