Underplayed Gems

Strike (2017)

Strike poster
Directed by
Michael Keillor, Charles Sturridge
Genre
crime television series, detective television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
6 seasons, 19 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 255 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A war veteran and private detective solves complex cases in London with his assistant. The show follows their investigations into crimes that have stumped the police.

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What happens

Strike (also known as C. B. Strike internationally) is a British crime drama television programme based on the book series Cormoran Strike by J. K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The programme was first broadcast on BBC One on 27 August 2017, after receiving an advance premiere at the British Film Institute on 10 August 2017. The programme follows Cormoran Strike (Tom Burke), a war veteran turned private detective operating out of a tiny office in London's Denmark Street, who uses his unique insight and his background as a Special Investigation Branch investigator to solve complex cases that have eluded the police along with his assistant, subsequently business partner, Robin Ellacott (Holliday Grainger). Nineteen episodes across six series have been broadcast to date, each series adapting a novel: The Cuckoo's Calling (2013), The Silkworm (2014), Career of Evil (2015), Lethal White (2018), Troubled Blood (2020), and The Ink Black Heart (2022) respectively. A seventh series, based on the book The Running Grave started filming in Autumn 2025, and is scheduled for broadcast on BBC in 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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