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The Bay

2019 · 6 seasons

A sombre, grey-skied procedural that lingers on the strain of a struggling coastal town and the officers who get too close.

Created by
Richard Clark, Daragh Carville
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Morven Christie, Joe Absolom, Marsha Thomason
Overview
Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong becomes a little too emotionally involved with a case (to the point where she might compromise it) concerning a pair of missing Morecambe twins to whose distraught parents she is assigned.

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  • ITVX Premium
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Created by
Richard Clark, Daragh Carville
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Morven Christie, Joe Absolom, Marsha Thomason
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • isolation
  • class
  • guilt
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Created by
Richard Clark, Daragh Carville
Written by
Caroline Carver, Kate O'Riordan, Daragh Carville
Starring
Morven Christie, Joe Absolom, Marsha Thomason, Chanel Cresswell, James Cosmo, Daniel Ryan, Louis Greatorex, Stephen Tompkinson
Cinematography
Ryan Kernaghan
Length
6 seasons, 30 episodes
Network
ITV1
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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