Series Cast
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Jonah Gabriel
Christopher Eccleston
Joseph Bede
Kierston Wareing
Lia Honey
Stephen Rea
Gatehouse
Rafe Spall
Jay Wratten
Eve Best
Petra Mayler
Lesley Sharp
Richard Lintern
Robert Pugh
Antony Sher
Peter Glickman
Freddie Fox
Ratallack
Tobias Menzies
Ross (Journalist)
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Season 1
2011 | 7 Episodes
Season 1 of The Shadow Line premiered on May 05 2011
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Review 1DiscussionA review by DanDare
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Written by DanDare on Mon Sep 28 2020
The Shadow Line is a heavily stylised, dark and intricately plotted thriller from writer and director Hugo Blick.
Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Detective Inspector Jonah Gabriel. A dogged cop with a bullet lodged in his brain but maybe with a dark past.
Christopher Eccleston is criminal Joseph Bede. He has built up a fruit and flower supply business that acts as a front for drug smuggling but he wants to go straight.
Gabriel comes into Bede's radar after the death of Harvey Wrattan, a drug importer.
After his death, many disparate people are fighting to take over Wrattan's empire.
Ther...
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Status
Ended
Status
Type
Miniseries
Original Language
English
Keywords
- england
- detective
- gangster
- police
- organized crime
- conspiracy
- miniseries
- drug lord
- british noir
- murder investigation
- murder mystery
- political conspiracy