Scott & Bailey

2011 • PBS
4.5
90 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (6)

1 Episode 1
5/29/11
DC Rachel Bailey is angry at being dumped by her married lover, a barrister named Nick Savage. She joins her colleague, DC Janet Scott, to investigate the murder, made to resemble a suicide, of a pregnant Turkish girl named Emel Yilmatz. Janet is approached by her old friend Geoff to reopen a dead case, and Rachel obsesses about getting revenge on Nick while making an arrest.
2 Episode 2
6/5/11
Having coerced Nick into buying her an apartment, Rachel finds out that she is pregnant with his child. Janet, meanwhile, is dreading her wedding anniversary party and presses on with the long cold murder case of her school friend Veronica.
3 Episode 3
6/12/11
Rachel's ex-lover Nick is the defense lawyer for Georgios Stelikos, on trial for the rape and murder of drug addict Hannah Conway, and Rachel is horrified when he escapes conviction. A hung-over and bruised Hannah is brought in for questioning, but is she the killer?
4 Episode 4
6/19/11
Porn actress Vicky Birkinshaw is arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband. Rachel's professional life hangs in the balance when DCI Gill Murray finds out that her relationship with Nick could have put the Stelikos case at risk.
5 Episode 5
6/26/11
Janet moves closer to tracking down Veronica's killer while investigating a recent murder that bears a number of similarities. Meanwhile, Rachel finds out about an affair Nick had with a juror in the middle of a trial - a revelation that could end his career - and inadvertently puts her friend in danger as Janet comes face to face with the killer.
6 Episode 6
7/3/11
Three months have elapsed and Janet returns to work after her recovery. Rachel is living with Nick, but when a car narrowly misses her and smashes into the side of the road, she discovers it was unquestionably linked to her discovery about Nick's affair.

About this show

A thrilling crime drama exploring the personal and professional lives of two female detectives, from award-winning writer Sally Wainwright. Detective Constable Rachel Bailey is 30, down-to-earth, noisy, argumentative and single. Her partner, Detective Constable Janet Scott, is 40, a diplomat and a thinker, as well as being a wife and mother. They both work for Manchester Metropolitan Police's prestigious Murder Investigation Team and, despite the obvious differences between them, they make a formidable team.

Ratings and reviews

4.5
90 reviews
Cheri Woodhaus
November 5, 2015
Couldnt wait to catch this show, but it was over much too soon..very interesting dynamics between characters..not your usual easy to predict situations
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A Google user
July 4, 2017
Sally Wainwright's an excellent writer. Quality work. Great character development. Wanted to binge- watch all the seasons...twice. Addicting.
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Bibi Andrade
November 11, 2014
I love this show with great female characters and the diologue is superb.
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