Scott & Bailey: Series 1

TV-14

2011

Created by Sally Wainwright
100%
6 episodes
Drama

D.C. Rachel Bailey (Suranne Jones, Vigil) and D.C. Janet Scott (Lesley Sharp, Catherine Called Birdy) are friends and colleagues, navigating... More

D.C. Rachel Bailey (Suranne Jones, Vigil) and D.C. Janet Scott (Lesley Sharp, Catherine Called Birdy) are friends and colleagues, navigating their often messy personal lives and investigating murders for the Manchester Metropolitan Police.

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Scott & Bailey: Series 1 episodes

Congratulations

DC Rachel Bailey, DC Janet Scott and the team take... More on a new case - a young Turkish woman has been killed, and her murder made to look like suicide. Rachel finds out that the woman's husband was having an affair, and takes a risk when it comes to interviewing the man's mistress. Will her high-stakes approach get results? She also uses her police privileges to carry out an investigation into her own ex - and is horrified to discover that he is married with two children. Meanwhile, Janet agrees to take another look at the case of an old school friend, Veronica, who was abducted and murdered when they were children.

Surprise

Rachel's personal life gets even more complicated when she reveals... More to Nick that she is pregnant. At work, the team face a particularly gruesome case - a mother of two has been brutally raped and left to bleed to death in the boot of her car. A sharp piece of detective work from Rachel leads to teenager Luke Farrell being charged, but horrific events start to unravel as a result of his arrest. Janet steps up her investigation into her childhood friend Veronica's death and meets up with an officer who investigated the murder.

Personal

When a rape and murder case goes to trial, DCI... More Gill Murray is determined to see the defendant, Georgios Stelikos, convicted. But the case is made more complicated because only one of the alleged victims is prepared to testify. When Rachel gives evidence, she is horrified to discover that her ex Nick is the defence barrister. Nick's cross examination shakes her when he uses information which passed between them when they were together. But as the verdict is delivered, events take a shocking turn.

Execution

Adult movie star Vicky Birkinshaw finds herself being arrested on... More suspicion of her murdering her husband three weeks after she reported him as having disappeared. Rachel has to go through the woman's home-made pornography collection to look for clues. The case ends up taking a dark twist after Vicky's daughter turns up with an older boyfriend.

Faultlines

When Rachel bumps into an ex-juror, she is shocked to... More discover that the woman had an affair with Nick in the middle of a trial - and a desperately worried Nick does everything in his power to persuade Rachel to keep the knowledge to herself. After a current investigation throws up similarities to Veronica's murder, Janet tells Geoff Hastings that they could be one step closer to bringing his sister's killer to justice. But when Rachel stumbles across some new facts in the case, she realises that Janet is in terrible danger. Can she get the information to Janet in time?

Vendetta

Last in series of the police drama. As Rachel is... More walking home, she is narrowly missed by a car which then smashes into the side of the road. The next day, she learns that the crash is linked to the disturbing information she found out about Nick's affair with a juror. Was Rachel targeted - and could Nick have had something to do with it? The latest case for the team is that of a teenager shot dead at home. His best friend witnessed the shooting but it takes all of Janet's skill to get him to open up as he is petrified that he could be next. Meanwhile, Rachel's career hangs in the balance as Gill discovers just how far she has gone in pursuit of love, and Janet needs to end her affair once and for all.