A Touch of Cloth

A Touch of Cloth

Cloth is coming to wipe away crime.

Ended First aired 26/Aug/2012 United Kingdom English 4 season(s) 13 episode(s)
ComedyCrime
Hannah plays DI Jack Cloth, who is called in to investigate an apparent series of serial killings alongside his new partner, DC Anne Oldman, described as a "plucky, no-nonsense sidekick". Playing with the cliches and conventions of British police dramas, subplots include Cloth dealing with visions of his dead wife and the bisexual DC Oldman coming to grips with her feelings for both her female fiancee and Cloth.
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Season 3 · Season 3
2 episode(s) · Air date: 09/Aug/2014
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A sexy female rookie, Newblood, has joined Cloth's team. At her first crime scene the team discover the body of Cloth's Brother, Terry Cloth, Cloth traces Terry's past back to a remote therapy centre, "The Healery", but Cloth belives this is a cult and suspects Vull, the sinister leader, of murdering his brother. Whilst Vull is being questioned down the station, another shooting occurs in the City of Town. And a case that was already uncomfortably personal for Cloth becomes personaler as he discovers the next victim is an ex-girlfriend. There is a serial killer hunting down people who have a personal connection to Cloth meaning Oldman's life is in danger. Can Cloth save Oldman? Can Cloth save himself?

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A sexy female rookie, Newblood, has joined Cloth's team. At her first crime scene the team discover the body of Cloth's Brother, Terry Cloth, Cloth traces Terry's past back to a remote therapy centre, "The Healery", but Cloth belives this is a cult and suspects Vull, the sinister leader, of murdering his brother. Whilst Vull is being questioned down the station, another shooting occurs in the City of Town. And a case that was already uncomfortably personal for Cloth becomes personaler as he discovers the next victim is an ex-girlfriend. There is a serial killer hunting down people who have a personal connection to Cloth meaning Oldman's life is in danger. Can Cloth save Oldman? Can Cloth save himself?

S3E2
Too Cloth for Comfort (2)
Air date: 10/Aug/2014 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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As the body count continues to rise, Cloth closes in on the killer. But there's a horrific realisation that the culprit is far too close to him for comfort.

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As the body count continues to rise, Cloth closes in on the killer. But there's a horrific realisation that the culprit is far too close to him for comfort.

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Too Cloth for Comfort (1)
Air date: 09/Aug/2014 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 44 min
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DCI Jack Cloth's brother, Terry, has been killed. The pair weren't close, in fact, they were estranged, but, you know, it still hurts.

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DCI Jack Cloth's brother, Terry, has been killed. The pair weren't close, in fact, they were estranged, but, you know, it still hurts.

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Season 2 · Season 2
2 episode(s) · Air date: 25/Aug/2013
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The City of Town is being menaced by a vicious gang of armed robbers. After one brutal robbery in which Todd Carty is savagely murdered. Cloth assumes the identity of a hardened criminal to gain access to the gang and its twisted leader MacRatty. Meanwhile Oldman is being wooed by Hope Goodgirl, a charismatic and openly bisexual politician hoping to be elected Mayor of Town. In a thrill-packed finale, will Cloth and Oldman defy Goodgirl's homicidal tendencies by defusing the bomb and bringing the evil-doers to book? Or will Cloth end up falling abruptly and bizarrely in love with his wife's murderer, Tom Boss and walking of with him, hand-in-hand, into the sunset? Or both?

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The City of Town is being menaced by a vicious gang of armed robbers. After one brutal robbery in which Todd Carty is savagely murdered. Cloth assumes the identity of a hardened criminal to gain access to the gang and its twisted leader MacRatty. Meanwhile Oldman is being wooed by Hope Goodgirl, a charismatic and openly bisexual politician hoping to be elected Mayor of Town. In a thrill-packed finale, will Cloth and Oldman defy Goodgirl's homicidal tendencies by defusing the bomb and bringing the evil-doers to book? Or will Cloth end up falling abruptly and bizarrely in love with his wife's murderer, Tom Boss and walking of with him, hand-in-hand, into the sunset? Or both?

