Ridley (TV series)

Ridley is a British police procedural drama created and written by Paul Matthew Thompson, a screenwriter on the police drama Vera, and Jonathan Fisher.

Co-produced by and starring Adrian Dunbar as Alex Ridley, a former detective inspector who is brought back in as a consultant some eighteen months after an early retirement, due to a nervous breakdown from having to come to terms with the loss of his wife and daughter in a house fire. He spends some of his retirement time as a pianist and singer in a jazz club of which he is a co-owner. He assists former colleague Carol Farman (Bronagh Waugh), newly promoted to detective inspector.

The first of four feature-length mysteries aired on ITV on August 28, 2022. Filming took place on location, mainly in rural areas in the north of England in Lancashire, the Yorkshire Dales and on the Pennine moors, with some scenes set in Bolton. A second series has been commissioned.

Main

 * Adrian Dunbar as Ex-DI Alex Ridley, former detective now police consultant
 * Bronagh Waugh as DI Carol Farman, team leader and Ridley's former protege
 * Terence Maynard as DCI Paul Goodwin, Farman's boss
 * Georgie Glen as Dr. Wendy Newstone, police pathologist and chief forensics officer
 * George Bukhari as DC Darren Lakhan, a junior detective on Farman's team
 * Julie Graham as Annie Marling, owner of the jazz club and a close friend of Ridley
 * Bhavna Limbachia as Geri Farman, Carol's wife

Supporting

 * Aidan McArdle as Michael Flannery, a convicted criminal who murdered Ridley's wife and daughter
 * Jacquetta May as Kate Ridley, Ridley's wife, who died in the house fire (in flashbacks)
 * Kitty Watson as Ella Ridley, Ridley's daughter, who also died in the house fire (in flashbacks)
 * Tareq Al-Jeddal as Jack Farman, teenage son of Carol and Geri