''Trigger Point'' is a British

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television series starring

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as a police

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expert in

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. It is created and written by Daniel Brierley, known for his work as an executive producer on series like ''

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'' and ''

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'', with this show now being his first as the creator of the project. It was first broadcast on 23 January 2022 on

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. On 27 February 2022, it was announced that a second series was commissioned.

Plot

Lana Washington is an ex-

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bomb disposal operative (known as an 'Expo') and

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veteran who heads a

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bomb squad, using her skills to

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the

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threat.

Cast

as Lana Washington *

Adrian Lester Adrian Anthony Lester (born Anthony Harvey; 14 August 1968) is a British actor, director and writer. He is the recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award, an Evening Standard Theatre Award and a Critics' Circle Theatre Award for his work on the Lo ...

as Joel Nutkins *Tom Stokes as Pete *Gavin Sibson as PS Costa * Cal MacAninch as Inspector Lee Robins *Gwynfor Jones as PS Brown *

Mark Stanley Mark Robert Speight, known professionally as Mark Stanley, is an English actor. He portrayed Grenn in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones''. He is also known for his roles in the films ''Kajaki'' and '' Our Kind of Traitor'', and the series ''Dick ...

as DI Thom Youngblood *

Manjinder Virk Manjinder Virk is a British actress, director and writer. She has appeared in the television series '' Holby City'' (1999), ''Doctors'' (2000), ''The Bill'' (2004), ''The Ghost Squad'' (2005), '' Runaway'' (2009), '' Skins'' (2010), '' Monroe'' ...

as DI Samira Desai *Eric Shango as Danny *

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as Commander Bregman * Warren Brown as Karl Maguire *

Kerry Godliman Kerry Anna Godliman (born November 1973) is an English actor and comedian best known for her roles in ''Derek'', '' Bad Move'' and '' After Life''. Early life Godliman was born in Perivale, West London, and trained at Rose Bruford College in ...

as Sonia Reeves *

Nabil Elouahabi Nabil Elouahabi (born 6 February 1975), often credited as Nabil Elouhabi, is a British- Moroccan actor, known for his role as Tariq Larousi in ''EastEnders'' from 2003 to 2005, as Rashid "Gary" Mahmoon in " Strangers on the Shore" (the 2002 Chri ...

as Hassan Rahim *

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as DSU Marianne Hamilton *Kris Hitchen as John Hudson *

Ewan Mitchell Ewan Robert Mitchell is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the ITV period drama ''The Halcyon'' (2017), the medieval series ''The Last Kingdom'' (2017–2022), the BBC war drama '' World on Fire'' (2019–), and the HBO fantasy se ...

as Billy Washington *Michael Akinsulire as PS Carney * Lucy Russell as Moira Bloxham *Salima Saxton as Ayesha Campbell-Khan *

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as Andy Phelan *

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as Jeff Washington *Tamzin Griffin as Val Washington *Neil Stoddart as Nick Roberts *

Camilla Power Camilla Joy Cynthia Power (born 13 November 1976) is an Irish-born English actress. She is best known for her appearances in the television series ''Emmerdale'' and '' Waterloo Road''. Early life and education Power was born in Cork, Ireland, a ...

as Agatha Jack *Jennifer Castle as Jocasta Wellings *Mo Idriss as Ali Hussein

Production

Mercurio mentored Brierly, who was new to television, and developed the series during a television

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scheme. The series was filmed in London.

Episodes

Release

The series first premiered in the UK on

on January 22, 2022. In June 2022, it was announced that

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streaming platform had picked up the series for US streaming starting on July 8, 2022.

Reception

Lucy Mangan for ''

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'' gave the first episode three out of five stars, remarking, 'It's great fun as long as you set your preposterousness levels to “high”. Go in thinking ''CSI: Peckham'' or ''Line of Bomb Duty'' or ''Bomby McBombface'', rather than ''The Wire'' But With Actual Wires or ''Breaking Explosively Badly'' and you'll enjoy yourself a lot more.' Ed Cumming of ''The Independent'' also gave it three out five stars, praising the tension but finding the dialogue and storytelling melodramatic.

Accolades

References

External links

* 2022 British television series debuts 2020s British crime television series Crime thriller television series English-language television shows ITV crime shows Television series by Hat Trick Productions Television shows set in London {{UK-tv-prog-stub