S2E2
Undercover Cloth (2)
Air date: 26/Aug/2013 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 44 min
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Going even deeper undercover, Cloth learns that Macratty's big plan has got even bigger, taking on a heist for the mysterious Big Man.

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Going even deeper undercover, Cloth learns that Macratty's big plan has got even bigger, taking on a heist for the mysterious Big Man.

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Undercover Cloth (1)
Air date: 25/Aug/2013 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 44 min
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Cloth has quit the force, never to return. Well, until a bank robbery goes wrong. But things are awkward at the station, particularly with ACC Tom Boss back at work.

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Cloth has quit the force, never to return. Well, until a bank robbery goes wrong. But things are awkward at the station, particularly with ACC Tom Boss back at work.

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Season 1 · Season 1
2 episode(s) · Air date: 26/Aug/2012
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An all-encompassing parody of every police procedural ever written, DCI Jack Cloth - a maverick, heavy drinking loner who has thrown himself into his work following the mysterious death of his wife. The damaged, haunted Cloth is teamed with plucky no-nonsense sidekick DC Anne Oldman, Together the pair investigate a series of increasingly grisy murders and find themselves on the trail of a devious killer. As you do, If you're a detective. The case leads Cloth and Oldman from leafy forests to sinister lock-up, from the luxury home of an arrogant TV chef to the cold dissection rooms of a vampish forensic pathologist.

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An all-encompassing parody of every police procedural ever written, DCI Jack Cloth - a maverick, heavy drinking loner who has thrown himself into his work following the mysterious death of his wife. The damaged, haunted Cloth is teamed with plucky no-nonsense sidekick DC Anne Oldman, Together the pair investigate a series of increasingly grisy murders and find themselves on the trail of a devious killer. As you do, If you're a detective. The case leads Cloth and Oldman from leafy forests to sinister lock-up, from the luxury home of an arrogant TV chef to the cold dissection rooms of a vampish forensic pathologist.

S1E2
The First Case (2)
Air date: 27/Aug/2012 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 44 min
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Booze addled and widowed loner, DCI Jack Cloth continues his struggle to hold himself together while solving grisly murders and suffering from the death of his wife.

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Booze addled and widowed loner, DCI Jack Cloth continues his struggle to hold himself together while solving grisly murders and suffering from the death of his wife.

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The First Case (1)
Air date: 26/Aug/2012 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 44 min
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DCI Jack Cloth and DC Anne Oldman investigate a series of gruesome murders with the help of pathologist Natasha Sachet and Tom Boss.

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DCI Jack Cloth and DC Anne Oldman investigate a series of gruesome murders with the help of pathologist Natasha Sachet and Tom Boss.

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Season 0 · Specials
7 episode(s) · Air date: 01/Oct/2013
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John Hannah
John Hannah
DI Jack Cloth
Suranne Jones
Suranne Jones
DI Anne Oldman / DC Anne Oldman
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Julian Rhind-Tutt
ACC Tom Boss
Adrian Bower
Adrian Bower
DC Des Hairihan
Navin Chowdhry
Navin Chowdhry
DC Asap Qureshi
Daisy Beaumont
Daisy Beaumont
Dr. Natasha Sachet
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Elizabeth Bromby
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Theo Barklem-Biggs
Theo Barklem-Biggs
Darren Crossway
Raquel Cassidy
Raquel Cassidy
Clare Hawkchurch
Adrian Dunbar
Adrian Dunbar
Damien Vull
Brian Peck
Brian Peck
Albert Stafford
Jeany Spark
Jeany Spark
Gemma
Elliot Levey
Elliot Levey
Aiden Hawkchurch
Emma Campbell-Jones
Emma Campbell-Jones
Gavina Duntish
Anna Chancellor
Anna Chancellor
Hope Goodgirl
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Adam Englander
Tiger
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Philip Pope
Professor
Karen Gillan
Karen Gillan
Kerry Newblood

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Darren J. Perry
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Tobias Eedy
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Jim O'Hanlon
Jim O'Hanlon
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Mat Chaplin
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Ben Caudell
Ben Caudell
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Charlie Brooker
Charlie Brooker
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Daniel Maier
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Jason Hazeley
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Joel Morris
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