7.6 /10 1 Votes
7.9/10 TV Country of origin United Kingdom First episode date 13 March 2004 | 7.2/10 IMDb Also known as 'Ash and Scribbs' Written by Nick Collins Original language(s) English Final episode date 2 July 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Caroline CatzLisa FaulknerJeremy SheffieldGlen DaviesStuart Nurse Cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murder in Suburbia is a British television drama series first broadcast on ITV on 13 March 2004. The series focuses on the work of DI Kate Ashurst (Caroline Catz) and DS Emma Scribbins (Lisa Faulkner), who work on the murder squad in the fictional suburban English town of Middleford. The series also stars Jeremy Sheffield as their supervising officer, DCI Jeremy Sullivan.
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Filming for the series took place in Northwood and other locations in Northwest London. A second series was broadcast in 2005, but did not achieve the ratings of the first series, and the programme was subsequently axed by the network. Both series have since been released on DVD. In Japan and other regional territories, the series was renamed "Ash and Scribbs".
Murder in suburbia trailer
Critical reception
Rupert Smith of The Guardian said of the second series premiere; "Dramas about murdered schoolgirls aren't usually my cup of gore, but this was played so much for laughs that I could almost forgive the opening scene of a terrified child running through a graveyard before meeting her killer's blade. Thereafter it spun cheerfully along as a tale of rural witchcraft, complete with a wise priest who kept a book about demonology on his lectern; I don't know what the Synod would have to say about that. There were hex dolls, blood rituals and quite a lot of firm naked flesh on display, which made Murder in Suburbia comfortingly like an ancient Hammer movie. Caroline Catz and Lisa Faulkner remained well-dressed and wisecracking throughout; more importantly, the show gave work to Clare Clifford, whom I worshipped as homely Shirley in Angels all those years ago."