Grace - how John Simm is conquering the TV screen as Peter James' Brighton detective Roy Grace
The second episode of the series – a series which began filming in Brighton in autumn 2020 amid the strictest Covid controls – went out on Sunday night to wide acclaim, with the promise of more to follow.
It was just over a year ago John Simm made his debut in the role on screen.
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Detective Superintendent Roy Grace suspects the sudden death of a former schoolteacher found in suspicious circumstances in a respectable Brighton backwater may not be the drugs overdose it first appears and when human remains are discovered in a Sussex field, Grace and Branson are drawn into an investigation that will test their abilities and their friendship to breaking point.
Though each case initially appears to be an isolated incident, Grace’s instinct leads him to believe both deaths are the work of a twisted, sadistic serial killer who leaves a bizarre calling card at the scene of each crime. However, with his professional stock still low and his credibility in question, Grace's hardest job might be convincing the ’Upstairs’ that there is a predator who is hunting victims along the South Coast.
Meanwhile, in Hove, a local businessman finds a pen drive left behind by a passenger on his evening commuter train home. Proving that no good deed goes unpunished, in seeking to return the memory stick to its unknown owner, he opens Pandora’s Box, unleashing an evil that will reach out to imperil all he holds dear, as he, his wife and family become unwittingly connected to Grace’s investigation.
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Hide AdWith Grace already having to contend with Assistant Chief Constable Alison Vosper urging him to leave his Brighton hometown to take up post in a neighbouring Constabulary, hardly a ringing endorsement of his professional standing, he and the team must race against time to put the pieces together and catch their killer before further innocent lives fall victim to the murderer’s bloodlust.
Cast
DS Roy Grace JOHN SIMM
DS Glen Branson RICHIE CAMPBELL
ACC Alison Vosper RAKIE AYOLA
Harry Frame ADRIAN RAWLINS
DS Bella Moy LAURA ELPHINSTONE
DC Nick Nicholl BRAD MORRISON
DC Emma Jane Boutwood AMAKA OKAFOR
DS Norman Potting CRAIG PARKINSON
Sophie Bryce CHRISTINA CHONG
Zack Bryce AMIT SHAH
Andy Gilney JAMES TARPEY
Janie Stretton KRISTY PHILIPPS
Martin Broom MICHAEL D. XAVIER
Rufus Fletcher MITCHELL HUNT
Chris Webb ALEX PRICE
Verity Cantlie CASSIE CLARE
Reginald D'Eath OWEN ROBERTS
Mr Seiler SIDNEY KEAN
Elaine Dupont SALLY EDWARDS
Joe Tindall WILLIAM ANDREWS
Dr Theobald HENRY MILLER
Professor Otto Johansson CALLUM COATES
Philip Stretton STEVEN ELDER
DS John Rye DARREN TIGHE
David Lee MATT BARKLEY
Joolz BOO GOLDING
Claire LAUREN O'NEIL
Erridge NICHOLAS KHAN
Ricky LOUIS BOYER
Anton AUSTIN HARDIMAN
Mandy ROBYN ASHWOOD
Danni Brown KATIE BRAYBEN
Carl Smith JAMES BARRISCALE
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