Scott & Bailey
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Scott & Bailey is a British detective drama series that debuted on ITV
(ITV1
/STV/UTV
) on 29 May, 2011. The programme's main characters are DC Rachel Bailey (Suranne Jones
) and DC Janet Scott (Lesley Sharp
), both of whom are members of the Major Incident Team of the fictional Manchester Metropolitan Police, headed by DCI Gill Murray (Amelia Bullmore
). The show revolves around the personal and professional lives of the DC Bailey and DC Scott. Based upon an original idea by Jones and Sally Lindsay
, upon taking the concept to executive producer Nicola Shindler
, who in turn directed the project to writer Sally Wainwright
, Scott & Bailey came into fruition. It is largely filmed in Greater Manchester
.
Rachel and Janet are close friends with different personalities: Rachel is impulsive and free-thinking, whereas Janet is subtle and wise. Janet, who is older than Rachel, is married and has two daughters, though her marriage is somewhat stale and is marred by an affair with a colleague, Andy (Nicholas Gleaves
). Rachel does not have a family, but was involved in a tempestuous and unstable relationship with a barrister, Nick (Rupert Graves
), whom Rachel discovers is already married with children and is a serial womaniser.
Debuting to strong viewing figures and with a fairly positive critical reception, Scott & Bailey ran from 29 May until 3 July over the course of six episodes. On 26 July it was announced that Scott & Bailey had been recommissioned by ITV
for a second series, though the forthcoming series will be longer, consisting of 8 episodes.
, with Jones commenting that there needed to be more roles for women "that wasn't wife-of, sidekick-to, mother-of, mistress-to". Jones remarked, "We were just chatting away over a bottle of wine in a pub" when the idea came to fruition. Lindsay, a fan of television programmes such as Cagney & Lacey
, was interested in the concept of a programme detailing the lives of two professional women came into thought. Jones later spoke of the programme, saying it is "the Cagney & Lacey of Manchester
", though she acknowledged that Scott & Bailey as a drama was more "gritty" and "real". Upon taking the idea to Nicola Shindler
of Red Productions
, Shindler contacted Sally Wainwright
, who wrote a script for an episode which, according to Jones, they "loved it". Despite the positive reaction, the project "kind of got a bit lost" until ITV
discovered it and requested that Wainwright rewrite the script. Subsequently, Wainwright paired up with Diane Taylor, a former Detective Inspector from Greater Manchester Police
, to create the programme, and the production expanded from Jones and Lindsay's original concept. From Taylor's perspective, police procedural
s were often filled with not only technical innaccuracies, but what she felt were innaccuracies of how officers behaved, saying: "that's what really irritates me in other dramas – detectives crying over dead bodies and getting drunk senseless. You'd last about two weeks". She said, of her time as a police officer in comparison to portrayals on television, that "reality is much more interesting. I could pull a thousand cases out of my head people would say would never happen. People need drama because they would not believe the reality".
instead; Lindsay received the smaller role of Rachel's sister, Alison, appearing in an episode. Lindsay approved of Sharp playing the role; Jones also felt pleased at the prospect of working with Sharp, saying "I was really excited on the day of the read-through". Sharp's husband Nicholas Gleaves
was awarded the role of Scott's lover, DS Andy Roper. Both Rachel and Janet are Detective Constables in the Major Incident Team of the fictional Manchester Metropolitan Police force, with the team headed by DCI Gill Murray (Amelia Bullmore
), who is loosely based on Diane Taylor. Producers were undecided on what age DCI Murray would be, but had originally pictured an actress older than Bullmore. After auditioning, Bullmore returned a month later, intent on playing Murray "tough", however when meeting casting director Beverley Keogh in the toilets beforehand, Bullmore recounted that Keogh said to her: "That's not what we've got you back for. We were interested in seeing a warmer side".
for the series took place in a twelve-week window from November 2010 onwards, it was reported by Female First. The series was filmed on location in and around Greater Manchester
. Jones mentioned that "On the first day of filming [she and Sharp] were stuck in a car on the moors". Though not explicitly stated by Jones, it is a possibility that Saddleworth Moor
—or a similar moor in the nearby area—was the filming location, due to its close proximity to Manchester, as well as Jones simply referring to it as "the moors", with Saddleworth Moor being an infamous area widely remembered for its association with the Moors murderers
. Oldham
was another location chosen for filming, with local press reporting that Beal Lane in Shaw
was used for filming. The Oldham Evening Chronicle
supplied specially mocked-up newspapers to be used as props in filming. Other locations such as Manchester Crown Court have been used for filming. Sharp, when describing filming with her husband, Gleaves, who plays her on-screen lover, said, "there aren't too many people who can go to work and have an affair with their husband". When discussing the filming of Scott & Bailey, Jones said "I can't pretend it wasn't a tough shoot, both emotionally and physically, because it was", before adding that on the last day of filming she had to shoot a gruelling scene involving her chasing a suspect from a crime scene, whilst Sharp and Bullmore "were having massages and facials ready for the wrap party".
