2019
98 min
If you think catching criminals is tough, try catching police officers.
A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anti-corruption unit.
S01: DS Steve Arnott is transferred to the police anti-corruption unit after the death of a man in a mistaken shooting during a counter-terrorist operation by another cop.
S02: An ambush of a police convoy results in three police officers dead and a protected witness seriously injured. The sole surviving police officer is Detective Inspector Lindsay Denton. Deputy Chief Constable Mike Dryden takes personal charge, assigning AC-12 to the case. Initially AC-12’s most valuable witness, the suspicion soon arises that Denton could be their prime suspect. In the pursuit of corruption, how far will they go to uncover the truth?
S03: After a criminal is shot dead during a police raid, the AC-12 team begins examining the conduct of Sergeant Danny Waldron, leader of an elite unit. But Waldron’s loyal team obstructs the investigation, and the truth about the shooting proves more complicated than Arnott and Fleming could ever have imagined.
S04: The fourth series sees AC-12 facing their most devious opponent yet! Under pressure from her superiors, DCI Roz Huntley charges a young man with a series of murders after months of fruitless investigation, but is he guilty? The Chief Forensic Investigator has doubts and turns to AC-12.
S05: The actions of Superintendent Ted Hastings, D.I. Kate Fleming and D.S. Steve Arnott as they investigate an Organised Crime Group with links to missing undercover officer D.S. John Corbett.
S06: AC-12 facing their most enigmatic adversary so far: Detective Chief Inspector Joanne Davidson, the senior investigating officer of a high-profile unsolved murder.
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Premiere DateJun 26, 2012
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Cast
- Martin Compston as Steve Arnott
- Vicky McClure as Kate Fleming
- Gina McKee as Jackie Laverty
- Neil Morrissey as Nigel Morton
- Faraz Ayub as DC Deepak Kapoor
- Keeley Hawes as Lindsay Denton
- Mark Bonnar as Mike Dryden
- Jessica Raine as Georgia Trotman
- Adrian Dunbar as Ted Hastings
- Craig Parkinson as Matthew 'Dot' Cottan
- Lennie James as Tony Gates
- Thandiwe Newton as Roz Huntley
- Royce Pierreson as Jamie Desford
- Stephen Graham as John Corbett
- Kelly Macdonald as Joanne Davidson
- Rochenda Sandall as Lisa McQueen
- Jason Watkins as Tim Ifield
- Lee Ingleby as Nick Huntley
- Daniel Mays as Danny
- Shalom Brune-Franklin as Chloe Bishop
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S06E01
DCI Jo Davidson receives new information about the whereabouts of a suspect in the unsolved murder of investigative journalist Gail Vella. En route to raid the property, she spots an armed robbery in progress and stops the convoy. Suspicious of her motives, AC-12 launch an investigation. Still dealing with the fallout from their explosive investigation into undercover officer John Corbett, AC-12 soon realise they are facing their most enigmatic adversary yet.
