KAREN PIRIE: S01E02

​Karen Pirie
Series 1 / Episode 2
Sunday 02 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 Detective Sergeant 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 Detective Sergeant Karen Pirie in a new ITV/STV drama series, produced by World Productions.

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.

With suspects under attack, Detective Sergeant Karen Pirie's cold case review becomes a live investigation.

Is someone out for revenge for Rosie's death, or trying to ensure the truth remains hidden?

The investigation continues, tonight, on STV in Scotland and ITV everywhere else at 20:00.

CAST

Lauren Lyle as DS Karen Pirie
Gemma McElhinney as PC Janice Long
Chris Jenks as DC Jason Murray
Gilly Gilchrist as DI Barney MacLennan
Jhon Lumsden as Ziggy Malkiewicz JNR.
Jack Hasketh as Weird Mackie JNR.
Rakhee Thakrar as Bel Richmond
Kevin Mains as DS Jimmy Lawson JNR.
Anna Russell-Martin as Rosie Duff
Alec Newman as Ziggy Malkiewicz SNR.
Michael Shaeffer as Weird Mackie SNR.
Ariyon Bakare as Alex Gilbey SNR.
Gerry Lynch as Colin Duff SNR.
Anthony Strachan as Brian Duff SNR.
Daniel Portman as Colin Duff SNR.
Steve John Shepherd as DI Simon Lees
Zach Wyatt as DS Phil Parhatka
Emer Kenny as River Wilde
Josh Whitelaw as Brian Duff JNR.
Ron Donachie as Archie Duff
Stuart Bowman as Chief Superintendent Lawson
Nalini Chetty as Iona Kaleel SNR.
Layla Kirk as Iona Kaleel JNR.
Marnie Baxter as Lyn Mackie SNR.
Bhav Joshi as Rob Driscoll
Bobby Rainsbury as Grace Galloway
Barrie Hunter as Professor Keen
Kristin Bowden as Student Kelly
Kim Allan as Student Sarah
Sally Reid as Dr. MacLeod
Milliana Dale as Baby Davina
Clare Waugh as Dorothy SNR.
Amy Conachan as Kirstie
Gary Lamont as Paul
Imogen Mackie Walker as Dorothy JNR.
Rian Gordon as Donnie