Directed by:
Hugo BlickScreenplay:
Hugo BlickCinematography:
Tat RadcliffeCast:
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kierston Wareing, Rafe Spall, Christopher Eccleston, Lesley Sharp, David Schofield, Tobias Menzies, Stephen Rea, Agni Scott, Robert Pugh (more)Episodes(7)
Plots(1)
The Shadow Line begins after one of Britain's biggest crime lords, Harvey Wratten is murdered. The act come just four hours after he was given a Royal pardon for his crimes. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Chiwetel Ejiofor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/315/166315976_e6c3e2.jpg)
Chiwetel Ejiofor
UK
Best series:
The Shadow Line (2011) (series)
Dancing on the Edge (2013) (series)
Murder in Mind (2001) (series)
![Kierston Wareing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279575_f1e1e7.jpg)
![Rafe Spall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/024/164024361_69c822.jpg)
Rafe Spall
UK
Best series:
Black Mirror (2011) (series)
Trying (2020) (series)
The English (2022) (series)
![Christopher Eccleston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/341/161341676_ea56c6.jpg)
Christopher Eccleston
UK
Best series:
True Detective (2014) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series) - actor, a.f.
The A Word (2016) (series)
![Lesley Sharp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/444/444321_0bcd5a.jpg)
Lesley Sharp
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (2005) (series) - actor, a.f.
Scott & Bailey (2011) (series)
Three Girls (2017) (series)
![David Schofield](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/342/163342962_0c15c2.png)
David Schofield
UK
Best series:
The Take (2009) (series)
The Last Kingdom (2015) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
![Tobias Menzies](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/975/163975001_c11e0f.jpg)
Tobias Menzies
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
The Crown (2016) (series)
Black Mirror (2011) (series)
![Stephen Rea](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/218/162218630_87dbf6.jpg)
Stephen Rea
UK
Best series:
Guerre et paix (2016) (series)
Utopia (2013) (series)
The English (2022) (series)
![Agni Scott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279817_3170bf.jpg)
Agni Scott
Best series:
Strike Back (2010) (series)
House of Saddam (2008) (series)
The Shadow Line (2011) (series)
![Robert Pugh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/387/162387545_9b4d9d.jpg)
Robert Pugh
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
Hustle (2004) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
![Sean Gilder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/829/161829582_b55125.jpg)
Sean Gilder
UK
Best series:
The Last Kingdom (2015) (series)
Atlanta (2016) (series)
Life on Mars (2006) (series)
![Bryony Afferson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/736/158736737_f443c7.jpg)
Bryony Afferson
UK
Best series:
Luther (2010) (series)
Whitechapel (2009) (series)
The Shadow Line (2011) (series)
Samuel James
Best series:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Shadow Line (2011) (series)
New Worlds (2014) (series)
![Antony Sher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456099_96dfed.jpg)
Antony Sher
South Africa
Best series:
The Company (2007) (series)
One Foot in the Grave (1990) (series)
The Shadow Line (2011) (series)
![Eve Best](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/656/166656170_f6e61c.jpg)
Eve Best
UK
Best series:
The Crown (2016) (series)
House of the Dragon (2022) (series)
The Shadow Line (2011) (series)
![Freddie Fox](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/140/161140839_230444.jpg)
Freddie Fox
UK
Best series:
The Crown (2016) (series)
The Gentlemen (2024) (series)
Watership Down (2018) (series)
![Lorraine Burroughs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/587/158587835_7d3778.jpg)
Lorraine Burroughs
UK
Best series:
Last Tango in Halifax (2012) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
Top Boy (2011) (series)
![Tony Osoba](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319161_23faa5.jpg)
Tony Osoba
UK
Best series:
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1986) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
![Clare Calbraith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792761_fcbb11.jpg)
Clare Calbraith
UK
Best series:
Mr Bates vs. The Post Office (2024) (series)
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
Broken (2017) (series)
![Lloyd McGuire](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/673/158673742_34bccf.jpg)
Lloyd McGuire
Best series:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978) (series)