KAREN PIRIE: S01E01

Karen Pirie
Series 1 / Episode 1
Sunday 25 September 2022
20:00
ITV/STV

Devised by Emer Kenny
Story by Val McDermid
​Writer: Emer Kenny
Director: Gareth Bryn
Serie Producer: Clare Kerr
Executive Producer: Simon Heath
Executive Producer Emer Kenny
Executive Producer: Val McDermid

Lauren Lyle stars as Karen Pirie in ITV/STV cold case murder drama, based on acclaimed author Val McDermid's The Distant Echo and adapted by Emer Kenny.

Outlander star Lauren Lyle takes the lead role of Karen Pirie in a new ITV/STV drama series from World Productionsm the producers of hit shows such as Line Of Duty and Bodyguard.

Adapted by Emer Kenny, who will also take the role of DS Pirie's friend River Wilde.

In 1996 St. Andrews, three drunken students are discovered at the scene of a murder.

Young barmaid Rosie Duff has been assaulted, stabbed and left for dead, and the only suspects are the three young men now stained with her blood, claiming to have stumbled across her on the way home from a party.

Twenty-five years later, Rosie's unsolved murder has become the subject of a provocative true crime podcast and Detective Sergeant Karen Pirie is put in charge of the cold case review.

But as complications within the investigation grow, it becomes increasingly apparent that Rosie harboured a long-held family secret that could potentially unlock the mysteries surrounding the case.

When new evidence emerges implicating one of the students, Karen hunts down the suspect to get their version of the story.​

The entire series will stream on ITV Hub & STV Player at 23:00, just after episode 1 concluded on ITV & STV. 

CAST

Lauren Lyle as DS Karen Pirie
Emer Kenny as River Wilde
Zach Wyatt as DS Phil Parhatka
Kevin Mains as DS Jimmy Lawson
Jhon Lumsden as Ziggy Malkiewicz
Gemma McElhinney as Janice Hogg
Anna Russell-Martin as Rosie Duff
Stuart Bowman as CS Lawson SNR.
Barrie Hunter as Professor Keen
Daniel Portman as Colin Duff
Rakhee Thakrar as Bel Richmond
Jack Hesketh as Tom "Weird" Mackie
Steve John Shepherd as Simon Lees
Bhav Joshi as Rob Driscoll
Chris Jenks as Jason Murray
Marnie Baxter as Lynn Mackie
Bobby Rainsbury as Grace Galloway
Buom Tihngang as Alex Gilbey
Imogen Mackie Walker as Dorothy JNR.
Gerry Lynch as Colin Duff SNR.
Layla Kirk as Iona Kaleel JNR.
Clare Waugh as Dorothy SNR.
Kim Allan as Sarah
Gary Lamont as Paul
Alec Newman as Ziggy SNR.
Christopher McPhilips as CID Officer
James Uphill as Student