Ridley (TV series)#Swansong

Alex Ridley (Adrian Dunbar) is a former detective inspector who is brought back in as a consultant some eighteen months after an early retirement, due to a nervous breakdown from having to come to terms with the loss of his wife and daughter in a house fire. He spends some of his retirement time as a pianist and singer in a jazz club of which he is a co-owner. He assists former colleague Carol Farman (Bronagh Waugh), newly promoted to detective inspector.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/aug/28/tv-tonight-ridley-itv-adrian-dunbar|title=TV tonight: Line of Duty's Adrian Dunbar is a conflicted cop again|last=Richardson|first=Hollie|date=28 August 2022|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited

|access-date=29 August 2022}}

• Adrian Dunbar as Alex Ridley, a retired detective inspector, now serving as a police consultant
• Bronagh Waugh as DI Carol Farman, team leader and Ridley's former protege{{cite web|title=Ridley {{!}} Interview with Bronagh Waugh (DI Carol Farman) |url=https://www.memorabletv.com/interviews/ridley-interview-with-bronagh-waugh-di-carol-farman/ |website=Memorable TV |date=25 August 2022 |access-date=26 July 2023}}
• Terence Maynard as DCI Paul Goodwin, Farman's boss
• Georgie Glen as Dr. Wendy Newstone, police pathologist and chief forensics officer
• George Bukhari as DC Darren Lakhan, a junior detective on Farman's team
• Julie Graham as Annie Marling, owner of the jazz club and a close friend of Ridley
• Bhavna Limbachia as Geri Farman, Carol's wife

• Aidan McArdle as Michael Flannery, a convicted criminal who murdered Ridley's wife and daughter
• Jacquetta May as Kate Ridley, Ridley's wife, who died in the house fire (in flashbacks)
• Kitty Watson as Ella Ridley, Ridley's daughter, who also died in the house fire (in flashbacks)
• Tareq Al-Jeddal as Jack Farman, Carol and Geri's teenaged son

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|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=The Peaceful Garden

|DirectedBy= Bryn Higgins

|WrittenBy= Jonathan Fisher and Paul Matthew Thompson

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2022|08|28}}

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|ShortSummary= Tasked with solving a complex crime, Ridley investigates the murder of a sheep farmer, and the connections with the disappearance of a young child many years previously, and a convicted sex offender.{{cite web

|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/aug/28/idley-review-adrian-dunbar-ted-hastings-itv-crime-drama-regardless

|title=Ridley review – a great return to policing for Adrian Dunbar (but he won't stop singing)

|last=Mangan

|first=Lucy

|date=28 August 2022

|work=The Guardian

|publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited

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|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/ridley-adrian-dunbar-review/

|title=Ridley review: Is Adrian Dunbar's detective series any good?

|last=Daly

|first=Helen

|date=28 August 2022

|work=Radio Times

|publisher=Immediate Media Company Limited

|access-date=29 August 2022}}

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|EpisodeNumber=2

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Hospitality

|DirectedBy= Noreen Kershaw

|WrittenBy= Jonathan Fisher and Paul Matthew Thompson

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2022|09|04}}

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|ShortSummary= Ridley is asked to help with an investigation when the body of a young woman is discovered buried on the moors.

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|EpisodeNumber=3

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Swansong

|DirectedBy= Paul Gay

|WrittenBy= Julia Gilbert

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2022|09|11}}

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|ShortSummary= Ridley agrees to help find the brother of a jazz singer who went missing 40 years ago, but the murder of a woman appears to be connected to the case.{{cite web

|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19246472/?ref_=tt_eps_rec

|title=Swansong

|year=2022

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|EpisodeNumber=4

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title= The Numbered Days

|DirectedBy= Paul Gay

|WrittenBy= Jonathan Fisher and Paul Matthew Thompson

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2022|09|18}}

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|ShortSummary= Ridley investigates when a man falls to his death from a balcony.{{cite web

|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19246474/?ref_=ttep_ep4

|title=The Numbered Days

|year=2022

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|access-date=23 September 2024}}

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|EpisodeNumber=5

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title= A Sleeping Tiger

|DirectedBy= Noreen Kershaw

|WrittenBy= Paul Matthew Thompson

|NumParts= 2

|OriginalAirDate_1= {{Start date|2024|09|15}}

|OriginalAirDate_2= {{Start date|2024|09|23}}

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|ShortSummary= .{{cite web

|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33034986/?ref_=ttep_ep1

|title=A Sleeping Tiger, Part 1

|year=2024

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|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33091739/?ref_=ttep_ep2

|title=A Sleeping Tiger, Part 2

|year=2024

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|EpisodeNumber=6

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title= The Hollow Tree

|DirectedBy= Isher Sahota

|WrittenBy= Julia Gilbert

|NumParts= 2

|OriginalAirDate_1= {{Start date|2024|09|29}}

|OriginalAirDate_2= {{Start date|2024|10|06}}

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|ShortSummary= .{{cite web

|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33091741/?ref_=ttep_ep3

|title=The Hollow Tree, Part 1

|year=2024

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|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33091740/?ref_=ttep_ep4

|title=The Hollow Tree, Part 2

|year=2024

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|EpisodeNumber=7

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title= Fool for love

|DirectedBy= Paul Gay

|WrittenBy= Michael Bhim

|NumParts= 2

|OriginalAirDate_1= {{Start date|2024|10|13}}

|OriginalAirDate_2= {{Start date|2024|10|20}}

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|title=Fool For Love, Part 1

|year=2024

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|title=Fool For Love, Part 2

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|EpisodeNumber=8

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title= The Memory Jar

|DirectedBy= Noreen Kershaw

|WrittenBy= Paul Matthew Thompson

|NumParts= 2

|OriginalAirDate_1= {{Start date|2024|10|27}}

|OriginalAirDate_2= {{Start date|2024|11|03}}

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|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33091736/?ref_=ttep_ep7

|title=The Memory Jar, Part 1

|year=2024

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|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33308956/?ref_=ttep_ep8

|title=The Memory Jar, Part 2

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{{reflist}}

• {{IMDb title|tt14772170}}
• [https://www.itv.com/watch/ridley/10a1231 Ridley] at ITVX
• [https://www.pbs.org/show/ridley/ Ridley] at PBS

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