SOUTH AFRICA'S TV WEBSITE
SIGN IN SEARCH MENU
SOUTH AFRICA'S TV WEBSITE


DCI Banks

Genres: Drama, Anthology Series
Broadcast on: BBC Entertainment, BBC First

Rate:

7.5

Add to Show Favourites

Seasons

Season 1

Channel Premiere Finale TX Time Episodes
ITV 16 Sep 2011 21 Oct 2011 Fridays 6
BBC Entertainment 14 Jun 2013 28 Jun 2013 Fridays, 20h00 - 21h45 6


Season 1

Following the ratings success of Peter Robinson's first novel Aftermath, Stephen Tompkinson is returning as DCI Banks in the television adaptation of a further three Inspector Banks novels: Playing with Fire, Friend of the Devil and Cold is the Grave.

Based on the bestselling novels by Peter Robinson the series features carefully worked stories jam-packed with twists and turns and intriguing and memorable characters.

The series stars Stephen Tompkinson as the tenacious and stubborn Chief Inspector Alan Banks. Actress Andrea Lowe is the feisty and headstrong Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot.

Together they investigate compelling contemporary crimes set in the fictional town of Eastvale in the Yorkshire countryside - a striking and contrasting backdrop to chilling and thrilling murder stories.

In Playing with Fire two bodies are found after a fire on some narrow boats and Banks and DS Annie Cabbot find themselves on the trail of an arsonist who has killed two people.

In Friend of the Devil a young student is attacked in the middle of the city and in another part of Yorkshire a woman has her throat cut, but the two different murders have disturbing similarities.

Cold is the Grave is a case terrifyingly close to home as Banks is asked by his boss, Superintendant Gerry Rydell, to find his missing teenage daughter...


Season 1 Cast

as
DCI Alan Banks

as
DS Annie Cabbot

as
DS Winsome Jackman

as
DC Ken Blackstone

as
Chief Supt Gerry Rydell

as
DC Kevin Templeton

as
CS McLaughlin

as
Barry Clough

as
Dr. Elizabeth Waring

as
Dr. Patrick Aspern

as
Emily Rydell

as
Jamie Morden

as
Les Holt

as
Lucy Payne

as
Malcolm Austin

as
Mark Keane

as
Miranda Aspern

as
Rosalind Rydell


LATEST ARTICLES

New on TV today: Saturday 13 September 2025

TLC weighs in with 1000-lb Roomies and The Mommy Club 3 arrives to terrorise Mzansi Magic.


On Carte Blanche: illegal cigarettes smoke out South Africa

Blast back to lockdown when illegal cigarettes were all the rage. Now they're outselling legal ones.


Blink Kant Bo 2 Teasers - October 2025

Orhan faces abuse in prison as Pelin fights for her life when she goes into labour.


New on TV today: Friday 12 September 2025

Netflix unpacks the Beauty and the Bester and BBC Brit presents Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams.


Yosef Teasers - October 2025

Yaman and Seher spend some quality time together... in a storeroom.


New on TV today: Thursday 11 September 2025

Drink Masters mix it up on S3 and Beauty in Black returns to Netflix.


The TVSA Interview: Die Brug Season 2 winner Hirome Shigeaki

We chat to Hirome who dishes on his decisions, the filming process and the behind-the-scenes of now.


New on TV today: Wednesday 10 September 2025

Psycho thriller The Girlfriend drops on Prime Video, and Charlie Sheen and mummies are unwrapped on Netflix and BBC UKTV.


Generations: The Legacy Teasers - October 2025

All hell breaks loose at Jack's bail hearing and Khumo confesses to murrrder.


New on TV today: Tuesday 9 September 2025

Only Murders in the Building 5 drops on Disney+ and Salvage Hunters returns to Discovery Family.

LATEST SITE ACTIVITY


More activity at TVSA Central



,

LATEST SOAPIE TEASERS


,

LATEST SOAPIE TEASERS




×
×

You browser doesn't have Flash, Silverlight, Gears, BrowserPlus or HTML5 support.