british drama series debuted itv showing season april series stars series series series series based original idea jones revolves personal professional lives protagonists programme features detectives played sharp played jones characters members mit fictional production commissioned concept introduced executive producer brought writer series produced manchester based largely filmed area concept based original idea jones commenting needed roles women weren wife sidekick mother mistress etc jones remarked away bottle wine pub idea came fruition fan television programmes interested concept programme detailing lives professional women jones later spoke programme saying manchester acknowledged drama gritty real taking idea contacted wrote script episode according jones loved despite positive reaction project kind got bit lost itv discovered requested rewrite script subsequently paired create programme production expanded jones original concept taylor perspective police filled technical felt officers behaved saying dramas detectives crying dead bodies getting drunk weeks said time police officer comparison portrayals television reality interesting pull thousand cases head people happen people need drama believe reality production team produced manchester based majority owned following acquisition estimated million december founded company programme executive producer alongside writer speaking said genius makes raise game good better role producer undertaken series series worked years described job opportunity departments able stab job able trying achieve production series undertook role executive producer alongside position producer staffed fifth series filmed executive producer alongside involvement consultant producer credited maintaining rigorous authenticity according telegraph attention detail extreme series crew worked filming written starring told meet taylor designer meeting production given green light itv script largely written commenting wasn writing single line dialogue hadn influenced responsible writing majority episodes plays wrote episodes wanted writers involved process episode writer given brief scott bailey point view given murder professional writer decades scott bailey marked instance writing starring production increased workload drama series halifax happy valley chosen head writer scott bailey fourth series joined writing team wrote episodes fourth series returned write fifth series directing undertaken method director directs block episodes dictated schedule episode finished shooting director goes edit new director takes block according prolific director directed seven episodes casting jones envisaged playing idea project came mind given role programme pre production stages character different originally intended star jones pregnant twins role given instead received smaller role rachel sister approved sharp playing role jones felt pleased prospect working sharp saying excited day read sharp husband awarded role scott lover despite actors relationship sharp stated contributing factor casting stating nick actor actress don agent script role right happened role right got cast wasn conversation good idea television series way life works rachel detective team headed loosely based producers age murray originally pictured actress older auditioning returned month later intent playing murray tough meeting casting director toilets recounted said got interested seeing warmer joined cast series regular series appeared series estranged mother continuing story arc series cast role character driven emotional instability past events unearthed preparation role walker visited psychologist order build characterisation filming principal photography series took place week window november onwards reported female series filmed location greater manchester jones mentioned day filming sharp stuck car location chosen filming local press reporting lane filming supplied specially mocked newspapers props filming locations filming headquarters series filmed old branch silver street bury filming location team new station fictional road police station took place police station local filming scenes programme granted permission film prison locations manager crew filmed day sharp describing filming husband plays screen lover said aren people work affair husband discussing filming jones said pretend wasn tough shoot emotionally physically adding day filming shoot scene involving chasing suspect crime scene sharp having ready wrap party recommissioned second series announced production series commence end october aired november reported filming set scott home emergency member television crew lighting technician stranded atop cherry style platform metres ground fearing mechanism fail cause crew member fall ground sought assistance firefighters safely brought technician ground february sun reported series filmed jones pictured location manchester prosthetic wound forehead filming series began november airing date scheduled november jones sharp photographed filming location manchester series fourth series different air date television broadcast began september unlike previous series series filmed winter months longer break production series reason fourth series instead filmed summer cast characters episodes reception critical reception debuting strong viewing figures fairly positive critical reception ran july course episodes second series premiered march consisted episodes series announced began filming november premiered april august announced fourth series commissioned production set begin spring filming months earlier year series began broadcasting itv september finished october july itv renewed fifth series received generally good reviews far independent remarked courageous decision itv commission detective drama sunday nights genuine signs life thing guardian questioned idea character rachel realise partner years married considering detective described series lewis skirts guardian described great comfort writer guardian described genuinely gripping crime series added second series observer stated actually gripping reviewing series daily_telegraph praised programme script likeness reality portraying professional conduct modern stating beautifully engineered programme manages soap detective genres creator writer traditionally dull quality professional positively thrilling daily_telegraph gave mixed review commended acting sharp jones stated badly needs shape tension metro took decidedly critical stance reviews getting progressively worse new episode describing better later compelling programme mediocre crime drama amidst saturated market mediocre crime dramas persistent criticisms especially series indifferent decidedly negative depiction male characters reviewing series daily_mail wrote men appear dangerous stated man emerge credit reviewed programme airing australia similar point questioning relevance male characters men fairly incidental guardian expressed belief programme male characters way writing surely possible women lead characters having male complete useless husband rachel idiot brother egg burning kitchen performances series finale highly praised guardian commented incredible acting breath away truly gripping jewel itv increasingly impressive drama crown splendid stuff series nominated bafta award best drama series television ratings debut fared ratings days premiere sun reported overnight figures suggested million watched episode according newspaper successful drama launch far reported secured audience share timeslot programme closest rival broadcast film pirates caribbean dead man chest received audience share scott bailey aired follow programme britain received million viewers audience share timeslot broadcasters later released consolidated information stating episode received million viewers itv tuning totalling viewing figures episode episode fourth highest rating drama broadcast highest rating broadcast new drama episode reported dropped nearly million viewers episode overnight figures suggesting million tuned number rated programme timeslot programme continued competitors timeslot end beating competition including bbc dramas stolen home video releases region canada season minutes june scott bailey season minutes september season minutes october season minutes march
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