Rules of the Game: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

When new HR Director Maya begins her job at Fly, she tries to shake up the old-fashioned lad culture and begins investigating historic cases of misconduct. But Sam bristles at the suggestion of institutional bias against women - that was all in the past, and things are different now that she's in charge.

However, when Sam arrives at work one day to find a dead body in the office reception, she is forced to reckon with not only the murky behaviour in the present, but murderous secrets from the past as well.

Series details

• Title: Rules of the Game
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Thriller
• Premiere date: 2022-01-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-01-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: BBC iPlayer
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 54405
• IMDb ID: tt14466362
• TVDB ID: 400191

Cast and credited roles

• Maxine Peake — Sam Thompson
• Rakhee Thakrar — Maya Benshaw
• Ben Batt — Owen Jenkins
• Kieran Bew — Gareth Jenkins
• Callie Cooke — Tess Jones
• Megan Parkinson — Gemma Thompson
• Katherine Pearce — Carys Jenkins
• Zoe Tapper — Vanessa Jenkins
• Susan Wokoma — DI Eve Preston
• Alison Steadman — Anita Jenkins
• Tom Forbes — Luke Benshaw
• Rory Keenan — Hugh Evans

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2022-01-11; final listed air date 2022-01-11; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Rules of the Game 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.