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‘London Kills’: S3.E1-E5. “Series Three”

Acorn TV’s “London Kills” delivers a thought-provoking third series

Shain E. Thomas
BritBox
Published in
2 min readJun 9, 2022

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Tori Allen-Martin, Hugo Speer, Sharon Small, and Bailey Patrick as TDC Billie Fitzgerald, DI David Bradford, DS Vivienne Cole, and DC Rob Brady, respectively, in “London Kills”

Now three series in, with an exceptionally talented cast which includes Hugo Speer, Sharon Small, Bailey Patrick, and Tori Allen-Martin, Acorn TV’s London Kills remains one of the best British police dramas ever created. Everything about the third series, from beginning to end, screams magnificence. It is everything fans want in a London Kills series. Compelling, chilling, and frequently provocative.

Paul Marquess, Jake Riddell, Sally Tatchell, and Sarah-Louise Hawkins, highly accomplished writers, have each worked on making London Kills work. No one can deny their ability to write compelling storylines. We saw it during the first series. The quality, something many people thought impossible, increased during the second series.

Detective Inspector David Bradford, played by Hugo Speer, is the head of the Metropolitan Police Murder Investigation Team. Bradford’s immediate subordinate…

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Shain E. Thomas
BritBox

With an M.Sc. from the University of North Texas, I’m a freelance journalist and a social historian. #APStylebook #BBCStyleGuide http://shainethomas.com/