Beloved twisty detective drama that's "one of ITV's most-watched" confirms July return with first look
Karen Pirie, the beloved detective drama from ITV, has confirmed its return with several first-look images.
The three-part series, which premiered in 2022, followed the titular character (Lauren Lyle), a detective sergeant who is placed in charge of a 25-year-old cold case involving the unsolved murder of a barmaid.
After becoming one of ITV's "most-watched" shows, the broadcaster renewed the series for a second season, and fans now finally have a month to mark in the calendar after it was confirmed that Karen Pirie will return to screens in July with a trio of two-hour episodes.
The announcement also came with some first-look images, showcasing the titular character in her new role as detective inspector. Fans can also get a glimpse of Chris Jenks, who reprises his role as "loveable sidekick" DC Jason Murray.
Based on Val McDermid's A Darker Domain, the second season sees Karen "seemingly given the authority she has long been fighting for". Just as she acclimatises to her "powerful" new role, the inspector is assigned an "infamous" unsolved case that will put her under "intense scrutiny".
Related:
The 30-year-old case, which is said to have "confounded investigators" and "intrigued the public", concerns the disappearance of a "charming" young heiress and her two-year-old son, with the pair vanishing after ransom demands from their kidnappers were not met.
A twist comes, however, as the body of a man linked to the original kidnap is discovered. With the first new piece of evidence in decades, Karen assembles an "unbeatable team" for the "biggest challenge" of their careers.
Facing pressure from her boss, the media and "sinister" forces, Karen delves deeper into the "internationally renowned" case, discovering "political grudges" and "painful secrets" as it becomes increasingly apparent that the "past is far from dead".
Related:
The return of the series will delight fans and critics alike, with the first season of the detective drama currently boasting an impressive approval rating of 91% on Rotten Tomatoes from 11 reviews.
The site's critical consensus noted that the "clever and twisty" series "revamped" the "traditional grizzle detective procedural", while The Independent praised the show for telling its story in a "refreshingly cohesive" manner.
Karen Pirie will return on ITV in July.
Digital Spy's first print magazine is here! Buy British Comedy Legends in newsagents or online, now priced at just £3.99.£18.99 at amazon.co.uk£99.00 at Amazon£328.00 at amazon.co.uk£49.99 at amazon.co.uk at at EE at digitalspy.com at Audible at £54.98 at amazon.co.uk at three.co.uk at digitalspy.com at EE at digitalspy.com at Amazon at argos.co.uk at very.co.uk at sky.com£91.40 at amazon.co.uk at at ebay.co.uk at EE£29.98 at amazon.co.uk£19.00 at Game at sky.com at amazon.co.uk at Pandora£219.00 at ao.com at digitalspy.com at amazon.co.uk at Sky Mobile at amazon.co.uk£79.99 at very.co.uk£1200.00 at Game£123.99 at amazon.co.uk at applemusic.apple at digitalspy.com£259.99 at nintendo.co.uk at Pandora at Three at amazon.co.uk at argos.co.uk at argos.co.uk£49.99 at amazon.co.uk at at amazon.co.uk at amazon.co.uk at converse.com£79.99 at very.co.uk£39.99 at amazon.co.uk at amazon.co.uk at $15.00 at digitalspy.com£199.99 at Fitbit£1199.00 at AO£39.97 at amazon.co.uk at digitalspy.com at amazon.co.uk£24.00 at ee.co.uk at argos.co.uk£119.00 at currys.co.uk at digitalspy.com at amazon.co.uk£1299.00 at John Lewis£39.99 at amazon.co.uk at ebay.co.uk at drmartens.com£44.99 at amazon.co.uk at amazon.co.uk£157.00 at John Lewis at sky.com£90.00 at ao.com at Amazon£44.99 at amazon.co.uk£184.00 at John Lewis & Partners at sky.com at argos.co.uk at digitalspy.com at at digitalspy.com at amazon.co.uk at Fitbit$29.85 at shopto.net at amazon.co.uk at Three£119.99 at amazon.co.uk£15.99 at Amazon£184.00 at John Lewis & Partners£32.99 at Amazon at sky.com at drmartens.com at amazon.co.uk£6.62 at amazon.co.uk at digitalspy.com£699.00 at amazon.co.uk at amazon.co.uk at sky.com£21.99 at amazon.co.uk at Apple£49.99 at Amazon at at johnlewis.com at Three£293.81 at amazon.co.uk£189.99 at sharkclean.co.uk at