Marcella: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set in contemporary London with a British Metropolitan Police Officer at its heart, Marcella is Scandinavian noir on the streets of Britain. Told with Rosenfeldt's unflinchingly clear Nordic style, full of hooks and action, The series will lead the audience through a narrative maze until the final moments of the drama. Marcella will also delve into the psychology of a single female detective working solo on a serial murder case with many potential suspects and victims.

Returning to the Met's Murder Squad after a 12-year career break, Marcella Backland is a detective in her late 30's who gave up her fast-tracked role to marry and devote her life to starting a family. With the abrupt end to her marriage to the love of her life Jason and isolated from her daughter at boarding school, Marcella returns to work whilst attempting to make sense of what's happened in her life.

Series details

• Title: Marcella
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2016-04-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-01-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: ITVX
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 56 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 8400
• IMDb ID: tt5269594
• TVDB ID: 308986

Cast and credited roles

• Anna Friel — Marcella Backland
• Ray Panthaki — DI Rav Sangha
• Jamie Bamber — DI Tim Williamson
• Jack Doolan — DC Mark Travis
• Nicholas Pinnock — Jason Backland
• Hugo Speer — Frank Young
• Nina Sosanya — DCI Laura Porter
• Charlie Covell — DC Alex Dier
• Sinéad Cusack — Sylvie Gibson
• Harry Lloyd — Henry Gibson
• Patrick Baladi — Stephen Holmes
• Sophia Brown — DC LeAnn Hunter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-04-04; final listed air date 2016-05-17; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2018-02-19; final listed air date 2018-04-09; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2021-01-26; final listed air date 2021-01-26; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Marcella on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.