Payback: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

With an idyllic family lifestyle in the suburbs of Edinburgh, Lexie is unaware her husband, Jared, has been laundering Cal Morris' illegal earnings on a vast scale. Jared's every move is being monitored by financial investigators DC Jibran Khan and DCI Adam Guthrie, who are determined to use the Noble family to bring Cal Morris to justice. 

A partner in Jared's business, Lexie is forced into working for Cal, at the same time as the police net inexorably tightens. Soon Lexie finds herself walking a treacherous tightrope between Cal and the police in which her safety, and even her life, are in grave danger.

Series details

• Title: Payback
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Crime, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2023-10-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2023-10-04
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: ITVX
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 48 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.4/10
• TVMaze ID: 70213
• IMDb ID: tt21955290
• TVDB ID: 424178

Cast and credited roles

• Morven Christie — Lexie Noble
• Peter Mullan — Cal Morris
• Prasanna Puwanarajah — DC Jibran Khan
• Derek Riddell — DCI Adam Guthrie
• Jack Greenlees — Aaron Morris
• Steven Miller — DS Rob Livingston
• Andi Osho — DI Jean Royce
• Steven Mackintosh — Malky Roberts
• Julie Graham — Connie Morris
• Henry Pettigrew — Rufus Hayes
• Anneika Rose — Rowena Hayes

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2023-10-04; final listed air date 2023-10-04; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

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