digitalspy.com£379.99 at sharkclean.co.uk at disneyplus.com at amazon.co.uk at EE£249.00 at John Lewis at Audible at amazon.co.uk at amazon.co.uk at amazon.co.uk at three.co.uk at amazon.co.uk£49.99 at amazon.co.uk at drmartens.com at digitalspy.com at EE£449.00 at John Lewis at sky.com at johnlewis.com at digitalspy.com at Apple at cdkeys.com at amazon.co.uk£379.00 at ao.com at argos.co.uk at at £32.99 at Amazon at disneyplus.com at Three£229.00 at John Lewis at digitalspy.com at amazon.co.uk at $365.00 at Microsoft£79.00 at Samsung at amazon.co.uk at Apple at amazon.co.uk£449.00 at John Lewis at argos.co.uk£79.00 at Samsung£1199.00 at AO at digitalspy.com at crunchyroll£22.00 at Amazon£79.98 at amazon.co.uk£92.98 at amazon.co.uk£79.98 at amazon.co.uk at amazon.co.uk at John Lewis & Partners$365.00 at Microsoft at amazon.co.uk at digitalspy.com at digitalspy.com£299.00 at Microsoft£269.99 at amazon.co.uk at argos.co.uk at amazon.co.uk£39.99 at Amazon£369.00 at John Lewis at disneyplus.com at amazon.co.uk at disneyplus.com at John Lewis & PartnersShop now at amazon.co.uk at disneyplus.com at amazon.co.uk£16.00 at Microsoft at very.co.uk at amazon.co.uk at amazon.co.uk at amazon.co.uk£399.00 at John Lewis at very.co.uk£6.65 at amazon.co.uk at amazon.co.uk at at digitalspy.com at amazon.co.uk at amazon.co.uk£199.00 at amazon.co.uk at amazon.co.uk at at digitalspy.com at amazon.co.uk at amazon.co.uk at amazon.co.uk at sky.com at amazon.co.uk at sky.com at at amazon.co.uk at amazon.co.uk$14.00 at sky.com at amazon.co.uk
You Might Also Like
PS5 consoles for sale – PlayStation 5 stock and restocks: Where to buy PS5 today?
IS MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7 THE BEST IN THE SERIES? OUR REVIEW
AEW game is a modern mix of No Mercy and SmackDown
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
Calling someone a Karen is 'borderline racist, sexist and ageist'
Calling someone a 'Karen' could be 'borderline racist, sexist and ageist', a tribunal has ruled. An employment tribunal judge has deemed the term which is generally targeted at middle-aged white women to be "pejorative". This ruling came about after the slang term was used in a tribunal taking place at Watford Employment Tribunal. READ MORE: Glastonbury fans say festival is 'robbing them' after seeing price of pints this year READ MORE: Warning as 'tens of millions' of ants set to swarm UK on Flying Ant Day 2025 Sylvia Constance, 74, brought claims forward of unfair dismissal, direct race and age discrimination and victimisation at Watford Employment Tribunal against Harpenden Mencap, a charity which provides support to adults with learning disabilities. Ms Constance, who the tribunal heard is black British, said that she had been targeted because of her race after she had been dismissed from her role on June 13 2023 because of an 'irrevocable breakdown in the relationship' with Mencap. The dismissal came after bosses had previously suspended Ms Constance over claims of "emotional/psychological abuse of a tenant in your care" and "bullying and intimidation of colleagues", the tribunal heard. The use of the slang term 'Karen' arose when Christine Yates, who represented Ms Constance at the tribunal, used the term in a document. The document read: "The respondents have acted like the stereotypical 'Karen' having weaponised their privilege and more powerful position against the complainant, making up and suspending the complainant for numerous fictitious infringements, and deflecting from their personal misconduct. "As egregiously, they encouraged residents under their care to do same. There is also something very sordid about the way in which white, female management have facilitated racism by colluding with white, male residents to give a misogynistic, racist view of the black complainant." But employment judge George Alliott noted the term 'Karen' to be "pejorative". Employment judge George Alliott said: "We note Christine Yates uses the slang term 'Karen', which is a pejorative and borderline racist, sexist and ageist term." The judge did not uphold Ms Constance's claims, saying that the complaints against Ms Constance were "legitimate" and " did not constitute a targeted racist campaign against her."
Time Magazine
2 days ago
- Time Magazine
The Best New TV Shows of June 2025
When you think about BritBox, if you think about it at all, it's likely you imagine an endless library of interchangeable cozy mysteries and Victorian costume dramas. But the Anglophile streaming service, backed by BBC and ITV, has much more to offer. To wit: among the very best new TV shows I encountered in June are BritBox titles about the fascinating Mitford sisters and an older gentleman living a closeted double life. Also worth watching this month are a frothy Bravo debut, a speculative drama about the end of Denmark, and a golf comedy starring Owen Wilson. Families Like Ours (Netflix) What if your government made the calm, rational decision that your country must cease to exist, then set about shutting it down in stages, as the currency became worthless and the population scrambled to emigrate? This is the terrifying thought experiment that propels the Danish drama Families Like Ours, which opens with the news that Denmark will be slowly but permanently evacuated before rising waters can swallow the small, low-lying nation. It's a premise that might seem to lend itself to dystopian sci-fi, but, as the title suggests, creator Thomas Vinterberg—a superstar of Danish cinema best known in the U.S. as the director of Another Round, Far From the Madding Crowd, and The Hunt—filters the cataclysm through the sieve of family drama. Amid the panic, we meet teenage Laura (Amaryllis April Maltha August), who's just falling for a classmate (Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt) bound for Finland as she sets her sights on the Sorbonne. While her architect father (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) makes plans to work in Paris, his ex, Laura's mom (Paprika Steen)—a science journalist who is on public assistance following an extremely understandable nervous breakdown—must face the prospect of living dorm-style in Bucharest, among other Danes who lack relocation funds. Vinterberg has convincingly thought through not just the political, environmental, and financial aspects of this near-future crisis, but also how it might strain or strengthen familial relationships. The acting is superb. And although the show avoids preachy comparisons between its well-off, white climate refugees and their less privileged present-day counterparts, there's plenty to notice about the international community's indifference to the plight of the stateless. 'I'm really sorry to hear about your country,' a Frenchman tells new Danish acquaintances, with all the solemnity of someone commiserating over a bad vacation. 'Everybody in my family's talking about it.' Mr. Loverman (BritBox) Barrington Walker has made the most of his 75 years on Earth. Born in Antigua, he immigrated to Britain as a young man, found success in business, raised two daughters with his wife, Carmel (Sharon D. Clarke), and can now afford to pay his grandson Daniel's (Tahj Miles) tuition at an elite private high school. But, for upwards of half a century, Barry (Lennie James) has been keeping a huge secret: his romantic relationship with his lifelong best friend, Morris (Ariyon Bakare). Now, as he realizes he's running out of time to live authentically and Carmel's suspicion that he cheats on her with women strains their already troubled marriage, Barry resolves to get a divorce and spend the rest of his days with the man he has always loved. This is the emotionally layered premise of Mr. Loverman, a tight half-hour drama adapted by Nathaniel Price (The Outlaws) from Bernardine Evaristo's novel of the same name. James, Clarke, and Bakare are spectacular; Carmel may initially come off as a generic church lady, but Price has empathy for each of his characters, and she eventually gets the humanizing backstory she deserves. The series feels grounded in the Walkers' immigrant milieu. And while there are harrowing moments—the closet doesn't always offer Barry and Morris the protections they seek in it—Mr. Loverman balances them out with a massive heart and a wicked sense of humor. Next Gen NYC (Bravo) OK, so Bravo's latest soap doesn't exactly fit the traditional definition of 'good.' If you can't get on board with the Real Housewives franchise, this probably will not be the show that converts you. But for those of us who crave featherweight drama, Next Gen NYC hits a fabulously frivolous spot that the network has been missing amid its increasingly trauma-driven reality programming. Among the 20-somethings at its center are the Bravo-famous offspring of breakout Housewives Kandi Burruss, Kim Zolciak, Meredith Marks, and Teresa Giudice. Their wider 'friend group' consists mostly of influencers (Emira D'Spain) and nepo babies (Damon Dash and Rachel Roy's daughter Ava); crypto bro Charlie Zakkour's claim to fame is his tangential connection to a notorious crypto-related kidnapping. In early episodes, the storylines have been supremely silly: Charlie taunts Brooks Marks about wanting to sleep with Brooks' sister! Contrarian New York native Georgia McCann scandalizes the group by refusing to wash her hands after going to the bathroom! (When will the NYC slander end?) The struggle to find an apartment for under $6000 a month is real! If the idea of spending time with these people makes your skin crawl… fair. But if immersing yourself in rich-people problems is your idea of a summer vacation, don't miss it. Outrageous (BritBox) If you think your family gatherings have been poisoned by political polarization, imagine being one of the Mitford sisters. In the 1930s, these six young women of irrepressible spirit, noble birth, and in some cases deranged beliefs claimed historic roles at opposite ends of a spectrum stretching to unprecedented extremes. Glamorous Diana left her husband for British fascist leader Oswald Mosley; her younger sister Unity went full Nazi, moving to Germany and insinuating herself into Hitler's inner circle. Inspired by the Popular Front in the Spanish Civil War, Jessica became a communist and, later, a journalist. Eldest daughter Nancy wrote incisive comic and romantic novels about her social set—as well as a sendup of fascism, Wigs on the Green. (Pam and Deborah also lived fascinating, if not quite as public or politicized, lives.) An adaptation of Mary S. Lovell's book The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family, the lively and thoughtful Outrageous dramatizes life on the cash-strapped Mitford estate in the '30s, when Europe was ablaze with conflict and the girls—then teenagers and young adults—burned to be a part of it. Fittingly, it's Nancy (Bridgerton's Bessie Carter, excellent) whose wry voice narrates her family's fracturing, as she navigates her own romantic woes. Icy yet impulsive Diana (Joanna Vanderham) blows up her relationship with Nancy over the satirical novel. Jessica (Zoe Brough, suitably intense) and Unity (Shannon Watson, persuasively selling her character as an unhinged fangirl) start out as oddball kids play-fighting in their shared bedroom but soon find themselves at war over Unity's very real antisemitic vitriol. Few true stories could be more timely than this one, which asks whether it's possible to keep loving a close relative whose beliefs you find appalling. And creator Sarah Williams does a remarkable job transitioning from early storylines about a big, warm, eccentric family to later episodes that weigh Diana and Unity's monstrous choices without succumbing to doom and gloom. Stick (Apple TV+) The third episode of the new Apple TV+ golf comedy Stick is called 'Daddy Issues,' but that might as well be the title of the show. Created by Ford v. Ferrari writer Jason Keller, it stars Owen Wilson as a former top golfer, Pryce Cahill, who publicly flamed out 20 years ago. He's been mired in the past ever since, from his job at a sporting goods store to his refusal to finalize the divorce initiated by his long-suffering wife (Judy Greer), move out of their old house, and accept that he's no longer a husband, a father, or a pro athlete. When he spots a surly teen at a driving range, Santi (Peter Dager), who has the makings of a major talent, Pryce sees in this potential protégé a shot at redemption. But Santi, whose now-estranged dad used to push him too hard on the golf course, doesn't exactly relish the prospect of having a new father figure to satisfy. It sounds hackneyed and heartstring-yanking—another comedy that uses sports as a cover to talk about men's feelings and relationships from the platform that brought us Ted Lasso. There are indeed elements of Stick that come off as pandering…Yet within the limitations of its formula, Stick works. [Read the full review.]
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
All Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale TV schedule changes next week
Fans of Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale will notice changes in the TV schedule next week. With sports coverage coming to the BBC and ITV, the soaps will not run on their usual schedules. Here's everything you need to know ahead of the changes next week. According to the Metro, each of the three soaps will miss episodes with fans not able to watch on some days next week. On Monday, June 30, Coronation Street viewers will be able to watch the soap at 8pm and on Wednesday, July 2, it will also air at 8pm. On Friday, July 4, there will be no new episode to watch. Viewers of EastEnders will also be affected by the TV schedule alterations. On Monday, June 30 and Tuesday, July 1, EastEnders will air from 7pm until 7.30pm and again at 7.30pm until 8pm but these episodes will air on BBC Two rather than BBC One. On Wednesday, July 2 and Thursday, July 3, there will be no new episodes of EastEnders. As usual, there will be no new episode of EastEnders on Friday, July 4. If you're looking forward to Emmerdale next week, make sure to note the schedule changes. On Monday, June 30, Emmerdale will air from 7.30pm until 8pm and then on Tuesday, July 1, an hour-long episode will air from 7pm. It will be available to watch on Wednesday, July 2 from 7.30pm-8pm but on Thursday, July 3 and Friday, July 4, there will be no new episodes. Recommended reading: 'Watch this space': former EastEnders star hints at co-star's return after death Iconic EastEnders sisters could 'return' after rival soap exit, fans predict BBC confirms Call the Midwife 'isn't going anywhere' despite reports of axing The start of Wimbledon and a UEFA Women's Euros match are the cause of the TV changes. On Thursday, ITV will show the Spain v Portugal UEFA Women's Euros match and on Friday, viewers can watch Germany take on Poland.
