'Above Suspicion' starring Kelly Reilly and Ciaran Hinds gets a renewal for a fourth series

Digital Spy reports that UK's ITV has renewed Above Suspicion for a fourth season. The crime drama Above Suspicion starring Kelly Reilly (P&P 05's own Caroline Bingley) and Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion '95's Captain Wentworth) will reprise their respective roles as DI Anna Travis and DCS James Langton.

'Above Suspicion' recommission by ITV

ITV has confirmed that it has commissioned a fourth series of crime drama Above Suspicion.

Kelly Reilly and Ciaran Hinds will reprise their respective roles as DI Anna Travis and DCS James Langton in the new three-part drama.

The new series, adapted by Lynda La Plante from her novel Silent Scream, will focus on the brutal murder of a glamorous British film star.

"I'm thrilled to be making a fourth series of Above Suspicion for ITV, which will see Travis progress even further up the career ladder investigating one of her most challenging cases to date," said La Plante.

ITV Drama Commissioner Laure Mackie added: "Above Suspicion has grown into a really strong brand for ITV1 and the fourth installment, Silent Scream, is set to be another gripping story for Travis and Langton to investigate."

Back in 2009, the first series of Above Suspicion premiered to 6.76m viewers, while last year the final installment of sequel The Red Dahlia attracted a slightly higher 6.85m.

Filming on Above Suspicion: Silent Scream will begin in the summer.

DVD News: Kelly Reilly's 'Above Suspicion' (Series 1 & 2) to be released on DVD early

Kelly Reilly's popular ITV crime drama series "Above Suspicion" (both series 1 & 2, which she co-stars with Ciarán Hinds aka Captain Wenthworth of 1995's Persuasion) will be released on DVD (see DVD cover to your left) by Acorn Media UK, who just recently announced that it will be released from their website exclusively before its general release in 2011.

Here's the press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 19, 2010 – Acorn Media UK has announced that both series of popular ITV crime drama Above Suspicion will be released on DVD from their website exclusively early before a general release in 2011.

Above Suspicion is a TV series based on Lynda La Plante's novels Above Suspicion and The Red Dahlia. It stars Kelly Reilly and Ciaran Hinds. It features the career of La Plante's latest heroine DC Anna Travis. The first series, Above Suspicion, was shown on the fourth and fifth of January 2009; the second series, Above Suspicion 2: The Red Dahlia, was shown on the fourth, fifth and sixth of January 2010.


In the first series of Lynda La Plantes gripping Above Suspicion, DC Anna Travis (Kelly Reilly) has been assigned to her first murder case. Under the watchful eye of DCI James Langton (Ciaran Hinds), she joins a team investigating a series of brutal and shocking murders.

They started eight years ago, and the body count - all prostitutes and drug users was up to six, but now a seventh body has been found. This time the victim is a beautiful, young student, with the murderer no less ugly in his slaughter. Is every victim innocent, or are some more innocent than others?

In Above Suspicion 2 The Red Dahlia DC Anna Travis (Kelly Reilly) is back, reunited with the inimitable DCI James Langton, to face her most challenging and terrifying case yet. When the body of a young woman is discovered, sadistically mutilated and drained of blood, it would seem an ominous re-enactment of the infamously unsolved murder from 1940’s Los Angeles, dubbed the Black Dahlia.

The first part attracted high audience figures of 6.8 million viewers. The Daily Telegraph called the show "Lynda La Plante's younger, sassier successor to Prime Suspect." Audience viewership figures increased to 7.3 million in the second and concluding instalment.

ITV have confirmed that "Above Suspicion" will return for a third serial, based on Lynda La Plante's Deadly Intent, with Kelly Reilly, Ciaran Hinds, Celyn Jones, Amanda Lawrence and Shaun Dingwall all reprising their respective roles. Ray Fearon, Robbie Gee and Andrew Woodall will also star.

To purchase this special Above Suspicion DVD release in time for Christmas visit Acorn Media where you can view a range of exclusive DVD release.

Speaking of Kelly Reilly, she is listed on the IMDB's page for Untitled Sherlock Holmes Sequel, which is currently filming and is set for a December 16, 2011 theatrical release, but no word or confirmation yet if she is returning for the sequel. There seems to be no actual news on the returning cast from the first Sherlock Holmes other than the two male leads RDJ and Jude Law with new cast members: Noomi Rapace (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), Stephen Fry, and Jared Harris. See on set pics of Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law return for Sherlock Holmes sequel‎. No Kelly Reilly or Rachel McAdams on set pics, even though they were mentioned as returning. We'll find out eventually when they finished filming start releasing the trailer and stills from the film.