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Chasing Shadows

  • TV Mini Series
  • 2014
  • 45m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
3.6K
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Alex Kingston, Noel Clarke, and Reece Shearsmith in Chasing Shadows (2014)
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A missing persons unit investigate serial killers who target the impressionable and vulnerable.A missing persons unit investigate serial killers who target the impressionable and vulnerable.A missing persons unit investigate serial killers who target the impressionable and vulnerable.

  • Stars
    • Reece Shearsmith
    • Alex Kingston
    • Adjoa Andoh
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    3.6K
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    • Stars
      • Reece Shearsmith
      • Alex Kingston
      • Adjoa Andoh
    • 54User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Reece Shearsmith
    Reece Shearsmith
    • DS Sean Stone
    • 2014
    Alex Kingston
    Alex Kingston
    • Ruth Hattersley
    • 2014
    Adjoa Andoh
    Adjoa Andoh
    • Angela Bale
    • 2014
    Noel Clarke
    Noel Clarke
    • DCI Carl Prior
    • 2014
    Don Warrington
    Don Warrington
    • CS Harley Drayton
    • 2014
    Myriam Acharki
    Myriam Acharki
    • Adele Rivera
    • 2014
    Alfie Field
    Alfie Field
    • Bryan Hattersley
    • 2014
    Lynda Baron
    Lynda Baron
    • Maggie Hattersley
    • 2014
    Roger Jean Nsengiyumva
    Roger Jean Nsengiyumva
    • Cole Eli
    • 2014
    Craig Conway
    Craig Conway
    • Tommy Purdie
    • 2014
    Letitia Wright
    Letitia Wright
    • Taylor Davis
    • 2014
    Susan Lynch
    Susan Lynch
    • Dr. Ellesmere
    • 2014
    Alan McKenna
    Alan McKenna
    • Graham Legg
    • 2014
    Nadine Marshall
    Nadine Marshall
    • Donna Davis
    • 2014
    Sophia Capasso
    Sophia Capasso
    • Sophie Scarrow
    • 2014
    Lorraine Stanley
    Lorraine Stanley
    • Kay Amos
    • 2014
    Tommy McDonnell
    • Aaron Scobie
    • 2014
    Nicholas Gleaves
    Nicholas Gleaves
    • Alex Wernley
    • 2014
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    9Sleepin_Dragon

    ITV we needed more of this.

    Detective Sergeant Stone is a complex figure, after upsetting the powers that be, he is moved off to The Missing Person's unit, where civilian colleague Ruth awaits.

    What a shirt sighted decision by ITV to axe this after just one series. It is compelling viewing, great writing, intelligent cases, and genuinely terrific performances. We were left with a terrific story to tell.

    Stone is a fascinating character, from his walk to his blunt honesty. Ruth is equally interesting, sweet, sharp, with a mean punch.

    I wonder if this perhaps inspired Unforgotten, it has a similar vibe to it.

    It deserved better, 9/10.
    Dethcharm

    Should Have Become A Series!...

    CHASING SHADOWS is a four part mini-series that should have become a regular series!

    Both Alex Kingston and Reece Shearsmith are superb in their roles, with Ms. Kingston playing the Missing Persons Bureau's warm, approachable Ruth Hattersley to Shearsmith's socially inept, psychologically detached, yet brilliant DS Sean Stone.

    As the story progresses, we learn more about these two, making them all the more intriguing and watchable. The supporting characters are equally well-drawn. As with other, superior British cop shows, each episode plays like a theatrical release.

    Since this was apparently meant as a pilot for a series, the whole thing ends with a cliffhanger, begging for a resolution! Dammit! This is maddening!

    Thankfully, it's highly rewatchable, but still quite frustrating!...
    8joyfuljaymac

    Not your typical policemen..

    'Chasing Shadows' is a new crime drama starring Reece Shearsmith (The league of gentlemen) and Alex Kingston (Doctor Who) based around the missing persons unit.

    Reece plays Ds Sean Stone, a detective who has little trouble working with the people around him and who needs to hire someone to remind him to eat, clean his clothes etc.. but other then that he has a brilliant mind and is always focused on the case. After having embarrassed the station during a live TV interview, he his reassigned a new partner Ruth Hattersley played by Alex Kingston how is recently divorced and is now back living with her mother as well as having a son who takes too much interest in her work for her liking.

    Reece is exceptional, playing Sean must have been one of his most difficult roles as he has to try to avoid natural acting instincts like looking people in the eye. At points you want to slap him and other times you want to give him a hug.

    'Chasing Shadows' is gripping, intelligent, funny and worthy of a second season, trust me you'll want another after watching the final episode.
    8BeneCumb

    Bron/Broen aka The Bridge in a reverse British sauce

    Series with the "good guys" being unsocial and/or with special needs have recently become popular, with the Scandinavian The Bridge as evidently the most renown. Here, in Chasing Shadows, the roles are reversed: the male lead DS Sean Stone (remarkably performed by Reece Shearsmith, whom I have not knowingly seen/noticed before) is the one who has serious communication issues, and the others, including Ruth Hattersley (nicely depicted by Alex Kingston) have to deal with and tolerate him for the sake of solving serious crimes.

    Despite the fact that being rude to women is not pleasant to follow and my hesitations whether the British police can afford such a non-team player, the plots have been smoothly designed, the leading characters are not always right, the endings have nice twists, and the concrete person at fault is not revealed too soon. I would like to see more with these characters; the Episode 4 somehow promised a sequel, but no more episodes until now (1-4 were aired in September 2014).
    8nancyldraper

    Interesting premise, fine performances

    Interesting premise, fine performances. I have no idea why ITV cancelled this series after only 4 episodes, and on a cliffhanger, at that. The user ratings for this are all between 7 and 8. The show never missed a beat, was entirely plausible and the audience became invested in the characters, which made the last, unresolved, missing person especially heartbreaking. This was a missed opportunity ITV. I give this series an 8 (great) out of 10. {Police Procedural with a twist}. Just a side note for Whovians, two of the principal players were Mickey Smith (2005-2010) and River Song (2008-2017).

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      At one point DS Stone asks Ruth if she's started wearing lipstick. One role Alex Kingston is known for is River Song on Doctor Who (2005) who is an archaeologist/murderer/thief whose modus operandi is wearing hallucinogenic lipstick and kissing her target.

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    • Release date
      • September 4, 2014 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • ITV Press Centre (United Kingdom)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • У гонитві за тінями
    • Filming locations
      • England, UK
    • Production company
      • ITV Studios
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      • 16:9 HD

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