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Strike

Name: Strike
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2017-08-27
Rating: 7.2

★ 7,2 /10 (282 Votes)

2017 EN 6 Seasons

Overview

A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving complex crimes that have baffled the police. Based on the bestselling novels written by J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

Stream

First air date

27/08/2017

Votes

282

Popularity

23.0

Genres

Crime Drama Mystery

Status

Returning Series

Type

Scripted

Created by

J.K. Rowling, Ben Richards, Tom Edge

Networks

BBC One

Language

Last air date

2024-12-24

Episodes

Website

www.bbc.co.uk

The Cuckoo's Calling

3 episodes • 2017 • ⭐ 7,7

Cormoran Strike, an injured war veteran turned PI, seeks the truth surrounding the mysterious death of supermodel Lula L…

The Silkworm

2 episodes • 2017 • ⭐ 7,9

When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike thinking her husband has gone…

Career of Evil

2 episodes • 2018 • ⭐ 7,3

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severe…

Lethal White

4 episodes • 2020 • ⭐ 8,1

A troubled young man named Billy comes to private eye Cormoran Strike’s office to ask for his help investigating a crime…

Troubled Blood

4 episodes • 2022 • ⭐ 7,5

Private detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he’s approached by a woman, Anna Phipps asking…

Tom Burke

Cormoran Strike

Holliday Grainger

Robin Ellacott

Jack Greenlees

Sam Barclay

Ruth Sheen

Pat Chauncey

Emma Fielding

Katya Upcott

Stephen Hagan

DCI Richard Murphy

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The first five seasons of UK crime series,"CB Strike", are quite frankly, brilliant. The crime tales which occupy a season of six episodes each are well crafted, complex and compelling, as are the intricate, inherently human and wholly relatable, characterisations. Strike who runs a UK detective agency is a cold gruff, sleuthing cliche. Yet, but as we come to know and understand him, it becomes clear he's a departure from everything he superficially appears to represent. His female partner, balances out Strike,drawing out the softer, kinder, somewhat tragic, side of his character. …

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