When is Annika on BBC1? Cast, plot, filming locations
THE BBC is known for bringing its viewers top class crime drama.
This includes Scottish based murder mystery Annika, starring Nicola Walker.
Who is in the cast of Annika?
Nicola Walker as DI Annika Strandhed
Actress of the moment Nicola Walker takes the title role in Annika.
Her character regularly 'breaks the fourth wall' throughout the series, talking directly to the viewers like Phoebe Waller-Bridge does in Fleabag.
Away from Annika, Nicola is best known for Collateral and the BBC drama The Split, and ITV's Unforgotten.
Jamie Sives as DS Michael McAndrews
Scottish actor Jamie Sives plays Detective Sergeant Michael McAndrews, who is a senior member of the MHU.
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His character lost out to Annika as the lead for the unit and harbours the belief that he is still the best to lead the unit.
Actor Jamie is known for Guilt, and Chernobyl.
Katie Leung as DC Blair Ferguson
Detective Constable Blair Ferguson is played by Katie Leung, and is the analyst dealing with the data and technical support for the team.
As the youngest member of the team Annika often asks her perspective about something involving her daughter Morgan.
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You may recognise actress Katie from ITV's Strangers
The rest of the cast includes:
- Ukweli Roach as DS Tyrone Clarke
- Kate Dickie as DCI Diane Oban
- Silvie Furneaux as Morgan, Annika's teenage daughter
- Paul McGann as Jake Strathearn, a child therapist
Where was Annika filmed?
Annika was filmed in entirely in Scotland.
The series is based on a spate of brutal murders that wash up in the Scottish waterways.
Filming for the crime drama mainly took place in Glasgow, and in particular on the bank of the River Clyde.
The six-part series was filmed in various locations around the city, including Partick, Bellahouston and High Street.
Other locations used included and Argyll and Greenock.
What is Annika about?
Based on the Radio 4 drama Annika Stranded, the drama follows Norwegian-born Scottish Police detective Annika Strandhed.
She is brought in to head up Glasgow's Marine Homicide Unit.
Her job is to solve murders in and around the water on the Scottish coast, but she also has a challenging home life with a teenager daughter.
When is Annika on TV?
Annika previously aired back in 2021 but is being repeated on Saturday nights at 9.15pm on BBC One.
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There are six episodes in total, with the season finale airing on June 24, 2023.
But if you can't wait until then, the full series is already available to watch the