# Crime (TV series)

Crime (also known as Irvine Welsh's Crime) is a British crime drama television series, an adaptation of the Irvine Welsh novel of the same name. The 6-episode first series was co-written by Welsh and Dean Cavanagh and broadcast in 2021 on BritBox, later moved in the UK to be available on ITVX. It stars Dougray Scott as the detective Ray Lennox. Scott won an International Emmy Award and a BAFTA in November 2022 for his performance. A second series began filming in Scotland in 2022 and premiered on 21 September 2023 on ITVX.

## Synopsis

DI Ray Lennox (Scott) and DS Drummond (Vanderham) investigate a schoolgirl's abduction.

## Cast
### Main

* Dougray Scott as DI Ray Lennox
* Joanna Vanderham as DS Amanda Drummond
* Jamie Sives as DI Dougie Gillman
* Michael Abubakar as DC Stuart McCorkel
* Gordon Kennedy as DI Eddie Rogers
* Angela Griffin as Trudi Love
* Ken Stott as Chief Superintendent Bob Toal
* Derek Riddell as Richie Gulliver
* Jonathan Kerrigan as Mark McKendrick
* Stuart Martin as Stuart Lennox
* Ellie Haddington as Avril Lennox
* Ewan Stewart as John Lennox
* Laura Fraser as Sally Hart
* John Simm as Gareth Horsborough

### Recurring

* Emma Hartley-Miller as Angela Hamil
* Sarah McCardie as DCI Gillian Glover
* Alison McKenzie as Estelle
* Brian Bovell as George Marsden
* Kim Chapman as Helena
* Sorcha Groundsell as Carly
* Paige Green as Britney Hamil
* Ian Hanmore as Tommy Loughran
* Moyo Akandé as Maria Pearson
* Bhav Joshi as Gary Franklin
* Brian James Leys as Michael Garrett

## Episodes
### Series overview

| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 November 2021 (2021-11-18) | 18 November 2021 (2021-11-18) |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | 21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) | 21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) |

### Series 1 (2021)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | James Strong | Irvine Welsh & Dean Cavanagh | 18 November 2021 (2021-11-18) |
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | James Strong | Irvine Welsh & Dean Cavanagh | 18 November 2021 (2021-11-18) |
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | James Strong | Irvine Welsh & Dean Cavanagh | 18 November 2021 (2021-11-18) |
| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | David Blair | Irvine Welsh & Dean Cavanagh | 18 November 2021 (2021-11-18) |
| 5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | David Blair | Irvine Welsh | 18 November 2021 (2021-11-18) |
| 6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | David Blair | Irvine Welsh | 18 November 2021 (2021-11-18) |

### Series 2 (2023)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 7 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Unknown | Unknown | 21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) |

## Production
### First series

On 23 July 2020, BritBox announced that Irvine Welsh would be adapting Crime as a six-part miniseries for streaming service with Irvine Welsh adapting his own book alongside Dean Cavanagh. The series is set in Edinburgh and filmed there and Glasgow.

### Second series

In October 2022, a second six-part series started filming in Scotland with Welsh and Cavanagh again scripting. Directors for the second series include Trygve Allister Diesen and Anthony Neilson. Production is by Buccaneer and Off Grid Film and TV. Production crews were reported in Glasgow's West End, with filming occurring on Horselethill Road and Rosslyn Terrace. Filming continued in Glasgow into November 2022.
Scott was quoted as saying "Season 2 takes us even deeper into Lennox's past, and helps us understand his persona even more. I couldn't be happier." Among those returning for series two are Ken Stott, Joanna Vanderham, John Simm and Derek Riddell.

## Broadcast

The first series premiered on BritBox on 18 November 2021. The second series will be shown in the UK on ITVX with the first series becoming available via ITVX in 2023.

## Reception
### Critical response

Anita Singh in The Daily Telegraph described the performance of Scott as "lifting" the police procedural "out of the ordinary" by delivering "every line with a burning intensity" that still "manages at the same time to convey the character's emotional fragility, and the toll that his job is taking". Lucy Mangan in The Guardian was less effusive, but said that Welsh "pushed the limits of what we normally see from the troubled detective at the centre of such shows". Carol Midgely in The Times said "I thought it was terrific, give or take the odd daft scene" and "few writers could write about such horror and still make it funny".

## Accolades

Scott was nominated at the International Emmy Awards for his performance. Scott won the International Emmy Award for Best Actor in November 2022.