Top Telly - ITV's Above Suspicion: The Red Dahlia

DC Anna Travis (Kelly Reilly) is back, reunited with the inimitable DCI James Langton (Ciarán Hinds), for the second series of Above Suspicion and to face her most challenging and terrifying case yet.

When the body of a young woman is discovered by the Thames, sadistically mutilated and drained of blood, it would seem an ominous re-enactment of the infamously unsolved murder, from 1940s Los Angeles, dubbed The Black Dahlia.

Adaptation of novel by Lynda La Plante

The three part drama, Above Suspicion: The Red Dahlia, is adapted by Lynda La Plante from her successful second novel about rookie detective, Anna Travis. It is produced by La Plante Productions for ITV1.

The Cast

Kelly Reilly (He Kills Coppers, Joe’s Palace, Eden Lake, Mrs Henderson Presents) returns to the role of Anna Travis. Acclaimed actor Ciarán Hinds (There Will Be Blood, Margot at the Wedding, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Prime Suspect) stars as her boss, the volatile Detective Chief Inspector James Langton.

They are joined by Shaun Dingwall as Detective Inspector Mike Lewis, Celyn Jones (First, Joe’s Palace, Grange Hill) as Detective Sergeant Paul Barolli, Michelle Holmes (Red Riding: 1980, The Chase, Merseybeat) as Detective Constable Barbara Maddox and Amanda Lawrence (Little Dorrit, Clone) as Detective Constable Joan Faukland.

Guest stars in the new series include Simon Williams (Spooks, Sense and Sensibility), Sylvia Syms (Collision, The Queen), Holliday Grainger (Merlin, Demons), Edward Bennett (After You’re Gone, Silent Witness) and Hannah Murray (In Bruges, Skins)

Production

Director of Drama Laura Mackie says:

“Above Suspicion was one of the highlights of the Winter Season on ITV1 and I’m delighted that Lynda is bringing Anna Travis back for another gripping investigation”.

Lynda La Plante says:

“A copy cat killing of such horror brings DC Travis and DCI Langton back together after Travis has accomplished work on three further cases. The response to Above Suspicion mirrored the response to the first series of Prime Suspect which is very, very exciting. To be making the second one now is a joy and it's marvellous to have had the backing of Laura Mackie and Peter Fincham at ITV1 from day one."

ITV’s Above Suspicion - The Red Dahlia by Lynda La Plante

A mutilated body may be the re-enactment of a 1940’s Chicago crime

Starring Kelly Reilly, Ciaran Hinds, Shaun Dingwall, Celyn Jones, Michelle Holmes and Amanda Lawrence.