Coming soon to BBC One, new police drama Good Cop stars Warren Brown (Luther, Occupation) as a young Liverpool response cop.
Written by Stephen Butchard (Five Daughters), the four-part series also stars Stephen Graham (Occupation), Michael Angelis (Auf Wiedersehen Pet), Aisling Loftus (Five Daughters), Mark Womack (Murphy’s Law), Kerrie Hayes (Lilies) and Christine Tremarco (Casualty).
Episode 1
Thursday 30th August 2012, 9pm
It starts as an ordinary day, but while out running on Crosby beach, beat cop PC John Paul Rocksavage (Sav) bumps into his ex-girlfriend Cassandra and their daughter Libby. Sav catches a glimpse of the family he could have had, but Cassie isn’t interested in a reunion.
Later that day Sav is having lunch with his best friend and colleague Andy Stockwell when he witnesses a gang of men mistreating a waitress. Sav intervenes and finds himself face to face with a very unpleasant Finch, who threatens to attack the next copper he sees.
Their shift starts and Sav and Andy attend what seems like another regular call out: neighbours have complained about the noise at a house party. But when they arrive at the house, Finch and the gang from the diner are waiting. As Sav tries to get in from the back, Andy manages to get in through the front where the gang launch a brutal assault on him. They escape, leaving Sav tending to a badly beaten Andy.
That night, haunted by images of Finch, Sav returns to the scene of Andy’s beating hoping to make sense of it all and finds a loaded gun concealed under a loose floorboard. At that moment Finch returns, but Sav stands his ground and makes a split second decision that changes the course of his life and career.
Episode 2
Thursday 6th September 2012, 9pm
Sav is under serious threat from Callum Rose, Finch’s mate. He claims he was waiting for Finch in a car outside the house on the night that Sav returned. Sav thinks back to that night: did Callum see him leaving the house?
Callum is wildly unpredictable and he seems to know a lot about Sav. He also has a habit of turning up unexpectedly, and this leaves Sav with no option but to take action.
Meanwhile Sav and his new partner Amanda attempt to identify a homeless woman whom they were unable to prevent from jumping off a building. Sav finally manages to arrange a meeting with his estranged ex Cassie, but it doesn’t turn out as he’d hoped.
Episode 3
Thursday 13th September 2012, 9pm
After a team briefing from Costello, Sav recognises one of Andy’s attackers, Jonjo Heinz, as he is being escorted into the station. Sav looks in his cell and is met by DC Liam Frainey who tells Sav that Jonjo handed himself in, spooked by recent events.
Later at the station, Sav sees that Jonjo has been set free. He confronts Frainey but Costello intervenes angrily. They can’t arrest Jonjo on Sav’s statement alone. They need hard evidence.
Back at home, Sav takes solace talking to his father and remembering his mum. He decides to take photographs of his daughter so that his dad will know he has a grandchild, but Cassie demands he hands them over and Sav knows he’s gone too far.
Episode 4
Saturday 13th October 2012, 10.30pm
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