London Kills is a British police procedural television series, written and created by Paul Marquess, that premièred on Acorn TV on 26 February 2019 in the United States.
[1] One of Acorn TV's first original commissions, London Kills centres around an elite murder investigation squad in London headed by DI David Bradford (Hugo Speer), an experienced detective whose judgement is called into question following the unexpected disappearance of his wife.
The cast features a number of striking similarities, includes a documentary-style feel and has an ad-lib script allowing the cast partially to improvise their lines based on a synopsis.
The BBC subsequently purchased the first five-episode series for broadcast as part of their daytime schedule and began broadcasting episodes daily at 1:45pm from 24 June 2019.
[10] The second series premièred in the United States on 15 July 2019.