
Scott & Bailey(2011)
D.C. Rachel Bailey and D.C. Janet Scott have a robust and engaging friendship which enables them to draw upon each other’s strengths and investigate murders for the Manchester Metropolitan Police.


Cuffs is a fresh, authentic and visceral drama that will take the audience on an exhilarating ride through the challenges of front-line policing. Adrenalized and vibrant, the show is packed full of dramatic incidents and colourful characters. From a booby trapped cannabis farm in a suburban semi to an elderly farmer's wife with a shotgun, the stories are surprising and exciting. There will be more absurd altercations - such as a middle-class dog-napping or fisticuffs between pensioners - as well as the daily grind of speeding drivers, city-centre shoplifters and Saturday night drinkers.

Ashley Walters
PC Ryan Draper

Jacob Ifan
PC Jake Vickers

Amanda Abbington
DS Jo Moffat

Peter Sullivan
Chief Super Robert Vickers

Shaun Dooley
DC Carl Hawkins

Paul Ready
DI Felix Kane

Eleanor Matsuura
PC Donna Prager
Alex Carter
PC Lino Moretti

Bhavna Limbachia
PC Misha Baig

Karen Bryson
Custody SGNT Melanie Pyke
Cuffs is a drama, crime series that first aired in 2015 exploring themes of england, police, brighton, england, rookie cop, procedural. it stars Ashley Walters, Jacob Ifan, Amanda Abbington. Cuffs is a fresh, authentic and visceral drama that will take the audience on an exhilarating ride through the challenges of front-line policing. Adrenalized and vibrant, the show is packed full of dramatic incidents and colourful characters. From a booby trapped cannabis farm in a suburban semi to an elderly farmer's wife with a shotgun, the stories are surprising and exciting. There will be more absurd altercations - such as a middle-class dog-napping or fisticuffs between pensioners - as well as the daily grind of speeding drivers, city-centre shoplifters and Saturday night drinkers.
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