''Suspicion'' is a British thriller television miniseries based on the

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i series ''

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''. Set in

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and

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, the series premiered on

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on 4 February 2022. It received generally mixed reviews from critics.

Premise

Five people – three men and two women – have their lives turned upside down after being identified by

police as suspects in the kidnapping and subsequent disappearance of American media mogul Katherine Newman's son Leonardo.

Cast

Main

Kunal Nayyar Kunal Nayyar (, ; born 30 April 1981) is a British actor. He portrayed Raj Koothrappali on the CBS sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory'' (2007–2019) and voiced Vijay on the Nickelodeon animated sitcom ''Sanjay and Craig'' (2013–2016). Nayyar als ...

as Aadesh Chopra *

Georgina Campbell Georgina Alice Campbell (born 12 June 1992) is an English actress and model. She won the 2015 British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for ''Murdered by My Boyfriend'' (2014). Her other television credit ...

as Natalie Thompson *

Elyes Gabel Elyes Cherif Gabel (; born 8 May 1983) is an English actor. He gained recognition for his portrayal of Dr Gurpreet "Guppy" Sandhu in the BBC medical drama ''Casualty'' (2004–2007), computer genius Walter O'Brien in the CBS series ''Scorpion ...

as Sean Tilson *

Elizabeth Henstridge Elizabeth Frances Henstridge (born 11 September 1987) is an English actress, model and director. She is best known for starring as Jemma Simmons in the ABC superhero action drama series '' Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (2013–2020), set wi ...

as Tara McAllister *

Angel Coulby Angel Leonie Coulby (born 30 August 1980) is an English actress in film, television, and theatre. She gained recognition for portraying the character Gwen (Guinevere) in the BBC fantasy series ''Merlin''. Early life Coulby was born and grew u ...

as Vanessa Okoye *

Tom Rhys Harries Tom Rhys Harries (born 8 October 1992) is a Welsh actor, best known for his roles as Manchester DJ Axel Collins in the Netflix series '' White Lines'' (2020) and Eddie Walker in the Apple TV+ series '' Suspicion'' (2022). Harries has also acted ...

as Eddie Walker *

Robert Glenister Robert Lewis Glenister (born 11 March 1960 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is an English actor. The son of the television director John Glenister and the older brother of actor Philip Glenister, his roles include con man Ash "Three Socks" Morgan in ...

as Martin Copeland *

Lydia West Lydia Dorothy West (born 24 June 1993) is a British actress. She is known for her roles in the BBC One series '' Years and Years'' and the Channel 4 series ''It's a Sin'', the latter of which earned her a BAFTA nomination. Early life West is f ...

as Monique Thompson *

Clare Perkins Clare Perkins (born 18 August 1965) is an English actress who is known for her roles as Denise Boulter in ''Family Affairs'' and Ava Hartman in '' EastEnders''. Career Perkins' first role was as Opal in the 1991 TV film 'Hallelujah Anyhow' in ...

as Lydia Thompson *

Gerran Howell Gerran Lyn Howell (born 25 February 1991) is a Welsh actor, director and writer of short films, best known for playing "Vladimir Dracula" in ''Young Dracula'', a CBBC television series that initially aired in 2006. Early life Howell was born in ...

as Leo Newman * Karl Johnson as Eric Cresswell *

Jennifer Ehle Jennifer Anne Ehle (; born December 29, 1969) is an American actress, the daughter of English actress Rosemary Harris and American author John Ehle. She gained fame for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the 1995 BBC miniseries '' Pride and Prejudi ...

as Amy *

Noah Emmerich Noah Nicholas Emmerich (born February 27, 1965) is an American actor and director who is best known for his roles in films such as '' Beautiful Girls'' (1996), '' The Truman Show'' (1998), ''Frequency'' (2000), ''Miracle'' (2004), '' Little Child ...

as Scott Anderson *

Uma Thurman Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an American actress and former model. She has performed in a variety of films, from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action films. Following her appearances on the December 1985 an ...

as Katherine Newman

Supporting

* Ross McCall as Owen Neilssen *

Mandip Gill Mandip Kaur Gill (born 5 January 1988) is an English actress. Her first television role came in 2012 when she was cast as Phoebe McQueen in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. After departing the series in 2015, Gill went on to have guest ro ...

as Sonia Chopra * Parth Thakerar as Shiv Kapoor * Faraz Ayub as Ajay Kapoor *

Kulvinder Ghir Kulvinder Ghir (born 10 August 1965) is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is best known as one of the cast members in the BBC sketch show '' Goodness Gracious Me''. He is also known for playing Aslam in the 1987 Yorkshire-based film '' Ri ...

as Rakesh Kapoor * Ben Bailey Smith as Joe Gibson *

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as Reuben Carson *

Ian McElhinney Ian McElhinney (born 19 August 1948) is a Northern Irish actor and director. He has appeared in many television series in a career spanning more than forty years; notable appearances include ''Taggart'', '' Hornblower'', '' Cold Feet'', and '' ...

as Sean’s Grandad * Dominic Tighe as Steve McAllister *

Bijan Daneshmand Bijan Daneshmand (born 16 August 1958) is an Iranian born-English actor and artist based in London, England. He was born in Tehran, Iran, and was sent to England for his schooling at the age of 10. He was educated in England at Eastbourne Colleg ...

as Masoud Ghorbani

Episodes

Production

Development

In July 2019,

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announced the development of an English-language version of award-winning Israeli thriller ''

'', created by Maria Feldman and Amit Cohen, with

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, the distribution and production arm of

Keshet Media Group Keshet Media Group, also known as the Keshet company ( he, קשת lit. "Rainbow"), is a private Israeli mass media company, which is headquartered in Tel Aviv. Its media and online news outlet Mako is one of the major Israeli ones. The company ...

, the same company behind the original Hebrew-language series. In March 2020, Apple ordered an eight-part series to be produced by Keshet's British production arm, Keshet UK, and directed by

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, with Rob Williams serving as showrunner. Both also executive produced along with Howard Burch,

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, Maria Feldman, Amit Cohen and Liat Benasuly.

Casting

Along with the series order in March 2020,

was cast to star in ''Suspicion'', with

, and Angel Coulby also joining the cast. In November 2020, it was reported that

had joined the cast.

Filming

As of March 2020, production had reportedly begun in the

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on ''Suspicion'', but had to be suspended due the

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. In September 2020, Apple was reportedly preparing to restart filming in

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, with filming confirmed to have started in November 2020 in

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. Filming also occurred in

in May 2021, with several cast members being seen on set in

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, and the

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. Season one concluded filming on May 18, 2021.

Release

The eight-part series premiered with two episodes being released on Apple TV+ on Friday, 4 February 2022, with the remaining six episodes airing every Friday thereafter.

Reception

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''s Angie Han writes, "''Suspicion'' is broadly competent, in that the dialogue is serviceable, the performances unobjectionable (though those watching for Thurman should be warned she’s barely in it at all), the narrative easy enough to follow." Barbara Ellen of ''The Observer'' said the drama was "undone by erratic drama and nonsensical themes". ''The Wall Street Journal'' 's Dorothy Rabinowitz was more complimentary, dubbing it "ambitious".

References

External links

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