Cold Blood | |
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Genre | Crime drama |
Written by | Tom Needham |
Directed by | Stuart Orme Suri Krishnama |
Starring |
Matthew Kelly Jemma Redgrave John Hannah Ace Bhatti David Calder Pauline Quirke Paul Gabriel |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 5 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Kieran Roberts Carolyn Reynolds |
Producer(s) | Ian White |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production company(s) | ITV Studios |
Release | |
Original network | ITV |
Picture format | 16:9 |
Original release | 19 October 2005 – 3 January 2008 |
Cold Blood is a television series first broadcast on 19 October 2005, on ITV1. Three series of the show have been broadcast. The series stars Matthew Kelly as Brian Wicklow, a former serial killer who assists the police with investigations into murders and serial offenders. The series also features John Hannah as Jake Osborne and Jemma Redgrave as Detective Sergeant Granger.
Three official series of the show were produced: two stand-alone feature-length episodes and one final series comprising three individual stories. The show ceased production in 2007 following declining viewing figures; and the final episode was broadcast on 3 January 2008, to a mere 3.98m, a drop of more than 3 million viewers since the first episode.