Detective Superintendent Alan Banks[1] (born 1958) is the fictional protagonist in a series of crime novels by Peter Robinson.
From 2010 to 2016 several of the novels were adapted for television, and other original stories were produced, under the series title DCI Banks with Stephen Tompkinson in the lead role.
Initially hostile to Banks when they first met, they become good friends over time and have established a natural (if still slightly edgy) rapport by the early 21st century.
[2] The viewing figures were successful enough for three more adaptations to be commissioned – the novels Playing With Fire, Friend Of The Devil and Cold Is The Grave – under a series title DCI Banks showing as six one-hour episodes, which started airing on 16 September 2011.
[3] A second series, consisting of three adaptations of the novels "Strange Affair", "Dry Bones that Scream" and "Innocent Graves", again produced as six one-hour episodes, began airing on 10 October 2012, and was followed by a third series, consisting of three adaptations of the novels "Wednesday's Child", "Piece of My Heart" and "Bad Boy", again produced as six one-hour episodes, began airing on 4 February 2014.