TV series

Granite Harbour

2022 · 3 seasons

A fish-out-of-water detective story that mixes gritty oil-town crime with a wry, slightly absurd tone.

Tagline: Aberdeen, oil, murder - it's all new to a trainee detective thrown in the deep end.
Overview: Lance Corporal Davis Lindo arrives in Aberdeen Scotland as a new detective trainee. Having completed his final tour with the Royal Military Police, Lindo dreams of being a detective at New Scotland Yard. However, he finds himself being sent to train as a Detective Constable in the North East of Scotland, he must quickly adapt to his new life in Aberdeen, a world away from anything the soldier has known before.
How it feels: Dark, tense, cynical and absurd. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Crime, identity, class, power
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
identity
class
power
isolation
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild