Crime thriller Protection comes to ITV this weekend exposing the subterfuge and complexity of this clandestine part of police operations.
A murder at one of her safe houses draws her into a complex web of opaque organisations operating at cross-purposes in which she becomes more and more uncertain about whom she can trust.
Protection was inspired by the experience of a real witness protection officer (Photo: ITV)
Detective Inspector Liz Nyles works in the secretive and high-stakes world of police witness protection.
Principled and scrupulous about the security of her witnesses, she is particularly concerned about the safety of high-risk criminal turned informant Jimmy McLennan (Kris Hitchen) and his family.
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A murder at one of her safe houses raises questions about the integrity of the witness protection unit, with suspicions someone has been leaking information to organised crime.
So while the police team investigates the murder, Liz secretly launches her own unofficial investigation to find the leak.
And as she chases clues to which she shouldn’t have access, the detective finds herself breaking rules she would never normally and drawing danger ever closer to her door.
Who is in the cast of Protection?
Siobhann Finneran stars as Detective Inspector Liz Nyles (Photo: Thomas Wood/ITV)
Describing her character, she said: “Liz is a witness protection officer in a unit called Protected Persons, a woman in her fifties with a 16-year-old daughter, and she’s just become a full-time carer to her dad.
The 58-year-old actress is well known to television audiences as Janice Garvey from Benidorm and Sarah O’Brien from Downton Abbey.
Katherine Kelly
Katherine Kelly plays DCI Hannah Wheatley (Photo: Matt Squire/ITV)Katherine Kelly plays Detective Chief Inspector Hannah Wheatley, head of the Major Investigations Team.
“A modern-day police officer who knows your paperwork has to match what you’re doing.
The 45-year-old rose to prominence playing Becky McDonald in Coronation Street.
Nadine Marshall appears as Detective Chief Inspector Amanda Kelman (Photo: Matt Squire)
Nadine Marshall takes on the role of Detective Chief Inspector Amanda Kelman, a senior officer in the Professional Standards Department which investigates corruption in the police.
“Kelman knows how to turn on the charm when she needs to appear non-threatening.”
On television, she has appeared in The Smoking Room, The Commander, Hounded, Trigger Point and Champion.
Barry Ward
Barry Ward appears as Detective Sergeant Paul Brandice (Photo: ITV)The Irish actor said: “I think the most appealing thing about Paul Brandice for me was the duplicity.
“I just think that gives so much depth to a character.”
In the UK, he has starred in The Fall, Britannia, Save Me, The Capture and Anne Boleyn.
The cast of Protection also includes:
Chaneil Kular as Detective Sergeant Raj Kohli (Sex Education, Accused) Tom Christian as DI Tommy Jardine (Gangs of London, Silent Witness) Akiya Henry as Detective Sergeant Sue Beardsley (Silent Witness, De-Lovely) Andrew Knott as Detective Inspector Richard Bewley (Gavin & Stacey, Maryland) Ace Bhatti as Detective Chief Inspector Arun Kapoor (Alex Rider, Baptiste) Charlotte Mills as Detective Sergeant Rachel Gordon (A Very Royal Scandal, Behind Her Eyes) David Hayman as Sid Nyles (Fisherman’s Friends, Hatton Garden) Jodie Price as Jasmine Nyles (One Day, Alma’s Not Normal) Alec Newman as Edward Crowther (Shetland, Unforgotten) Nichola Burley as Gemma Brandice (Virdee, The Gold) Tilly Kaye as Amy McLennan (Gentleman Jack, Last Tango in Halifax)Much of the series was filmed in the north-west of England, in particular in Runcorn in Cheshire and Merseyside’s Birkenhead and Liverpool.
Filming took places across the north-west of England (Photo: Thomas Wood/ITV) Liverpool was one of the filming locations for the series (Photo: ITV)Among the other areas where filming took place were Knowsley, Sefton and Halton.
When is Protection on and how many episodes are there?
The second episode will be shown at the same time on Monday 17 March and the remaining four episodes will air on successive Sunday and Mondays.
The series will also be available to stream on ITVX.
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