Top billed cast

1. 

   Tobias Menzies

   Ross (Journalist)

2. 

   Chiwetel Ejiofor

   Jonah Gabriel

3. 

   Christopher Eccleston

   Joseph Bede

4. 

   Kierston Wareing

   Lia Honey

5. 

   Stephen Rea

   Gatehouse

6. 

   Rafe Spall

   Jay Wratten

7. 

   Eve Best

   Petra Mayler

8. 

   Lesley Sharp

9. 

   Richard Lintern

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Current Season

Season 1

2011 | 7 Episodes

Reviews

A review by DanDare

Written by DanDare on 2020-09-28

The Shadow Line is a heavily stylised, dark and intricately plotted thriller from writer and director Hugo Blick.

Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Detective Inspector Jonah Gabriel. A dogged cop with a bullet lodged in his brain but maybe with a dark past.

Christopher Eccleston is criminal Joseph Bede. He has built up a fruit and flower supply business that acts as a front for drug smuggling but he wants to go straight.

Gabriel comes into Bede's radar after the death of Harvey Wrattan, a drug importer.

After his death, many disparate people are fighting to take over Wrattan's empire.

The...read the rest

Recommendations

1. Inspector Morse78%
2. The Inspector Lynley Mysteries72%
3. Dalgliesh67%
4. Midsomer Murders74%
5. Luther78%
6. Vera73%
7. No Offence75%
8. Waking the Dead72%
9. True Detective83%
10. Prime Suspect78%
11. Fool Me Once71%
12. Barnaby Jones70%
13. Unforgotten75%
14. Crime63%
15. Dexter82%
16. Lewis76%
17. Motive64%
18. Above Suspicion70%
19. Dalziel and Pascoe64%
20. Agatha Christie's Poirot81%

Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
The Shadow Line

Keywords

• england
• detective
• gangster
• police
• organized crime
• conspiracy
• miniseries
• drug lord
• british noir
• murder investigation
• murder mystery
• political conspiracy