remarked that although it was a "less-than-courageous decision" for ITV to commission a detective drama for Sunday nights, Scott & Bailey had "genuine signs of life in the thing". Sam Wollaston of The Guardian
, however, questioned the plausibility that the character of Rachel would not realise her partner of two years was already married, considering she was a detective, and progressed to describe the series as "Lewis with skirts on". However, Grace Dent, also of The Guardian, described it as "of great televisual comfort". Alexandra Heminsley, another writer for The Guardian, described it as "a genuinely gripping crime series" and added: "what about a second series?" Euan Ferguson of The Observer
stated that it was "actually rather gripping".
John Preston of The Daily Telegraph
gave a mixed review, though commending the acting of Sharp and Jones, he stated that "it badly needs some shape and tension". The Metro took a decidedly critical stance, with its reviews getting progressively worse as the series progressed; firstly describing it as "comforting but could have been so much better", then later quipping that "Scott & Bailey will never be compelling TV", and that the programme is "a mediocre crime drama amidst a saturated market of mediocre crime dramas".
reported that overnight figures suggested 8.2 million watched the episode, which was according to the newspaper, the most successful drama launch of 2011 so far. It reported that the show had secured a 33% audience share in its timeslot. The programme's closest rival was a broadcast of the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
, which received 20.9% of the audience share. Scott and Bailey aired as the follow-on programme from Britain's Got Talent
, which had received 9.86 million viewers and a 40.4% audience share in its timeslot.
The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) later released consolidated information stating that the first episode had received 8.31 million viewers on ITV1
, with a further 801,000 tuning in on ITV1 HD, and 310,000 on ITV1+1, totalling the viewing figures to 9.42 for the first episode. By episode two it was reported that Scott & Bailey has dropped nearly 1.8 million viewers from episode one, with overnight figures suggesting 6.14 million (23.6%) tuned in, though it was still the number one rated programme in its timeslot. The programme continued to outperform its competitors in its timeslot until its end, beating competition including BBC1 dramas Case Histories
and Stolen.
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
(ITV1
ITV1
ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
/STV/UTV
UTV
UTV is a television channel based in the UK region of Northern Ireland. The channel is the Channel 3 or Independent Television licensee for Northern Ireland and is operated by UTV Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of UTV Media.- Terrestrial :* Analogue: Normally tuned to 3 * Freeview : 3...
) on 29 May, 2011. The programme's main characters are DC Rachel Bailey (Suranne Jones
Suranne Jones
Suranne Jones is an English actress. She first rose to prominence playing the role of Karen McDonald in ITV1's soap opera Coronation Street over a period of four years...
) and DC Janet Scott (Lesley Sharp
Lesley Sharp
Lesley Sharp is an English stage, film and television actress, particularly well known for her variety of British television roles including Clocking Off, Bob & Rose and afterlife.-Early life:...
), both of whom are members of the Major Incident Team of the fictional Manchester Metropolitan Police, headed by DCI Gill Murray (Amelia Bullmore
Amelia Bullmore
Amelia Bullmore is an English actress and writer. She was born in London and studied drama at the University of Manchester. Bullmore started working as an actor but turned to writing in 1995...
). The show revolves around the personal and professional lives of the DC Bailey and DC Scott. Based upon an original idea by Jones and Sally Lindsay
Sally Lindsay
Sally Lindsay is an English actress best known for playing the role of Shelley Unwin in the long-running ITV1 Soap opera Coronation Street...
, upon taking the concept to executive producer Nicola Shindler
Nicola Shindler
Nicola Shindler is a British television producer and executive, the founder of Red Production Company, one of the foremost independent television drama production companies working in the UK today....
, who in turn directed the project to writer Sally Wainwright
Sally Wainwright
Sally Wainwright is a British BAFTA nominated television writer and playwright. She won 2009 Writer of the Year Award given by the RTS in 2009 for Unforgiven.She was born in Halifax.Original television productions include:*Scott & Bailey...
, Scott & Bailey came into fruition. It is largely filmed in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
.
