Series synopsis
No Offence is a British mystery crime drama television series that premiered on Channel 4 on May 5, 2015. It ended on October 18, 2018. It was created by Paul Abbott. It stars Joanna Scanlan, Elaine Cassidy, Will Mellor and Paul Ritter.
Keeping these streets clean is a Herculean task, enough to demoralize even the keenest rookie – but there’s a reason why this hotchpotch of committed cops are on this force, on this side of town. Drug labs, arsonists, neo-Nazis and notorious murderers are all in a day’s work for this close-knit team, led by the dizzyingly capable but unquestionably unhinged DI Vivienne Deering. But when a particularly twisted serial killer emerges it leaves even the most hardened of these seasoned coppers reelin ...
Premise
Keeping these streets clean is a Herculean task, enough to demoralize even the keenest rookie – but there’s a reason why this hotchpotch of committed cops are on this force, on this side of town. Drug labs, arsonists, neo-Nazis and notorious murderers are all in a day’s work for this close-knit team, led by the dizzyingly capable but unquestionably unhinged DI Vivienne Deering. But when a particularly twisted serial killer emerges it leaves even the most hardened of these seasoned coppers reeling.
Premise: More balls than the average cop show.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Joanna Scanlan as Vivienne Deering
- Elaine Cassidy as Dinah Kowalska
- Will Mellor as Spike Tanner
- Paul Ritter as Randolph Miller
- Ste Johnston as Jonah Mitchell
- Tom Varey as Stuart O'Connell
- Saira Choudhry as Tegan Thompson
- Alexandra Roach as Joy Freers
Supporting cast
- Neet Mohan as Taz Ahmed
- Charlie May-Clark as Cathy Calvert
- Conor MacNeill as Gavin Nuttle
- Colin Salmon as Darren Maclaren
- Hannah Walters as Connie Ball
- Sarah Solemani as Christine Lickberg
- Rakie Ayola as Nora Attah
- Zackary Momoh as Manni Attah
- Tamara Lawrance as Bonnie Sands
- Lisa McGrillis as Caroline McCoy
- Claire Rushbrook as Marilyn Marchant
- Neil Maskell as Dennis Caddy
Guest cast
- Kate O'Flynn as Dr Peep
- Risteard Cooper as Laurie Gaskell
- Siobhán McSweeney as Ruth Cheetham
- Philip McGinley as Bob Simmons
- Hanna Bieniuszewicz as Magda Kowalska
- Mia Blakeley as Tessa Kowalska
- Claudia Adshead as Donna Calvert
- Ben Tavassoli as Alpha
- Zak Sutcliffe as Kim Garvey
- Sharon Rooney as Faye Caddy
- Darren Connolly as Joseph Beckett
- Peter McDonald as Patrick Llewellyn
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 21 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 8 | May 5, 2015 | June 23, 2015 |
| Season 2 | 7 | January 4, 2017 | February 15, 2017 |
| Season 3 | 6 | September 13, 2018 | October 18, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Single mother and off-duty detective constable Dinah Kowalska pursues a murder suspect through the streets of Manchester, only for him to get killed by a bus. As a result, Vivienne Deering, her outspoken detective inspector superior, instructs her to withdraw her application for sergeant, the promotion going instead to the nervous Joy Freers. On a visit to the morgue, Kowalska sees the corpse of a girl with Down Syndrome, the second victim with that condition to be hauled out of a river in recent weeks, and suspects a serial killer is at large. |
May 5, 2015 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Kowalska is taken off the murder case as her involvement with Cathy Calvert has made her too subjective but Deering asks her to assist when a student is found dead of an overdose. Drugs expert Randolph Miller directs the team towards a house suspected of being a drugs factory. Former chemical factory employee Angelica Costeros is brought in but refuses to incriminate potential co-defendant Jensen Raphael until Kowalska and Spike Tanner unite to get her to talk. |
May 12, 2015 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The serial killer is showing no signs of slowing down, while local racial tensions are also running high when an Asian woman is killed in a suspected racist attack. |
May 19, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 On full surveillance mode, the Friday Street squad have an explosive start to the day, at the funeral of the son of notorious gangster Nora Attah. Straight back in the deep end, DI Viv Deering and the team fight to prevent the breakout of a gang war in the city. Meanwhile Joy and Tegan literally uncover a body of work to piece together a case against the dodgy crematorium owners. |
January 4, 2017 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 As the team quell the riots that are exploding throughout Manchester, Dinah's discovery of young casualties in a gang-owned property pushes investigations in an unexpected direction. Joy is thrown into freefall after a shock discovery at Friday Street. |
January 11, 2017 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The dead vape shop kids are all identified, as Dinah and Deering hunt for those aiding the Attahs in child exploitation. |
January 18, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Assassination Attempt A contentious mayoral election is being fought between incumbent liberal Kashif Hassan and political underdog and local-girl-done-good Caroline McCoy. Crowds gather for a mayoral debate between Hassan and political underdog McCoy - only for the hustings to end in bloodshed when an assassin strikes. As Viv Deering and her team investigate, they are forced to infiltrate the far right, and their murky world of political benefactors, if they are to catch the culprit. |
September 13, 2018 |
| 2 |
Botulin Burgers Killer Beckett's next target is Manchester's children and Viv and the team must track down the poisoned batch of halal meat that Beckett has unleashed on the city before it's too late. In the hunt to get closer to Beckett, Dinah attempts to win the trust of the undercover cop in the midst of the far-right group Beckett used to be involved in - and uncovers explosive secrets. |
September 20, 2018 |
| 3 |
Death in a Cemetery Election day looms and the team is on high alert, as Beckett's reign of terror appears to be escalating when an elderly Jewish man is found dead in a graveyard. The team is right on Beckett's tail, and a meeting between getaway driver Dennis and Beckett promises to be the key to capturing him. |
September 27, 2018 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Channel 4 |
|---|---|
| First aired | May 5, 2015 |
| Last aired | October 18, 2018 |
| Runtime | 47 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 21:00:00 |