莉亚迪桑下海ContemporarydetectivedramaDCIBanksstarringStephenTompkinson(Trollied,Truckers,WildAtHeart),AndreaLowe(LoveLife,Monroe)andCarolineCatz(DocMartin)isreturningtoITV,setinthestunningcountyofYorkshire.Thesix‐partdramafeaturesnewcastmembersSamuelAnderson(Trollied,DoctorWho)whoplaysVince,thelatestmemberofBanks’team,ShaunDingwall(Legends,SilentWitness)asChiefSuperintendentColinAnderson,ShaunDooley(Broadchurch,OrdinaryLies)ashardenedcareercriminalSteveRichardsandMaimieMcCoy(Musketeers)asRichards’wife,Tamsin.TheseriesalsoseesthereturnofpopularcastmembersJackDeam(NewTricks,Casualty)asDCKenBlackstoneandKeithBarron(HolbyCity,Doctors)asBanks’father,ArthurBanks.Producedbyaward‐winningindieLeftBankPictures,seriesfiveissettobethegrittiestseasonyetwiththeYorkshiredetectivefacingBanks’toughestinvestigationtodate.Theseriesiscomprisedof6x60’originalepisodesinspiredbythebooksfromacclaimednovelistPeterRobinson.Thedramafeaturesself‐containedstoriestoldovertwoepisodes,butalso,inanexplosiveserialcrimestorythatweavesthroughoutthewholeseries,DCIBankswillbeforcedtoquestionallthatheholdsdear,ashepitshisdetectiveskillsagainstacriminalwhowillstopatnothingtoescapethelaw.WhenBanksconfrontsapowerfuladversarywhohasbeendubbedbyhissuperiorsastoobigtobringdown,hisdoggedpursuitofjusticesetsinmotionachainofeventsthatripsattheveryfabricofhislife,bothprofessionalandpersonal.HelenencountersunexpectedchallengeswhenshetriesforpromotionandAnniepursuesherownresults‐driven,gutinstinctstyleofpolicingwhichthreatenstoruinherrelationshipwithBanks.
