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Bancroft
S1 DVD cover art
GenreCrime Drama
Created byKate Brooke
Directed by
  • John Hayes
  • Lawrence Gough
Starring
ComposerEdmund Butt
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes7
Production
Executive producers
  • Kate Brooke
  • Patrick Schweitzer
  • Catherine Oldfield
Producers
  • Phil Collinson (S1)
  • Simon Meyers (S2)
Production companyTall Story Pictures
Original release
NetworkITV
Release11 December 2017 (2017-12-11) –
3 January 2020 (2020-01-03)

Bancroft is a British television thriller series that began airing on ITV on 11 December 2017 and concluded on 14 December 2017.[1] The series was produced by Tall Story Pictures for ITV, and distributed worldwide by ITV Studios Global Entertainment.[2] It was created and written by Kate Brooke.[3] A second series was broadcast from 1 January 2020 to 3 January 2020.[4] On 3 November ITV cancelled Bancroft after two series.[5]

Synopsis

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Detective Superintendent Elizabeth Bancroft (Parish) finds out her colleague, DS Katherine Stevens (Marsay) was given a cold case to solve who really killed Laura Fraser (Sacofsky) back in 1990. The investigation ties back into Bancroft's own dark past.

Cast

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Main cast

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Series 1 (2017)

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Series 2 (2020)

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  • David Avery as Detective Superintendent Jake Harper
  • Jacqueline Boatswain as Chief Constable Frances Holland
  • James Quinn as Detective Sergeant Richard Potter
  • Yemisi Oyinloye as Detective Constable Sally Reed
  • Charlotte Hope as Annabel Connors

Episodes

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Series overview

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SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1411 December 2017 (2017-12-11)14 December 2017 (2017-12-14)
231 January 2020 (2020-01-01)3 January 2020 (2020-01-03)

Series 1 (2017)

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No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.K. viewers
(millions)
1"1.1"John HayesKate Brooke11 December 2017 (2017-12-11)8.35
2"1.2"John HayesKate Brooke12 December 2017 (2017-12-12)7.07
3"1.3"John HayesKate Brooke & Ben Morris13 December 2017 (2017-12-13)7.03
4"1.4"John HayesKate Brooke14 December 2017 (2017-12-14)7.27

Series 2 (2020)

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No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.K. viewers
(millions)
1"2.1"Lawrence GoughKate Brooke & Ben Morris1 January 2020 (2020-01-01)5.92
2"2.2"Lawrence GoughKate Brooke & Ben Morris2 January 2020 (2020-01-02)4.63
3"2.3"Lawrence GoughKate Brooke & Ben Morris3 January 2020 (2020-01-03)5.01

References

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  1. ^ "Bancroft - Watch episodes, ITV". Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Sarah Parish returns as Bancroft in a second series of the psychological thriller". Press Centre. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. ^ Power, Ed (14 December 2017). "Bancroft, episode 4, review: a deliriously over-the-top finale". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. ^ "When is Bancroft back on TV?". Radio Times. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Bancroft axed by ITV after 2 series". MSN.
  6. ^ "Meet the cast of Bancroft". Radio Times. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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