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Commissaire Bancroft

Original title: Bancroft
  • TV Series
  • 2017–2020
  • 10
  • 45m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
4.5K
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Sarah Parish and Faye Marsay in Commissaire Bancroft (2017)
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A dark thriller surrounding Elizabeth Bancroft, a senior detective with explosive secrets.A dark thriller surrounding Elizabeth Bancroft, a senior detective with explosive secrets.A dark thriller surrounding Elizabeth Bancroft, a senior detective with explosive secrets.

  • Creator
    • Kate Brooke
  • Stars
    • Sarah Parish
    • Ryan McKen
    • Adam Long
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    4.5K
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    • Creator
      • Kate Brooke
    • Stars
      • Sarah Parish
      • Ryan McKen
      • Adam Long
    • 111User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Sarah Parish
    Sarah Parish
    • DSU Elizabeth Bancroft…
    • 2017–2020
    Ryan McKen
    Ryan McKen
    • Daanish Kamara
    • 2017–2020
    Adam Long
    Adam Long
    • Joe Bancroft
    • 2017–2020
    Lee Boardman
    Lee Boardman
    • DI George Morris
    • 2017–2020
    Adrian Edmondson
    Adrian Edmondson
    • Supt. Cliff Walker
    • 2017–2020
    Charles Babalola
    Charles Babalola
    • DS Andy Bevan
    • 2017–2020
    Faye Marsay
    Faye Marsay
    • DS Katherine Stevens
    • 2017
    Anjli Mohindra
    Anjli Mohindra
    • Zaheera Kamara
    • 2017
    Amara Karan
    Amara Karan
    • Dr. Anya Karim
    • 2017
    Art Malik
    Art Malik
    • DCS Alan Taheeri
    • 2017
    Shameem Ahmad
    Shameem Ahmad
    • Naila Kamara
    • 2017–2020
    David Avery
    David Avery
    • DSU Jake Harper
    • 2020
    Jacqueline Boatswain
    Jacqueline Boatswain
    • CC Frances Holland
    • 2020
    Charlotte Hope
    Charlotte Hope
    • Annabel Connors
    • 2020
    James Quinn
    James Quinn
    • DS Richard Potter
    • 2020
    Tom Wells
    Tom Wells
    • Adam Mullen
    • 2020
    Steve Evets
    Steve Evets
    • Len Dorman
    • 2017
    Lily Sacofsky
    • Laura Fraser
    • 2017
    • Creator
      • Kate Brooke
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    7KathleenK22

    One episode turns into four and any more?

    I noticed the overall score dropped so decided to review after watching one episode. It is exciting and intriguing. The acting is excellent particularly from the two female leads. Maybe one good cop and one bad cop? Nothing is definite though! Women have to prove themselves beyond what is expected of their male counterparts and this could affect their methods in trying to achieve their next rank in the police force. There is a main plot and at least two subplots but guessing they will all collide eventually. The writing is good and invites predictions from the viewers. An emphasis on female roles including a doctor of forensics who is also undervalued by one male colleague at least makes me suspect some female writer at work but then again it could be a male fighting the female cause. Many stories have been written about bad male cops so this could be also offering an alternative. The female of the species, after all, can be deadlier. Now watched the four episodes and still believe this is a good show. My one complaint is where is episode five or when is season two coming? I have questions that require answers. There should be a criteria for scoring as people giving this a one or a three is ridiculous. The acting was solid and I was not bored and the storyline with several plots kept me thinking. There were a variety of characters to be followed like the father and the boyfriend who was also the son of Bancroft. There is sufficient suspense to keep one entertained. It is not supposed to be an action piece so why expect that. It is thought provoking and layered enough to allow the viewer to fill in gaps and predict. It is at least seven out of ten.
    7Sleepin_Dragon

    Dark and powerful drama.

    I read that this show was switched from ITV Encore to mainstream ITV, and on paper it has all the makings of a quality drama. It certainly has its good points, it's a strong script, it has some really strong production values, and most of all Sarah Parish is commanding from start to finish, dare I say she stands head and shoulders above everyone, and gives a truly strong performance.

