Series synopsis
McDonald & Dodds is a British drama mystery crime comedy television series that premiered on ITV1 on March 1, 2020. It ended on August 4, 2024. It was created by Robert Murphy. It stars Tala Gouveia, Jason Watkins, Claire Skinner and Pearl Chanda.
Two detectives, DCI McDonald and DS Dodds, who seemingly have nothing in common, are thrown together and forge a rumbustious friendship and entertaining partnership.
Premise
Two detectives, DCI McDonald and DS Dodds, who seemingly have nothing in common, are thrown together and forge a rumbustious friendship and entertaining partnership.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Tala Gouveia as DCI McDonald
- Jason Watkins as DS Dodds
- Claire Skinner as Chief Superintendent Mary Ormond
- Pearl Chanda as DC Laura Simpson
- Lily Sacofsky as DC Milena Paciorkowski
- Jack Riddiford as DC Darren Craig
- Danyal Ismail as DC Martin Malik
- Charlie Chambers as DC Samuel Goldie
Supporting cast
- James Murray as Chief Superintendent John Houseman
- Bhavik C. Pankhania as DC Lee
Guest cast
- Sebastian Knapp as Seth Murdoch
- Robert Lindsay as Max Crockett
- Natalie Mendoza as Mathilde Crockett
- Rosalie Craig as Megan Wattal
- Susannah Fielding as Tamara Valentine
- Jack Ashton as Jack Valentine
- Roger Evans as Mikey Wallace
- Navin Chowdhry as Pete Wattal
- Ellie Kendrick as Elenora Crockett
- Cassie Bradley as Kasha Perry
- Suzanne Packer as Jane Crawford
- Joanna Scanlan as Kelly Mulcreevy
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 11 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 2 | March 1, 2020 | March 8, 2020 |
| Season 2 | 2 | February 28, 2021 | August 17, 2021 |
| Season 3 | 4 | June 19, 2022 | July 10, 2022 |
| Season 4 | 3 | July 21, 2024 | August 4, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Fall of the House of Crockett When a man is shot in the deserted mansion of one of Bath's most prominent industrialists, newly arrived DCI McDonald and DS Dodds unravel a tangled web of lies. |
March 1, 2020 |
| 2 |
Wilderness of Mirrors The chalk-and-cheese detective duo are called to a private clinic where a wealthy patient has been killed. However, their investigation is made all the more difficult by the complex relationships of the victim's former fellow residents. |
March 8, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Man Who Wasn’t There Five friends take a hot-air balloon trip but only four come back down alive, leaving McDonald and Dodds to untangle a complex web of lies spanning 30 years. |
February 28, 2021 |
| 2 |
We Need to Talk About Doreen A girls' weekend away takes a sinister turn, when each one of them becomes a murder suspect. |
March 7, 2021 |
| 3 |
The War of the Rose A social media influencer elects to have plastic surgery at a clinic run by soon to be divorced couple Al and Mariel; After tragedy strikes, McDonald and Dodds are brought in to investigate the clinic and its staff. |
August 17, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Belvedere When a young woman dies in a busy park in broad daylight, McDonald and Dodds are called in to untangle the mysterious circumstances of her death. |
June 19, 2022 |
| 2 |
A Billion Beats McDonald & Dodds find themselves drawn into the world of Formula 1 racing when the area's famed motorsports dynasty, the Addington family, reports that one of their drivers has died during a pit stop. |
June 26, 2022 |
| 3 |
The War of Rose A social media influencer Rose Boleyn elects to have plastic surgery at a clinic run by soon to be divorced couple Al and Mariel. After tragedy strikes, McDonald and Dodds are brought in to investigate the clinic and its staff. |
July 3, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Rule of Three McDonald and Dodds have spent their weekend tying up a case after a local scandal-breaking journalist dies of anaphylaxis at a party in her own home. They swiftly deduce that there’s foul play afoot, expose the murderer and call it a day, satisfied with another job well done. But their work isn’t over yet… |
July 21, 2024 |
| 2 |
Jinxy Sings The Blues When local man Ian Andrews gets on at his usual bus stop in Bath, nothing is out of the ordinary. But when the bus pulls into the station, Ian is dead. And despite it being the busiest route of the day, there isn’t a single eyewitness to Ian’s death. |
July 28, 2024 |
| 3 |
Wedding Fever It’s peak wedding season in Bath, and there’s a race against time for McDonald and Dodds when a spate of suspicious deaths affects ceremonies across the city. A Bath wedding ends in tragedy when the vicar is found murdered in the vestry. McDonald’s suspicions focus on bride Lotty, her father and her sisters, all of whom had a close relationship with vicar Mitchell Morrison. McDonald and Dodds must delve deep into the family's secrets if they hope to discover the truth of what happened to Mitchell. |
August 4, 2024 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ITV1 |
|---|---|
| First aired | March 1, 2020 |
| Last aired | August 4, 2024 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
| Status | canceled |
| Schedule | Sunday |