Author:Roy Williams,Alex Lanipekun,Kenneth Cranham,Full Cast
Kenneth Cranham and Alex Lanipekun star in these eleven gritty contemporary crime dramas
Idiosyncratic detective duo Max Matthews and Sean Armitage are back for three more series, in which they expertly extract confessions from their suspects during the course of one interview. Their relationship has evolved since they were first paired up, back when Armitage was a rookie constable, but their interrogation technique is as incisive as ever.
These eleven compelling dramas all shine the spotlight on a different suspect, each with their own tale to tell - and their own selective version of events. We hear from a wealth of diverse characters including Ross, a young prisoner accused of attacking a fellow inmate; Jack, a respectable writer who has been charged with shoplifting; Dan, whose wife is in hospital after a suicide attempt; and Nadine, a fellow police officer who Sean has known since childhood. As Matthews and Armitage subject them to a grilling, the truth is revealed, in all its messiness and moral complexity.
Created by multi-award-winning playwright Roy Williams, The Interrogation's naturalistic dialogue and virtuoso real-time scenes make it a police procedural like no other, and one that grips from start to finish.
Cast and credits
DCI Max Matthews - Kenneth Cranham
DS Sean Armitage - Alex Lanipekun
Harry - Rupert Holliday Evans
Ross - Billy Seymour
Julie - Georgie Glen
Jack - Michael Shaeffer
PC Kerry - Kerry Gooderson
Heather - Jo Martin
Clare - Claire Rushbrook
Dan - Navin Chowdhry
Nadine - Bianca Stephens
Evie - Marcia Warren
Ronald - Sean Baker
PC Jones - Helen Clapp
Billy - Daniel Kendrick
Officer/Nathan- Joseph Ayre
Trevor - David Hounslow
Carly - Lizzy Watts
Written by Roy Williams
Directed by Mary Peate
Produced by Jessica Dromgoole
Music composed by David Pickvance
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018 (Series 6), July/August 2019 (Series 7) and September/October (Series 8)
Episode guide
Series 6
1. Ross
2. Jack
3. Heather
Series 7
1. Dan
2. Nadine
3. Evie
4. Billy
5. Carly
Series 8
1. Sandra
2. Stephen
3. Tanya and Natalie
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