Granite Harbour (TV series)

Granite Harbour is a British police procedural television drama series set in Aberdeen, Scotland.^[1][2] It is based on an idea by Adriel Leff & Kul Muhay. The series was first broadcast on BBC Scotland on 1 December 2022, followed by BBC One.^[3]

Granite Harbour
Genre	Police procedural
Based on	an idea by Adriel Leff & Kul Muhay
Written by	Sarah Deane Robert Fraser Jillian Mannion Ciara Conway
Starring	Romario Simpson Hannah Donaldson Dawn Steele Bhav Joshi Michelle Jeram
Composers	Matthew Hall Stephen Vedmore
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer	Colin McKeown
Producer	Donna Molloy
Production locations	Aberdeen, Scotland
Cinematography	Caroline Bridges
Editor	Alex Beards
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	LA Productions
Original release
Network	BBC Scotland BBC One
Release	1 December 2022 (2022-12-01) – present

A second series was broadcast in May 2024. The BBC announced the return of Granite Harbour for a third series on March 25, 2025.^[4]

Plot

Former sergeant in the Royal Military Police, now detective Davis Lindo, and his partner DS Lara Bartlett must solve the murder of an oil tycoon in Aberdeen.^[5]

Cast and characters

• Romario Simpson as DC Davis Lindo^[1][6]
• Hannah Donaldson as DS Lara "Bart" Bartlett^[1][6]
• Dawn Steele as DCI Cora MacMillan^[6]
• Bhav Joshi as DI Jaiyush Mallick^[7]
• Michelle Jeram as DS Simone "Monty" Montrose^[6]
• Katia Winter as Karolina Andersson (Series 1)^[7]
• Gary Lewis as Shay Coburn (Series 1)
• Hiftu Quasem as Sandy Hepburn (Series 1)
• Caroline Deyga as Hannah Coutts (Series 1)
• Andrew Still as Rory Dashford (Series 1)
• Patrick Robinson as Grantley Lindo (Series 2)^[6]
• Lesley Hart as Grace McFadden (Series 2)^[6]
• Søren Malling as Captain Nielsen (Series 2)^[6]
• Kate Bracken as Katie Forsyth (Series 2)^[6]
• Sani Mamood as Nazir Mallick (Series 2)^[6]
• Alex Høgh Andersen as Emil Veggem (Series 2)^[6]
• Christopher Rygh as Axel Berg (Series 2)^[6]
• Afsaneh Dehrouyeh as Mariam Faraki (Series 2)^[6]

Production

Co-creator of Granite Harbour Kul Muhay, a former police officer from Derby said that he wanted to create a more realistic and accurate police procedural when compared with others he had watched.^[8] In August, 2023, the show was renewed for a second series which aired May 2024.^[9][10]

The musical score for the first series was produced by a teenager.^[11]

The first and second series were produced by LA Productions.^[6][11]

Episodes

Series 1 (2022)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.K. viewers (millions)
1	"Episode 1"	Gary Williams	Sarah Deane & Adriel Leff Story by: Sarah Deane	1 December 2022 (2022-12-01) (BBC Scotland) 2 December 2022 (2022-12-02) (BBC One)	3.67
2	"Episode 2"	Gary Williams	Sarah Deane & Tara Hepburn Story by: Sarah Deane	7 December 2022 (2022-12-07) (BBC One) 8 December 2022 (2022-12-08) (BBC Scotland)	N/A
3	"Episode 3"	Gary Williams	Sarah Deane Story by: Sarah Deane	15 December 2022 (2022-12-15) (BBC Scotland) 16 December 2022 (2022-12-16) (BBC One)	N/A

Series 2 (2024)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.K. viewers (millions)
1	"Episode 1"	Martin Smith and Alex Browning[6]	Robert Fraser[6]	TBA	TBD
2	"Episode 2"	Martin Smith and Alex Browning[6]	Jillian Mannion[6]	TBA	TBD
3	"Episode 3"	Martin Smith and Alex Browning[6]	Ciara Conway[6]	TBA	TBD

Series 3 (TBA)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.K. viewers (millions)
1	"Episode 1"	tba	tba	TBA	TBD
2	"Episode 2"	tba	tba	TBA	TBD
3	"Episode 3"	tba	tba	TBA	TBD

Reception

Stuart Jeffries of The Guardian gave the first episode of the first series three out of five stars, where he criticises the writing, calling several character actions "cliched". Jeffries also describes the main characters as "dressiest crime solvers in all of Police Scotland’s history" whom he couldn't imagine "getting into a dumpster to hunt for clues".^[7]