Rellik (BBC-1-Cinemax 2017 Richard Dormer, Jodi Balfour)

What makes a serial killer? Or the cop who is compelled to relentlessly track them down? What are the events that form a person into the human being they will become – killer or cop?

Rellik (killer spelled backwards) is a structural conceit which turns the serial killer story on its head. The perpetrator is caught before the drama moves backwards in time to the very beginning – the crime itself and ultimately the killer. The search for the killer provides the backbone of the story but the damaged and disfigured Met detective, Gabriel Markham, played by Richard Dormer (Game of Thrones, Fortitude), is at its centre. Enigmatic, unrelenting and charismatic, Gabriel is propelled in an obsessive hunt for a serial killer who left a mark on him both physically and mentally. Gabriel’s partner is Elaine, played by Jodi Balfour (The Crown, Bomb Girls, Quarry). She is a bright and intense detective, eager to please.

From the BBC press release… Harry and Jack Williams, Writers and Executive Producers for Two Brothers Pictures, said: “We are really pleased to be working with the BBC again and to be partnering with Cinemax for the first time. Rellik is a dark thriller tonally very different to anything we’ve done before and we’re looking forward to bringing it to the screen”

Willow Grylls, Executive Producer for New Pictures, says: “We are delighted to be working with the brilliant Harry and Jack Williams and Two Brothers Pictures on this bold, original and twisting thriller after our successful collaboration of two series of The Missing.”

cast
Richard Dormer as DCI Grabriel Markham
Jodi Balfour as DI Elaine Shepard
Lærke Winther as Lisa Markham
Shannon Tarbet as Hannah Markham
Rosalind Eleazar as Christine Levison
Paterson Joseph as Isaac Taylor
Ray Stevenson as Detective Superintendent Edward Benton
Michael Wildman as DI Martin Brook
Kieran Bew as DI Mike Sutherland
Faye Castelow as DS Jenny Roberts
Joseph McNab as DC Sam Myers
Mimi Ndiweni as DC Andrea Reed
Reece Ritchie as DC Asim Fry
Paul Rhys as Patrick Barker
Tanya Reynolds as Sally
Michael Shaeffer as Steven Mills
Georgia Rich as Beth Mills
Charlotte Dylan as Cassie Hughes

key behind the scenes crew
Harry and Jack Williams as Creators / Executive Producers
Willow Grylls as Executive Producer
Christopher Aird as Executive Producer
Elaine Pyke as Executive Producer
Sam Miller as Lead Director / Executive Producer
Chris Clough as Producer

show type
Thriller

broadcast from
Monday 11 September 2017 at 9.00pm
6 episodes in total

network and production companies
BBC One – Cinemax – Two Brothers – New Pictures

THE EPISODES
SEASON ONE 11 September – 
1. EPISODE ONE (11 Sep 17)
2. EPISODE TWO (18 Sep 17)
3. EPISODE THREE (25 Sep 17)
4. EPISODE FOUR (2 Oct 17)
5. EPISODE FIVE (9 Oct 17)
6. EPISODE SIX (16 Oct 17)