The Crow Girl: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Crow Girl begins with the gruesome discovery of a teenage boy's body discarded in plain sight. Determined to find who is responsible, DCI Jeanette Kilburn joins forces with psychotherapist Dr Sophia Craven to hunt the killer despite opposition from her superiors including confidant DI Lou Stanley.

The investigation takes them into a dangerous world of historic abuse and murder. Together they uncover a chain of shocking events involving the disappearance of children that have gone overlooked for decades, as well as evidence of police corruption. As the body count rises and the two women are dragged into the depths of the murders, an intimacy starts to form between them, and so begins a complex, twisted love story. All the while, the killer is inching ever closer to home.

Series details

• Title: The Crow Girl
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2025-01-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 2026-07-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Paramount+
• Typical episode runtime: 48 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 76694
• IMDb ID: tt30063915
• TVDB ID: 447357

Cast and credited roles

• Katherine Kelly — Dr Sophia Craven
• Eve Myles — DCI Jeanette Kilburn
• Clara Rugaard — Victoria Burkeman
• Elliot Edusah — Mike Dilliston
• Victoria Hamilton — Verity Pound
• Raphael Sowole — Alex Kilburn
• Karen Ascoe — Mary Burkeman
• Lu Corfield — Eva Andric
• Michael Lumsden — Ben Burkeman
• Dougray Scott — DI Lou Stanley
• Roger Jean Nsengiyumva — Amar
• Trevor White — Carl Lowry

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-01-16; final listed air date 2025-01-16; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2026-07-20; final listed air date 2026-07-20; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

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