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Karen Pirie
Lauren Lyle (Outlander) will take the lead role of Karen Pirie in a new ITV drama series from World Productions, the production company behind Line of Duty and Bodyguard.
True to Val McDermid’s iconic character, DS Karen Pirie is a young and fearless Scottish investigator with a quick wit and tenacious desire for the truth. Adapted by Emer Kenny (Harlots, Save Me Too), who also will play Karen’s friend, River Wilde, Karen Pirie costars Chris Jenks (Sex Education) as Jason “Mint” Murray and Zach Wyatt (Blithe Spirit) as DS Phil Parhatka. The series is based on celebrated crime author Val McDermid’s first “Karen Pirie” novel, The Distant Echo.
The first episode sees Karen tasked with reopening an unsolved murder case that has been the subject of a provocative true-crime podcast. When teenager Rosie Duff (Anna Russell-Martin, Casualty) was found brutally murdered in the Scottish university town of St Andrews in 1996, suspicion fell on the three drunken students who were discovered at the scene of the crime, claiming to have found her body: Sigmund “Ziggy” Malkiewicz (Jhon Lumsden, Pancake), Tom “Weird” Mackie (Jack Hesketh, Besa), and Alex Gilbey (Buom Tihngang, Death In Paradise). But with a lack of forensic evidence, no charges were brought and the investigation floundered. Twenty-five years on, someone appears to be willing to risk everything to keep the secrets surrounding the case hidden. Do the three men know more than they previously revealed? How flawed was the original investigation? And can Karen uncover the truth of what happened to Rosie that fateful night?
Additional cast members include Michael Schaeffer (The Salisbury Poisonings) as Tom “Weird” Mackie senior, Ariyon Bakare (His Dark Materials) as Alex Gilbey senior, and Alec Newman (Unforgotten) as Sigmund “Ziggy” Malkiewicz senior. The series is filmed across Scotland.
Karen Pirie has been commissioned for ITV by Head of Drama Polly Hill. Drama Commissioner Huw Kennair-Jones oversaw production from the channel’s perspective. The program is executive produced by Simon Heath, World Production’s CEO, Emer Kenny, and Val McDermid; directed by Gareth Bryn (Line of Duty, Hidden); and produced by Clare Kerr (The Nest). Karen Pirie is produced in association with, and distributed by, ITV Studios. BritBox International will be the exclusive home to the series in North America.
https://thebritishtvplace.com/2022/06/britbox-announces-new-commissions-with-itv-and-bbc-including-death-in-paradise-spinoff/
Remember… we are going to make Karens cool again.
