Criminal Record
Synopsis
Now streaming on Apple TV+, Criminal Record is a powerful, character-driven thriller set in the heart of contemporary London, which sees Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo take on lead roles as detectives in a tug of war over a historic murder conviction. An anonymous phone call draws the two brilliant detectives - one a young woman in the early stages of her career, the other a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy - into a confrontation over the old murder case.
Overview
Episodes
1 series
8 episodes
Channel
Apple TV+
Lead cast
Peter Capaldi
Cush Jumbo
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Also starring in the series are Dionne Brown, Stephen Campbell Moore, Charlie Creed-Miles, Shaun Dooley, Aysha Kala, Tom Moutchi, Cathy Tyson and Zoë Wanamaker.
Elaine Collins, Peter Capaldi, Cush Jumbo and Paul Rutman serve as executive producers, with Jim Loach and Shaun James Grant directing the series.
Eight-part Criminal Record, a co-production between Tod Productions and STV Studios, is written by Paul Rutman and touches on issues of race, institutional failure, and the quest to find common ground in a polarised Britain.
Additional Casting
Reviews for Criminal Record
Capaldi and Jumbo thrill in this stellar dirty cop drama. The year may only be one week old, but Apple TV+ might have a place on best of 2024 lists already with its gripping London crime thriller Criminal Record.★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo are great alone. Together, they’re mesmerising.We need an award for best joint performance and we need it now, for these two and their sublime turns in a clever, timely corrupt cop thriller.★ ★ ★ ★
Criminal Record is a brilliantly twisted crime drama with race and legacy at the center.