    I'm not shocked to read through some of the negative reviews, I can see how it could have not appealed to some, the ending was a little bit of a non event, but I'm sure the door is open for a second series. The character of Bancroft is intriguing, arguably the most manipulative woman on screen in 2017, was there anyone she didn't use to cover her tracks?

    Strong performances from Faye Marsay and Amara Karan also, it was somehow missing a little something, not sure I can see Lee Boardman as a Police Man, he has to be a bad guy, but all in all I think Bancroft was quite gripping. 7/10
    6Lejink

    Good cop mad cop

    Not your typical cop-show for sure. I came to this series expecting another hard-boiled, name-above-the-title Jane Tennyson-type senior female cop on the trail of another serial-killer perhaps with another even more unusual M.O. than usual, but didn't expect the twist that she herself might blur the lines between right and wrong. In that sense I was reminded of another top cop who sometimes seemed to cross that line at will, namely John Luthor, but Bancroft here seems to take things even further in that while you sensed that Luthor would occasionally not flinch from taking the law into his own hands it was always to pursue justice even if it was his own sometimes skewered version of it, Bancroft here however, while she undoubtedly gets results in her official capacity, is in fact only concerned with the welfare of herself and maybe her son, before any other legal consideration and heaven help anyone who gets in her way.

    The highly contrived plot only got more incredible as it went on, the starting point being a 27 year old cold-case unsolved murder of a young wife and mother who just happened to be Bancroft's love rival for the man she's beaten her to and who is now pregnant into the bargain. Bancroft was first on the scene of the crime as a young WPC and she was the protege of the then senior investigating cop who's still alive today, but only just and who now really wants to crack the case before he expires. Not that he gets the chance as he dies in mysterious circumstances soon after Bancroft pays him a visit, just as a case is being built by the young female officer appointed by Bancroft's rival male DSI for the soon-to-become-available Chief Commissioner position, and her forensic female colleague. Both these young investigators suspect the almost unbelievable regarding the seemingly untouchable Bancroft who in between throwing her pursuers off the track, is trying to ensnare Public Enemy Number One, a ruthless Asian gun-runner not above torturing and indeed murdering members of his own family to keep everyone in line. These two plot strands then converge in a dramatic showdown as we finally learn the truth about Bancroft and the extent to which she'll go to protect herself.

    I found the plotting to be ludicrously over-the-top, incredible coincidence succeeding incredible coincidence as it went, boosted in all of this by Sarah Parish's equally O.T.T performance as the title character who cold-bloodedly rampages around like she's just escaped from the set of "Westworld". All that said, it only stretched to four episodes keeping the action, ridiculous as it was, tight and fast-moving. "Line Of Duty" or "Happy Valley" it doesn't try to be but for a piece of escapist nonsense which doesn't try to keep even one toe, never mind a whole foot, in reality, it was certainly entertaining enough.
    magevincent

    Unusual police drama with a twist.

    A previous reviewer found it boring and pc. Written by a man obviously who objects to 50% of the population being represented for once.
    8trevor-273-941514

    How did this get left on the shelf of ITV3?

    Although the last episode became increasingly predictable, overall a very enjoyable series. Good acting and plot - well above average. How some of those reality programmes get prime time on the main ITV channel over this is beyond me.

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      This seems to have parallels to the story of Los Angeles Police Det. Stephanie Lazarus and her murder of romantic rival Sherri Rasmussen who was brutally beaten, bit and shot three times in the chest on Feb. 24, 1986.
    • Connections
      Featured in Granada Reports: 11 February 2019: Evening Bulletin (2019)

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    • Release date
      • January 31, 2018 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • ITV Hub (United Kingdom)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Bancroft
    • Filming locations
      • Greater Manchester North West, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Tall Story Pictures
      • ITV Studios
      • ITV - Independent Television
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      45 minutes
    • Color
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    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.00 : 1

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