Grace (TV series)

Grace is a British crime drama series, starring John Simm in the title role and based on the bestselling DSI Roy Grace novels by novelist Peter James.[1][2]

Grace
GenreCrime drama
Based onRoy Grace novels by Peter James
Written byRussell Lewis
Directed by
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes5 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
ProducerKiaran Murray-Smith
Running time90 minutes
Production companies
  • Second Act Productions
  • Tall Story Pictures
  • Vaudeville Productions
DistributorITV Studios
Release
Original networkITV
Picture format16:9 (1080i)
Audio formatSurround sound 5.1
Original release14 March 2021 (2021-03-14) –
present

The first series, comprising the films Dead Simple and Looking Good Dead, was adapted for television by acclaimed screenwriter Russell Lewis. It was filmed in Brighton and Hove, and other locations in and around East Sussex,[3] during 2020, for broadcast in 2021.[4] Dead Simple, broadcast in March 2021, attracted an estimated 7.2m viewers, which made it the fifth-most-watched programme for the week of 8–14 March, according to BARB.[5]

In May 2021, Grace was commissioned for a second series. Filming started in September 2021 in the West Sussex town Burgess Hill. It adapted the novels Not Dead Enough, Dead Man's Footsteps and Dead Tomorrow. [6]

Broadcast of series two commenced in the UK on 24 April 2022, with Looking Good Dead, which was shown in the United States nearly a year earlier as the second episode of the first series but opened a four-week run billed as the second series on ITV.[7]

Cast

Episodes

Series 1 (2021—2022)
No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date [13]U.K. viewers
(millions) [14]
1"Dead Simple"John AlexanderRussell Lewis14 March 2021 (2021-03-14)7.27[15]
A group of friends on a stag night are involved in a road accident and are killed except the groom, a wealthy Brighton property developer who has vanished. Detective Superintendent Grace is called upon by colleague Detective Sergeant Branson to help. The search and investigation uncover lines of inquiry which involve his bride and his best friend and business partner.
2"Looking Good Dead"Julia FordRussell Lewis4 May 2021 (2021-05-04) (US)
24 April 2022 (UK)		4.91
When parts of a young woman's body are discovered on the Downs, Grace believes the murder is connected to two prior killings involving sex-drug overdoses. Meanwhile, a local businessman stumbles upon a memory stick containing an access key to a dark-Web snuff site, where he witnesses the woman's murder, and the shadowy operators of the site warn him not to go to the police, or his family will suffer.

Series 2 (2022)
No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date [13]U.K. viewers
(millions) 
3"Not Dead Enough"TBARussell Lewis1 May 2022 (2022-05-01)TBD
Katya Bishop is brutally killed and all the evidence points to her businessman husband, especially when his girlfriend is also killed in a similar manner. Roy becomes friendly with a new pathology officer, Cleo. Bishop denies any involvement in his wife's murder, and the criminal convictions from his past.
4"Dead Man's Footsteps"TBARussell Lewis8 May 2022 (2022-05-08)TBD
5"Dead Tomorrow"TBARussell Lewis15 May 2022 (2022-05-15)TBD

References
  1. "Filming commences on highly anticipated new crime drama, Grace, starring John Simm, 14 September 2020". ITV. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. "Grace star John Simm wants to adapt all of the Roy Grace books for TV, 24 February 2021". Radio Times. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. "First pictures of Grace filming on location, 16 September 2020". Brighton & Hove News. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  4. "When is John Simm drama Grace on ITV?, 3 March 2021". Radio Times. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  5. "Weekly top programmes on four screens". BARB. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  6. "ITV commissions a second series of contemporary detective drama, Grace".
  7. "Grace Episode".
  8. "John Simm to star in adaptation of Peter James' Grace for ITV, 19 December 2021". Radio Times. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  9. "John Simm: from Life on Mars to death in Brighton, 6 March 2021". The Times. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  10. "John Simm reveals all about Grace, 10 March 2021". Virgin Media. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  11. "John Simm on his new ITV detective drama, Grace: 'Nobody wants to see Covid on film', 11 March 2021". iNews. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  12. "Grace episode 1, Dead Simple". ITV Press Centre. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  13. "Grace – Listings". Next Episode. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  14. "BARB 7-Day viewing data". BARB.
  15. "Weekly top programmes on four screens for 8-14 March 2021". BARB. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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