''Tin Star'' is a British television

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created by

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. The series focuses on Jim Worth, a former London

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detective who becomes chief of police of a Canadian town in the

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. It stars

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Abigail Lawrie Abigail Lawrie (born 1997) is a Scottish actress. She won a Scottish BAFTA for her performance in the Sky Atlantic crime drama '' Tin Star'' (2017–2020). Lawrie made her screen debut in the BBC miniseries ''The Casual Vacancy'' (2015). Early l ...

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and

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. The series premiered on

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on 7 September 2017, and became available on

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internationally on 29 September. Series 2 premiered 24 January 2019. The third and final series takes place in

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, England. Production for the series commenced in 2019, with all episodes airing in December 2020.

Synopsis

Former London undercover police detective Jim Worth is the seemingly gentle police chief of Little Big Bear, a small town at the edge of the

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, where his family of four has moved to escape his violent past. But, thanks to a chief of security for North Stream Oil, the oil company that dominates the town, Worth's past catches up with him and he and his wife Angela call into service Jim's violent, alcoholic alter-ego, Jack Devlin, to fight anyone they suspect of hurting their family. The local head of public relations for North Stream, Elizabeth Bradshaw, wavers between ethics and criminality against a backdrop of rough oil workers and bikers.

Cast and characters

as James "Jim" Worth, a former

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detective and the new Chief of Little Big Bear Police, and as Jack Devlin, Worth's violent

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, which he slips into when under the influence of

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. *

as Elizabeth Bradshaw (series 1–2), Vice President of Stakeholder Relations for North Stream Oil. Bradshaw has the job of trying to maintain a peaceful working relationship with North Stream and the local populace. This is made difficult by her dispute with Chief Worth. She often finds herself on morally ambiguous ground. *

as Angela Worth, Jim's wife. *

as Anna Worth, Angela's daughter. *

as Simon "Whitey" Brown (series 1—2), Frank's nephew with a past connection to Worth. *

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as Frank Keane, a criminal figure from Jim's past; uncle of Whitey. *

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as Constable, later Chief Denise Minahik, a

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officer with Little Big Bear Police, and second-in-command to Chief Worth. Also in a somewhat secret relationship with Constable McGillen. Her estranged father is a Chief in the local

tribe. *

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as Constable Nick McGillen, a junior officer with Little Big Bear Police, in a somewhat secret relationship with Constable Minahik. *

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as Randy, the owner of Randy's Roadhouse, a bar and later strip club; partner of Frank Keane. *

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as Jaclyn Letendre (series 1–2), a member of the Ipowahtaman tribe who relocates to the Musqwa reserve. * John Lynch as Pastor Johan Nickel (series 2), a

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Ammonite preacher. *

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as Sarah Nickel (series 2), the community

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and wife of Pastor Johan. *

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as Rosa Nickel (series 2), daughter of Pastor Johan. *

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as Friedrich Quiring (series 2), leader of the Ammonite community. *

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as Louis Gagnon (series 1), North Stream Oil's enigmatic head of security. *

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as Johnny (series 1), a career criminal from

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, England working closely with Frank. *Rupert Turnbull as Peter Worth (series 1), Jim and Angela's five-year-old son, who is shot dead in a botched assassination attempt. *Ray G. Thunderchild as Jacob Minahik (series 1), chief of the Musqwa tribe and Denise's estranged father. * Roark Critchlow as Detective Inspector Benoit Lehane (series 1), Royal Canadian Federal Police. *

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as Father Gregoire (series 1), Jim's

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sponsor. *Tobi Bamtefa as Reginald Godswill (series 1), a criminal enforcer working with Whitey, Frank and Johnny. *

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as Young Simon (series 1), seen in flashbacks to 2007. *

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as Timothy Whiteknife (series 1), a member of the Musqwa First Nations. *Joseph Whitebird as Ray Laskamin (series 1), a member of the Musqwa First Nations. *Owen Crowshoe as Hal Laskamin (series 1), a member of the Musqwa First Nations. *

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as Chief Lightfoot (series 1), head of the Reverie Ipowahtaman Tribal Police. *

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as Wallace Lyle (series 1) *

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as Daniel Lyle (series 1) *

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as Dr. Susan Bouchard (series 1) *

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as Catherine Mckenzie (series 3)

Episodes

Series 1 (2017)

*Aired weekly on

; the entire series was also available to download via Sky Box Sets and

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on 7 September 2017.

Series 2 (2019)

*Aired weekly on

; the entire series was also available to download via Sky Box Sets and

on 24 January 2019. Amazon Prime released the whole season two in the US on 7 March 2019 but they have yet to reveal a date for release in the UK. A DVD & Blu-Ray release is due on 15 April 2019 and is currently available to pre-order. Amazon's episode guide lists an extra episode in addition to the original 9 episodes released by Sky Atlantic. The reason for this is that the original season premiere "Prairie Gothic" was a special feature length episode that ran for 1 hour 20 minutes. Amazon split this episode into two parts of just under 45 minutes, the first part retaining the title and number of the original episode and the second part becoming a new episode titled "Something Wicked This Way Comes" and numbered as episode two. The remaining episodes were numbered 3-10 which means that they don't match the original episode numbers. This episode list reflects the original Sky Atlantic episode list.

Series 3 (2020)

Titled "Tin Star: Liverpool", the action moved to

. *Aired two episodes per week on

Production

Filming took place in

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from June to December 2016, with scenes mainly shot in the town of

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, located just south of Calgary. Some of the towns in Alberta include Waterton and

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References

External links

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