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No Offence

2015–2018 · 3 seasons

A fast, foul-mouthed cop show that mixes grim crimes with sharp, warm humour and a chaotic, lived-in team dynamic.

Created by: Paul Abbott
Genres: Mystery, Crime, Drama
Starring: Joanna Scanlan, Elaine Cassidy, Will Mellor

Tagline: More balls than the average cop show.
Overview: 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.

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Created by: Paul Abbott
Genres: Mystery, Crime, Drama
Starring: Joanna Scanlan, Elaine Cassidy, Will Mellor

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
justice
corruption
loyalty
family
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	5
Horror	3
Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: mystery, crime, drama
Created by: Paul Abbott
Written by: Jack Lothian, Julie Rutterford, Tom Grieves, Jimmy Dowdall
Starring: Joanna Scanlan, Elaine Cassidy, Will Mellor, Paul Ritter, Ste Johnston, Tom Varey, Saira Jackson, Alexandra Roach
Music: Vince Pope
Length: 3 seasons, 21 episodes, 47 min each
Network: Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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