Rachel and Janet are close friends with different personalities: Rachel is impulsive and free-thinking, whereas Janet is subtle and wise. Janet, who is older than Rachel, is married and has two daughters, though her marriage is somewhat stale and is marred by an affair with a colleague, Andy (Nicholas Gleaves
Nicholas Gleaves
Nicholas Gleaves is an English actor best known for his role as Rick Powell in the television drama series Playing the Field. He also appeared as Tom Bedford in The Chase, from 2006-2007....
). Rachel does not have a family, but was involved in a tempestuous and unstable relationship with a barrister, Nick (Rupert Graves
Rupert Graves
Rupert Graves is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for his role as DI Lestrade in the critically acclaimed television series Sherlock.-Early life:...
), whom Rachel discovers is already married with children and is a serial womaniser.
Debuting to strong viewing figures and with a fairly positive critical reception, Scott & Bailey ran from 29 May until 3 July over the course of six episodes. On 26 July it was announced that Scott & Bailey had been recommissioned by ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
for a second series, though the forthcoming series will be longer, consisting of 8 episodes.
Conception
Scott & Bailey is a based on an original idea by Suranne Jones and Sally LindsaySally Lindsay
Sally Lindsay is an English actress best known for playing the role of Shelley Unwin in the long-running ITV1 Soap opera Coronation Street...
, with Jones commenting that there needed to be more roles for women "that wasn't wife-of, sidekick-to, mother-of, mistress-to". Jones remarked, "We were just chatting away over a bottle of wine in a pub" when the idea came to fruition. Lindsay, a fan of television programmes such as Cagney & Lacey
Cagney & Lacey
Cagney & Lacey is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from October 8, 1981 to May 16, 1988...
, was interested in the concept of a programme detailing the lives of two professional women came into thought. Jones later spoke of the programme, saying it is "the Cagney & Lacey of Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
", though she acknowledged that Scott & Bailey as a drama was more "gritty" and "real". Upon taking the idea to Nicola Shindler
Nicola Shindler
Nicola Shindler is a British television producer and executive, the founder of Red Production Company, one of the foremost independent television drama production companies working in the UK today....
of Red Productions
Red Production Company
Red Production Company is a British independent television production company, formed in 1998 by Nicola Shindler, an experienced television producer who had worked on such prestige dramas as Our Friends in the North and Cracker...
, Shindler contacted Sally Wainwright
Sally Wainwright
Sally Wainwright is a British BAFTA nominated television writer and playwright. She won 2009 Writer of the Year Award given by the RTS in 2009 for Unforgiven.She was born in Halifax.Original television productions include:*Scott & Bailey...
, who wrote a script for an episode which, according to Jones, they "loved it". Despite the positive reaction, the project "kind of got a bit lost" until ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
discovered it and requested that Wainwright rewrite the script. Subsequently, Wainwright paired up with Diane Taylor, a former Detective Inspector from Greater Manchester Police
Greater Manchester Police
Greater Manchester Police is the police force responsible for law enforcement within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester in North West England...
, to create the programme, and the production expanded from Jones and Lindsay's original concept. From Taylor's perspective, police procedural
Police procedural
The police procedural is a subgenre of detective fiction which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. While traditional detective novels usually concentrate on a single crime, police procedurals frequently depict investigations into several...
s were often filled with not only technical innaccuracies, but what she felt were innaccuracies of how officers behaved, saying: "that's what really irritates me in other dramas – detectives crying over dead bodies and getting drunk senseless. You'd last about two weeks". She said, of her time as a police officer in comparison to portrayals on television, that "reality is much more interesting. I could pull a thousand cases out of my head people would say would never happen. People need drama because they would not believe the reality".
Casting
Jones, who had always envisaged herself playing Rachel Bailey when the idea of the project came in to mind, was given the role, though at the programme's pre-production stages the character had a different first name, Cathy. It was originally intended that Lindsay would star with Jones in Scott & Bailey, but she became pregnant with twins, so the role of Janet was given to Lesley SharpLesley Sharp
Lesley Sharp is an English stage, film and television actress, particularly well known for her variety of British television roles including Clocking Off, Bob & Rose and afterlife.-Early life:...
instead; Lindsay received the smaller role of Rachel's sister, Alison, appearing in an episode. Lindsay approved of Sharp playing the role; Jones also felt pleased at the prospect of working with Sharp, saying "I was really excited on the day of the read-through". Sharp's husband Nicholas Gleaves
Nicholas Gleaves
Nicholas Gleaves is an English actor best known for his role as Rick Powell in the television drama series Playing the Field. He also appeared as Tom Bedford in The Chase, from 2006-2007....
was awarded the role of Scott's lover, DS Andy Roper. Both Rachel and Janet are Detective Constables in the Major Incident Team of the fictional Manchester Metropolitan Police force, with the team headed by DCI Gill Murray (Amelia Bullmore
Amelia Bullmore
Amelia Bullmore is an English actress and writer. She was born in London and studied drama at the University of Manchester. Bullmore started working as an actor but turned to writing in 1995...
