After the Flood (TV series)

After the Flood is a 2024 British crime mystery thriller series created by Mick Ford and directed by Azhur Saleem. It stars Sophie Rundle as a police officer investigating the death of an unidentified man after a flash flood strikes a small English town. The series began airing on 10 January 2024.

Plot
When an unidentified man is found dead in an underground car park after a devastating flood, PC Joanna Marshall is commissioned to investigate the truth of the man's death.

Cast

 * Sophie Rundle as PC Joanna Marshall
 * Anita Adam Gabay as Tasha Eden
 * Jonas Armstrong as Lee Ellison
 * Daniel Betts as DCI Roy
 * Jacqueline Boatswain as Sarah Mackie
 * George Bukhari as Keith
 * Nicholas Gleaves as DS Phil Mackie
 * Faye McKeever as Kelly
 * Matt Stokoe as Pat Holman
 * Tripti Tripuraneni as Deepa Das
 * Lorraine Ashbourne as Molly Marshall
 * Philip Glenister as Jack Radcliffe
 * Leo Flanagan as Finn
 * Arthur McBain as Daniel Eden
 * Jeanette Percival as Amy
 * Gary Hanks as PC Gibson

Production
The series is produced by Quay Street Productions for ITV and ITVX.

Development
In a press conference announcing the series' commission, executive producers Nicola Shindler and Richard Fee stated their interest in producing the series after Ford presented the outline to them.

Casting
On 16 February 2023, it was announced that Sophie Rundle was cast as lead character PC Joanna Marshall, alongside Philip Glenister, Lorraine Ashbourne and Nicholas Gleaves.

Filming
Filming began in March 2023 in Glossop and New Mills, Derbyshire.

Broadcast
The series began airing on 10 January 2024.

Reception
Lucy Mangan of The Guardian awarded the first episode four stars out of five, praising the quality of the characters and the weaving in of global warming. Nick Hilton in The Independent awarded the series three out of five stars.