Granite Harbour
GenrePolice procedural
Drama
Based onan idea by Adriel Leff & Kul Muhay
StarringRomario Simpson
Hannah Donaldson
ComposerMatthew Hall & Stephen Vedmore
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes3 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerColin McKeown
ProducerDonna Molloy
CinematographyCaroline Bridges
EditorAlex Beards
Running time59 minutes
Production companyLA Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC Scotland
BBC One
Release1 December 2022 (2022-12-01) 
present

Granite Harbour is a British police procedural television drama series set in Aberdeen, Scotland.[1][2] It is based on an idea by Adriel Luff & Kul Muhay. The series was first broadcast on BBC Scotland on 1 December 2022, followed by BBC One.[3]

Plot

Former sergeant in the Royal Military Police, now detective Davis Lindo, and his partner DS Lara Bartlett must solve the murder of an oil tycoon in Aberdeen.[4]

Cast

  • Dawn Steele as DCI Cora MacMillan
  • Romario Simpson as Davis Lindo
  • Hannah Donaldson as DS Tara ‘Bart’ Bartlett
  • Katia Winter as Karolina Andersson
  • Michelle Jeram as DS Simone 'Monty' Montrose
  • Gary Lewis as Shay Coburn
  • Hiftu Quasem as Sandy Hepburn
  • Caroline Deyga as Hannah Couffs
  • Andrew Still as Rory Dashford

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.K. viewers
(millions)
1"1.1"Gary WilliamsSarah Deane & Adriel Leff
Story by: Sarah Deane
1 December 2022 (2022-12-01) (BBC Scotland)
2 December 2022 (2022-12-02) (BBC One)
3.67
2"1.2"Gary WilliamsSarah Deane & Tara Hepburn
Story by: Sarah Deane
7 December 2022 (2022-12-07) (BBC One)
8 December 2022 (2022-12-08) (BBC Scotland)
N/A
3"1.3"Gary WilliamsSarah Deane
Story by: Sarah Deane
15 December 2022 (2022-12-15) (BBC Scotland)
16 December 2022 (2022-12-16) (BBC One)
N/A

Reception

Stuart Jeffries of The Guardian gave it three out of five stars.[5]

There is criticism of the distinct lack of Aberdonian accents in the series, instead being overwhelmingly Glasgow accents.

References

  1. Cullen, Jessica (15 November 2022). "BBC's Granite Harbour: Cast, plot, trailer, release". Stylist.
  2. "Granite Harbour star says drama is "quite different" to Shetland". Radio Times.
  3. "BBC One - Granite Harbour". BBC.
  4. "Meet the cast of Granite Harbour, BBC One's Scottish drama". Radio Times.
  5. "Granite Harbour review – the best dressed cop double-act in TV history". the Guardian. 2 December 2022.


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