Scribbs: Respectable people, living in nice houses, doing lots for charity – but behind the double-glazing they’re shagging each other silly.
Ash: I don’t know how they find the time.
Behind the lace curtains and carefully trimmed hedgerows of suburban England lies a hotbed of passion, intrigue, jealousy – and cold-blooded murder.
The critically acclaimed UK police drama Murder in Suburbia stars Caroline Catz (Doc Martin) as Detective Inspector Kate Ashurst and Lisa Faulkner (New Street Law) as her partner, Detective Sergeant Emma Scribbins. Together, they labour to keep the quiet streets of their small town free from death and mayhem – a job that proves harder than you might think.
Canada’s VisionTV presents Murder in Suburbia on Monday nights, starting June 28, at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.
Assigned to the upscale London suburb of Middleford, detectives “Ash” and “Scribbs” make an unlikely team. Ash, the product of a posh background, is ever the sleek professional: dogged, efficient and meticulous. The streetwise Scribbs, by contrast, is impulsive and intuitive, with a quirky habit of mapping out murder scenarios using Barbie dolls and Star Wars action figures.
What do they share in common? A keen instinct for crime solving, and a tendency to make unfortunate decisions where men are concerned. Oh, and a sneaking fascination with their boss, the handsome but strangely enigmatic Detective Chief Inspector Sullivan (Jeremy Sheffield).
The manicured lawns and monster homes of Middleford hide a surprising number of secrets – from wife swapping to teenage witchcraft. As they peer into the private lives of the community’s seemingly upstanding citizens, Ash and Scribbs make some eye-opening discoveries about suburban life.
It seems that people do more at the exclusive golf club than play a leisurely eighteen holes. Fistfights sometimes do break out in the ladies room at fancy charity balls. And there are parents who really would do anything to get their children into the right schools …
Murder in Suburbia was created by Nick Collins (The Bill) for Britain’s ITV.
