Pilot
Synopsis
“Four bodies, one suspect. No
trace. Dead Simple”
In this gripping first series
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is in charge of Operation: Salsa. A stag
night prank, gone wrong. He and his team and working against the clock to find
missing groom Michael Harrison.
When his four best friends are
killed in a car accident moments after burying Michael in a coffin in the
middle of Ashdown Forest, leaving him nothing but a bottle of whiskey and a
walkie talkie it seems there is no hope for the soon to be husband.
Roy himself is only too familiar
with missing person’s cases, eight years after the disappearance of wife Sandy,
Roy is still searching for answers.
With his photographic memory and
interest in the paranormal, Roy’s controversial investigative techniques are
often ridiculed but never proven wrong.
He has a
stubbornness and determination inside him that has driven him relentlessly
throughout his life to pursue facts, to pursue the truth, which probably led to
his early promotion to Detective Superintendent. Roy is human, he can make
mistakes, often getting into trouble with boss Alison Vosper and the media through
his unorthodox approach and his judgment can also sometimes be clouded by his
never-ending search for his missing wife.
Roy and his colleague and
best friend, the ever more hip and younger version of Roy, Glenn Branson, are
the lead investigators on Operation: Salsa. When they set about solving the
mystery of Harrison’s disappearance; they soon come to realize that distraught
fiancée Ashley Harper and best friend and business partner Mark Warren may not
be all they seem to be.
This original and gritty new detective
series takes crime drama into the underbelly of contemporary Brighton and shows
a realistic approach to the life of a detective. Roy Grace is played by actor
David Morrissey, who works alongside a cast of British talent including Channel
4’s actor Ashley Walters (Top Boy) and actress Felicity Jones (Cape Wrath).
With a dark and gritty tone, Dead
Simple brings a captivating new detective to Channel 4.
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