The Long Call is an excellent new thriller coming to ITV.
Based on the best-selling book of the same name by award-winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, this new thriller takes us to the heart of a small religious community, the Barum Brothers.
After a body is found on the beach, residents suspect the community has something to do with the case. A previous member turned detective leads the investigation and must confront his past to get to the bottom of the murder.
Everything you need to know about The Long Call here!
The Long Call Release Date.
The Long Call begins Monday, October 25 at 9 p.m. on ITV in the United Kingdom. The series will air for four consecutive nights.
In the United States, The Long Call will air exclusively on BritBox on Wednesday, October 28.
The Long Call cast
The Long Call stars Ben Aldridge (Our Girl, Fleabag) and Pearl Mackie (Greed, Doctor Who) as Inspector Matthew Venn and Inspector Jen Rafferty.
Juliet Stevenson will play Dorothy, Matthew’s mother, and Declan Bennett, her husband, Jonathan. Martin Shaw will play the Barum brothers’ spiritual leader, Dennis Stephenson, and Anita Dobson will play Grace Stephenson.
In addition, Dylan Edwards is Detective Ross Pritchard, Pearce Quigley is Chief Inspector Joe Oldham, Neil Morrissey is Christopher Beasley, Sarah Gordy is Lucy Cradle, Alan Williams is Maurice Cradle, and Amit Shah is Ed Raveley.
What it’s about.
The Long Call follows Inspector Matthew Venn, who has returned to a small community in North Devon to live with his husband. He grew up in the Barum Church but left the strict evangelical community at age 19 to study. At that time, he publicly declared that he was no longer a believer, much to his mother’s dismay.
After discovering a body on the beach near Matthew’s home, a shadow of doubt hangs over the entire community. Matthew will work closely with Inspector Jen Rafferty, a fiercely determined single mother. She moved to Devon to escape her traumatic life in London.
Matthew’s return forces her to confront her complex relationship with her mother once again. The murder case will reopen old wounds, and Matthew will uncover a deadly secret to expose the killer.
Lead actor Ben Aldridge explains his character, “We meet him at the beginning of the series, having returned to the hometown he left – or was kicked out of – 20 years earlier. It isn’t effortless – he couldn’t live there anymore. Still, he wasn’t welcome there because he grew up in a rigorous religious community that didn’t agree with his beliefs.
“We first meet him at his father’s funeral, which he is not allowed to attend, and that’s when he discovers the body on the beach.
Is there a trailer?
Note: Church of the Brethren has no connection with church in The Long Call
