Ferko

Ferko 	Ferko
 	
Genre 	CrimeMysteryComedy drama
Created by 	Gary Brown
Written By 	Gary Brown
Starring 	Alfie AllenCarey MulliganCharles DanceCraig Parkinson
Composer 	Max Richter
Country of origin 	United Kingdom
Original language 	English
No. of series 	5
No. of episodes 	60
Production 	Production
Producers 	Paul Marquess
Running time 	52 minutes
Production company 	Long Story TV
Original release 	Original release
Network 	BBC Two
Release 	2009 – 2014
Related 	Related
Ferko (American TV series)	Ferko (American TV series)
Ferko is a British crime comedy drama detective television series that originally aired on BBC Two from February 14, 2009, to May, 2014, for a total of 5 seasons and 60 episodes. The series follows the exploits of Dexter Ferko (Alfie Allen), an autistic private investigator living with crippling social anxiety brought on by the murder of his sister and who has an eidetic memory that makes him surpass other detectives at the Metropolitan Police Service. Along the way, Ferko is accompanied by social worker Lindsey Potts (Carey Mulligan), a grieving single mother and the only one Ferko can talk to regularly, appearing at crime scenes to assist him with communications.
== Premise ==
Dexter Ferko is a London resident and the younger brother of Inspector Diane Ferko, a renowned detective responsible for nurturing her brother's eidetic memory. Dexter's sister was murdered in front of a young Ferko's eyes by a mysterious yellow-eyed man who escaped and was never caught, the event leaving Ferko with severe social anxiety and an inability to understand social cues. Despite wanting to become a police officer, Ferko's issues caused him to fail his exam, opening up a private investigator business instead. Recently, Ferko has had a social worker assigned to him, Lindsey Potts, who begins accompanying him to his investigations and helps him using her knowledge of psychology to come up with potential analysis and motives for the culprits. Ferko also meets and develops a friendly but tense relationship with a pair of police, Superintendant Leonard St John and Inspector Ralph Devall, the former being no nonsense and stone faced while the latter is cocky and overconfident, with Ferko solving a series of cases in hopes of one day finding the yellow-eyed man who killed his sister.
== Cast and characters ==
*Alfie Allen as Dexter Ferko: a young private investigator living in London who is on the autism spectrum and suffers from social anxiety caused by the death of his sister, who was murdered in front of him at a young age. He is the owner and operator of Ferko Investigations, his PI business, and is hired by many people to investigate crimes due to his eidetic memory, which allows him to make incredible deductions that others would not be able to.
*Carey Mulligan as Lindsey Potts: a social worker who hopes to help Ferko overcome his anxiety and get better at interacting with others. She also often appears at crime scenes to assist Ferko, both with communicating with others and to analyze the potential psychological aspects of the crime. Before she met Ferko, her boyfriend was killed in a motorcycle accident, leaving her the single mother of her baby, Nina.
*Craig Parkinson as Inspector Ralph Devall: a recently promoted inspector working under St John who often interacts with Ferko, though the two have a complicated relationship. Devall is overly confident and boisterous, which can bring him into conflict with the more timid Ferko. Devall is stated to be one of the Metropolitan Police's best detectives, though his skills pale in comparison to Ferko's.
*Charles Dance as Superintendant Leonard St John: a good friend of Ferko's and the one who initially suggested he open a private investigation business, St John is an overly serious man, stonefaced to a comedic degree. He respects Ferko's detective skills but finds his anti-social tendencies to be annoying.
== Episodes ==
Main article: List of Ferko episodes
Series	Episodes	First aired 	Last aired 	Viewers (millions)
1 	12 	February 14, 2009 	April 29, 2009 	4.18
2 	12 	June 8, 2010 	August 31, 2010 	4.31
3 	12 	September 20, 2011	December 13, 2011	5.30
4 	12 	December 5, 2012 	February 27, 2013	5.48
5 	12 	March 6, 2014 	May 29, 2014 	4.50
== Production ==
The series was thought up by Gary Brown, who wrote the pilot and had a hand in writing various other episodes of the series. It was originally pitched as a modern day reinvention of Sherlock Holmes, but a series of new ideas combined with the BBC already working on their own modern Holmes show, Sherlock, the main character was eventually changed to be a new person entirely. Ferko's character does take heavy inspiration from the Sherlock Holmes mythos, however, with it being decided early on that he should have a medical professional as a companion much like Holmes had Doctor Watson. When Ferko's anxiety issues were decided on, it was also decided to make his companion a social worker who assists him. In addition, the characters of Superintendant St John and Inspector Devall are both inspired by the Holmes character Lestrade, with the first two letters of the pair's first and last names even spelling Lestrade's name (Leonard St John, Ralph Devall).