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 are 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 Grace himself is only too
familiar with missing person 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, and the truth, which probably led to his
early promotion of 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 discover that what at first appears to
be a simple accident and missing person’s case has in fact far darker and sinister
undertones.
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 BAFTA
nominated David Morrissey who
works alongside a cast of British talent including Ashley Walters (Top Boy) and
Felicity Jones (Cape Wrath).
With a dark and gritty tone, Dead
Simple brings a captivating new detective to Channel 4.
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