), who is loosely based on Diane Taylor. Producers were undecided on what age DCI Murray would be, but had originally pictured an actress older than Bullmore. After auditioning, Bullmore returned a month later, intent on playing Murray "tough", however when meeting casting director Beverley Keogh in the toilets beforehand, Bullmore recounted that Keogh said to her: "That's not what we've got you back for. We were interested in seeing a warmer side".
Filming
Principal photographyPrincipal photography
thumb|300px|Film production on location in [[Newark, New Jersey]].Principal photography is the phase of film production in which the movie is filmed, with actors on set and cameras rolling, as distinct from pre-production and post-production....
for the series took place in a twelve-week window from November 2010 onwards, it was reported by Female First. The series was filmed on location in and around Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
. Jones mentioned that "On the first day of filming [she and Sharp] were stuck in a car on the moors". Though not explicitly stated by Jones, it is a possibility that Saddleworth Moor
Saddleworth Moor
Saddleworth Moor is an area of the South Pennines in northern England. It is a sparsely populated moorland and millstone grit divided between the metropolitan boroughs of Oldham and Kirklees, in Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire respectively....
—or a similar moor in the nearby area—was the filming location, due to its close proximity to Manchester, as well as Jones simply referring to it as "the moors", with Saddleworth Moor being an infamous area widely remembered for its association with the Moors murderers
Moors Murderers
"Moors Murderers" can refer to:*Moors murders*The Moors Murderers, an early band of Chrissie Hynde before she formed The Pretenders....
. Oldham
Oldham
Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester...
was another location chosen for filming, with local press reporting that Beal Lane in Shaw
Shaw and Crompton
Shaw and Crompton is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines, north of Oldham, southeast of Rochdale, and to the northeast of the city of Manchester...
was used for filming. The Oldham Evening Chronicle
Oldham Evening Chronicle
The Oldham Evening Chronicle is a daily newspaper published each weekday evening. It is a local newspaper which serves the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England...
supplied specially mocked-up newspapers to be used as props in filming. Other locations such as Manchester Crown Court have been used for filming. Sharp, when describing filming with her husband, Gleaves, who plays her on-screen lover, said, "there aren't too many people who can go to work and have an affair with their husband". When discussing the filming of Scott & Bailey, Jones said "I can't pretend it wasn't a tough shoot, both emotionally and physically, because it was", before adding that on the last day of filming she had to shoot a gruelling scene involving her chasing a suspect from a crime scene, whilst Sharp and Bullmore "were having massages and facials ready for the wrap party".
Cast
- Suranne JonesSuranne JonesSuranne Jones is an English actress. She first rose to prominence playing the role of Karen McDonald in ITV1's soap opera Coronation Street over a period of four years...
as DC Rachel Bailey, a newer member of the Major Incidents Team and an up-and-coming professional, Bailey is a career woman in her 30s, who for part of the series was involved in a fiery relationship with barrister Nick Savage. She becomes pregnant with his child, but miscarries. Her sometimes brash behaviour lands her in trouble, though often she is helped by Janet. - Lesley SharpLesley SharpLesley Sharp is an English stage, film and television actress, particularly well known for her variety of British television roles including Clocking Off, Bob & Rose and afterlife.-Early life:...
as DC Janet Scott, a level-headed, intelligent, long-standing member of the team and friends with Rachet. Aged 46, married and with two teenage daughters, she has an affair with colleague DS Andy Roper and contemplates leaving her husband Adrian. She was inspired to join the police after the unsolved murder of her childhood friend Veronica. - Amelia BullmoreAmelia BullmoreAmelia Bullmore is an English actress and writer. She was born in London and studied drama at the University of Manchester. Bullmore started working as an actor but turned to writing in 1995...
as DCI Gill Murray, head of the Major Incidents Team and single mother to a teenage son. Nicknamed "GodzillaGodzillais a daikaijū, a Japanese movie monster, first appearing in Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in 28 films produced by Toho Co., Ltd. The monster has appeared in numerous other media incarnations including video games,...
