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- 2021
- TV-MA
- BritBox
- 2021
- TV-MA
- BritBox
Summary Detective Inspector Ray Lennox (Dougray Scott) returns to Edinburgh and its Serious Crimes team after recovering from a breakdown from his last case in this series based on the Irvine Welsh novel of the same name.
Created By: Dean Cavanagh
- 2021
- TV-MA
- BritBox
- 2021
- TV-MA
- BritBox
Irvine Welsh's Crime
Season 1 Premiere: Nov 18, 2021
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Summary Detective Inspector Ray Lennox (Dougray Scott) returns to Edinburgh and its Serious Crimes team after recovering from a breakdown from his last case in this series based on the Irvine Welsh novel of the same name.
Created By: Dean Cavanagh
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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67% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
71
33% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
67% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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What lifts it above the ordinary is an incendiary performance from Dougray Scott.
The production is surprisingly clichéd, as it happens, but still a highly watchable sort of detective drama, frankly because it gives the viewers what we want.
Again, it’s really hard to get excited about anything in Irvine Welsh’s Crime outside of Dougray Scott’s performance. But once again his performance draws viewers into the story.
Ignore the name and the potential and it’s a serviceable cop show.
We’re on board for Crime for Dougray Scott’s lead performance. The rest of the series feels like it could be from any procedural we’ve seen on either side of the Atlantic.
That people are bigoted, especially within the police, isn’t a problem story-wise. That’s real. But it’s the clunky, retrograde way it’s depicted, as if the script were pulled from a drawer where it’s been buried for the last 40 years.
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Production Company:
- Buccaneer Media
- Off Grid Film and TV
- Blazing Griffin
Initial Release Date: Nov 18, 2021
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
International Emmy Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
BAFTA Awards, Scotland
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
