''The Loch'' (also known as ''Loch Ness'') is a six-part British television drama series, created by screenwriter Stephen Brady, that first broadcast on

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on 11 June 2017. The series follows DS Annie Redford (

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), a small town police officer with the Scottish Highland Police as she investigates the murder of piano teacher Niall Swift, who is found dead at the bottom of a cliff in the picturesque village of Lochnafoy,

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. When it becomes apparent that part of Swift's brain has been removed, and a human heart belonging to another victim is found close by, Annie's team realise they are searching for a serial killer. In response,

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based major investigation detective DCI Lauren Quigley (

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) is brought in to lead the enquiry. Supporting cast includes

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as psychological profiler Blake Albrighton,

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as Annie's boss DCI Frank Smilie,

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as Alan Redford, Annie's husband, and William Ash as local tourist operator Leighton Thomas. The series was filmed in the summer of 2016 and was shown in full in the Netherlands and Australia before its British broadcast. The Netherlands also released the series on DVD in May 2017, a month before the series premiered in the UK. In both countries, the series was aired under its original title of ''Loch Ness''. The series received mixed reviews, featuring a

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score of 67 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews". On another

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website,

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, the series shows an average critic score of 64 per cent. It was released on DVD in the United Kingdom on 17 July 2017.

Cast

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as DS Annie Redford *

as DCI Lauren Quigley *

as Blake Albrighton *

as DCI Frank Smilie *

as Alan Redford * William Ash as Leighton Thomas * Fraser James as Oliver Tench *

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as Craig Petrie * John Heffernan as Dr. Simon Marr * Cherry Campbell as Isla Marr * Jordan McCurrach as Niall Swift * Keiran Gallacher as Jonjo Patterson * Shona McHugh as Evie Redford *

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as Kieran Whitehead * Oliver Greenall as Jordan Whitehead *

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as Mhari Toner * Euan Stamper as Crawford Baxter * Conor McCarry as Dessie Toner * George Anton as Don McGrellish * Victoria Liddelle as Angusina McGrellish *

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as Iain Sutherland

Episodes

Broadcast

''The Loch'' aired on 11 June 2017 on

. Internationally, broadcast under the title ''Loch Ness'', the series premiered in Australia on 20 April 2017 on

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and in the United States on 19 June 2017 on subscription streaming service

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. The series aired in October and November 2017 on CBC in Canada and 13 ulica in Poland. The series premiered in the

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on 5 November 2017 on

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References

External links

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