Roadkill: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Roadkill is about self-made, forceful and charismatic politician Peter Laurence. Peter's public and private life seems to be falling apart – or rather is being picked apart by his enemies. As the personal revelations spiral, he is shamelessly untroubled by guilt or remorse, expertly walking a high wire between glory and catastrophe as he seeks to further his own agenda whilst others plot to bring him down. However, events show just how hard it is, for both an individual and a country, to leave the past behind. With enemies so close to home, can Peter Laurence ever out-run his own secrets to win the ultimate prize?

Series details

• Title: Roadkill
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2020-10-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 2020-10-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: BBC iPlayer
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 57 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 43486
• IMDb ID: tt10846250
• TVDB ID: 378989

Cast and credited roles

• Hugh Laurie — Peter Laurence
• Helen McCrory — Dawn Ellison
• Sidse Babett Knudsen — Madeleine Halle
• Iain De Caestecker — Duncan Knock
• Pippa Bennett-Warner — Rochelle
• Millie Brady — Lily Laurence
• Shalom Brune-Franklin — Rose Dietl
• Tony Pitts — Mick 'the Mouth' Murray
• Saskia Reeves — Helen Laurence
• Pip Torrens — Joe Lapidus
• Gbemisola Ikumelo — Steff Frost
• Katie Leung — Margaret Moore

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-10-18; final listed air date 2020-10-18; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Roadkill 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.