Suspect is a British crime drama television series. Adapted by Matt Baker, it is based on the Danish series Face to Face (Danish: Forhøret), which was created by Christoffer Boe. Suspect premiered on 19 June 2022 on Channel 4.
It was commissioned for a second series, with Baker being replaced as writer by Joy Wilkinson and David Allison.[1][2] That series began broadcast on 17 July 2024.
Premise
Detective Danny Frater, after finding his daughter's body in the mortuary, presumably by suicide, retraces her final days to discover what happened, interviewing a range of her acquaintances.
In series 2, a hypnotherapist is visited by a man who says he wants to quit smoking. Under hypnosis he says he kills girls and she must stop him.
The first series was commissioned by Channel 4 in September 2021.[4] Filming for the series began the following month, and generated slight controversy as customers were turned away while filming was undertaken at a Texaco in Vauxhall during the fuel crisis.[5]
Episodes
Series 1
No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
UK viewers (millions)
1
"Jackie"
Dries Vos
Matt Baker
19 June 2022 (2022-06-19)
N/A
2
"Nicola"
Dries Vos
Matt Baker
19 June 2022 (2022-06-19)
N/A
3
"Maia"
Dries Vos
Matt Baker
19 June 2022 (2022-06-19)
N/A
4
"Jaisal"
Dries Vos
Matt Baker
19 June 2022 (2022-06-19)
N/A
5
"Ryan"
Dries Vos
Matt Baker
19 June 2022 (2022-06-19)
N/A
6
"Harry"
Dries Vos
Matt Baker
19 June 2022 (2022-06-19)
N/A
7
"Susannah"
Dries Vos
Matt Baker
19 June 2022 (2022-06-19)
N/A
8
"Danny"
Dries Vos
Matt Baker
19 June 2022 (2022-06-19)
N/A
Series 2
No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
UK viewers (millions)
1
"Jon"
Carolina Giammetta
Joy Wilkinson
17 July 2024 (2024-07-17)
N/A
2
"Richard & Natasha"
Carolina Giammetta
Joy Wilkinson
17 July 2024 (2024-07-17)
N/A
3
"Louisa"
Carolina Giammetta
Joy Wilkinson
18 July 2024 (2024-07-18)
N/A
4
"Alistair"
Carolina Giammetta
Joy Wilkinson
18 July 2024 (2024-07-18)
N/A
5
"Sapphire"
Carolina Giammetta
David Allison
24 July 2024 (2024-07-24)
N/A
6
"Joseph"
Carolina Giammetta
David Allison
24 July 2024 (2024-07-24)
N/A
7
"Kate"
Carolina Giammetta
David Allison
25 July 2024 (2024-07-25)
N/A
8
"Emma & Ben"
Carolina Giammetta
Joy Wilkinson
25 July 2024 (2024-07-25)
N/A
Reception
The critical response to the first series was lukewarm. Rebecca Nicholson in The Guardian labelled it an "awfully cartoonish crime series" and awarded it two out of five stars.[6] Nick Hilton in The Independent awarded also two out of five stars, and wrote, DS Danny Frater is "hitting every cliché possible, from every genre of detective fiction."[7] Another two stars review was published in i by Rachael Sigee, who criticised "Suspect’s wordy half-hour instalments offered a lot of script but didn’t seem to be saying very much or do enough to make you care about the characters".[8] On Metacritic the series holds a score of 49, "Mixed or average reviews".
