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Synopsis. Series 1. Marcella Backland (Anna Friel), a former London Metropolitan Police Service detective, decides to return to work after her husband of 15 years, Jason (Nicholas Pinnock), abruptly announces he is leaving her.
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S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1 Sun, Apr 3, 2016 Pregnant police detective Marcella Backland pulls back from a multiple murder case and ultimately quits the force for the sake of her family.
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Monday 4 April 2016, 9pm > Read our review. After 11 years’ absence away from the force, DS Marcella Backland finds herself drawn back to police work following the return of the Grove Park Killer, her last case before she left to start a family. In 2005, the killer tied the victims’ hands and feet with cable ties before taping a plastic bag around ...
Monday 11 April 2016, 9pm > Read our review. Marcella tries to make sense of the previous evening’s events. Meanwhile, the Gibson family are in a state of panic when Grace is discovered missing, and Marcella scours CCTV footage in an attempt to discover more about Grace’s disappearance. Cara returns home from her latest Sinnr exploit. She’s managed...
Monday 18 April 2016, 9pm > Read our review. Marcella is traumatised. How could she have known where Grace’s body was? Is she responsible for burying her there? Grace’s body is discovered by the police and Marcella tries to keep her head, hiding the fact that she was one of the last people to see Grace alive. She’s a capable liar with her colleague...
Monday 25 April 2016, 9pm > Read our review. Clive Bonn (Andrew Lancel) is brought in for questioning. Meanwhile, Maddy (Laura Carmichael) can’t get hold of Adrian (Nick Hendrix) after their last fight and Peter (Ian Puleston-Davies) is still pursuing her. He surprises her on her doorstep and walks her to her university. As she’s about to leave, he...
Monday 2 May 2016, 9pm > Read our review. Marcella (Anna Friel) is back to the drawing board after realising Peter Cullen (Ian Pulseton-Davies) can’t be the culprit for the current spate of murders. Cara’s sex-cam threats lead back to the IT business owned by Gibson family friend, Matthew (Ben Cura). When questioned he denies having any involvement...
Monday 9 May 2016, 9pm > Read our review. The killer targets a six-year-old girl, which devastates Marcella. A DNA match on the corpse gives the police team their strongest lead yet. DI Tim Williamson investigates Andrew Barnes’ death – was it really suicide?
Monday 16 May 2016, 9pm > Read our review. Mo El Sayed holds Marcella hostage at home. He saw her move Grace’s body and wants a confession for killing Hassan. Did she murder him to stop him speaking up? Marcella falls into a fugue state as Mo holds a knife to her throat, but when she comes to, she’s alone and untied. Why did Mo leave her unharmed? ...
Tuesday 17 May 2016, 9pm > Read our review. After spending the night with Tim, Marcella challenges the team’s hunch on the killer’s identity. She’s closing in…. The pressure mounts on Jason as Tim’s investigation gets closer to connecting him with the murder of Andrew Barnes. Finally, the killer’s identity is discovered causing shockwaves amongst t...
Series Cast 20. Anna Friel. Marcella Backland (8 Episodes) Nicholas Pinnock. Jason Backland (8 Episodes) Ray Panthaki. DI Rav Sangha (8 Episodes) Sinéad Cusack. Sylvie Gibson (8 Episodes)
Marcella: Created by Hans Rosenfeldt, Nicola Larder. With Anna Friel, Ray Panthaki, Jack Doolan, Jamie Bamber. Marcella Backland left the Metropolitan Police for the sake of her family, only to have her husband leave her.
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Writer (1 Episode) Tim Loane. Writer (2 Episodes) Marcella is shocked to the core of her being when her husband Jason leaves her unexpectedly, confessing he no longer loves her. Heartbroken, Marcella returns to the Met’s Murder Squad.
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