" by Rachel, Murray is demanding and sometimes blunt, though has a lighter side. She has been friends with Janet for 19 years. Bullmore noted the idiosyncrasies of Diane Taylor, on whom the character is based, to develop Gill. - Rupert GravesRupert GravesRupert Graves is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for his role as DI Lestrade in the critically acclaimed television series Sherlock.-Early life:...
as the unscrupulous Nick Savage, a wealthy barrister and Rachel's ex-partner. Unbeknownst to her until after they break up, he is married with two sons living in WilmslowWilmslow-Economy:Wilmslow is well known, like Alderley Edge, for having many famous residents, notably footballers, stars of Coronation Street and rich North West businessmen. The town is part of the so-called Golden Triangle in the north west together with Alderley Edge and Prestbury...
. He has an apartment in the city centre where Rachel lives for some time after practically blackmailing him. In the final episode he is charged with the attempted murder of a police officer (Rachel) after she discovers he had an affair with a juror whilst defending a client at court. - Nicholas GleavesNicholas GleavesNicholas Gleaves is an English actor best known for his role as Rick Powell in the television drama series Playing the Field. He also appeared as Tom Bedford in The Chase, from 2006-2007....
as DS Andy Roper, who is desperately in love with Janet, he has a one night stand with her, and tries to convince her to leave her family to be with him. - Vincent ReganVincent Regan-Career:Regan was born in Swansea on 16 May 1965, the son of Irish immigrants. As a youth he moved to Ireland with his parents, but returned to Britain and attended St Joseph's College, Ipswich in Suffolk....
as DCS Dave Murray, Gill's ex, who had several affairs without her knowing. He is father of her child, who left Gill when he got a 23-year old uniform officer pregnant. He and his present girlfriend persuade her son to live with them instead of Gill. He is acting Head of the Review Team while the head is away on maternity leave.
Episodes
| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Ratings (in millions) Sourced by BARB; figures include ITV1 HD and ITV1+1 broadcasts |
|---|
Critical reception
Scott & Bailey has received generally good reviews thus far. Tom Sutcliffe of The IndependentThe Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
remarked that although it was a "less-than-courageous decision" for ITV to commission a detective drama for Sunday nights, Scott & Bailey had "genuine signs of life in the thing". Sam Wollaston of The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, however, questioned the plausibility that the character of Rachel would not realise her partner of two years was already married, considering she was a detective, and progressed to describe the series as "Lewis with skirts on". However, Grace Dent, also of The Guardian, described it as "of great televisual comfort". Alexandra Heminsley, another writer for The Guardian, described it as "a genuinely gripping crime series" and added: "what about a second series?" Euan Ferguson of The Observer
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
stated that it was "actually rather gripping".
John Preston of The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
gave a mixed review, though commending the acting of Sharp and Jones, he stated that "it badly needs some shape and tension". The Metro took a decidedly critical stance, with its reviews getting progressively worse as the series progressed; firstly describing it as "comforting but could have been so much better", then later quipping that "Scott & Bailey will never be compelling TV", and that the programme is "a mediocre crime drama amidst a saturated market of mediocre crime dramas".
Television ratings
Since Scott & Baileys debut it has fared well in the ratings. Days after its premiere, The SunThe Sun (newspaper)
The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
reported that overnight figures suggested 8.2 million watched the episode, which was according to the newspaper, the most successful drama launch of 2011 so far. It reported that the show had secured a 33% audience share in its timeslot. The programme's closest rival was a broadcast of the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a 2006 adventure fantasy film and the second film of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, following Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl . It was directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, and produced by...
, which received 20.9% of the audience share. Scott and Bailey aired as the follow-on programme from Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Got Talent is a British television talent show competition which started in June 2007 and originated from the Got Talent series. The show is produced by FremantleMedia's TalkbackThames and Simon Cowell's production company SYCOtv. The show is broadcast on ITV in Britain and TV3 in Ireland...
, which had received 9.86 million viewers and a 40.4% audience share in its timeslot.
The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) later released consolidated information stating that the first episode had received 8.31 million viewers on ITV1
ITV1
ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
, with a further 801,000 tuning in on ITV1 HD, and 310,000 on ITV1+1, totalling the viewing figures to 9.42 for the first episode. By episode two it was reported that Scott & Bailey has dropped nearly 1.8 million viewers from episode one, with overnight figures suggesting 6.14 million (23.6%) tuned in, though it was still the number one rated programme in its timeslot. The programme continued to outperform its competitors in its timeslot until its end, beating competition including BBC1 dramas Case Histories
Case Histories
Case Histories is a 2004 detective novel by Kate Atkinson set in Cambridge, England. It introduces Jackson Brodie, a former police inspector and now private investigator...
and Stolen.
Home video release
| Series | DVD | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Region 2 release date | Discs | ||
| 1 | UK: 4 July, 2011 | 2 | |