A body has been found on the beach near to Matthew's new home: a man with the tattoo of an albatross on his neck, has been stabbed to death. "Now he's back, not just to mourn his father at a distance, but to take charge of his first major murder. Sadly, the day Matthew turned his back on the strict evangelical community in which he grew up, he lost his family too. ITV's synopsis reads: "We first meet the reserved, but intense Matthew Venn outside the local church as his father's funeral takes place. Kelly has written a wonderful adaptation and this promises to be a really distinctive and original new crime series." The Long Call plot "It's very different to Vera, but I think audiences will take to DI Matthew Venn and this compelling story in the same way. ITV's head of drama Polly Hill said: "I'm delighted that ITV is working with Silverprint Pictures to bring another of Ann's brilliant novels to screen. The four-part series, written by Des screenwriter Kelly Jones, is described as a character-led crime drama driven by a flawed protagonist, Detective Inspector Matthew Venn, who has returned to live in a small community in North Devon with his husband, Jonathan.Ĭleeves created Shetland and the long-running detective drama Vera, based on her Vera Stanhope series of novels, and starring Brenda Blethyn. ITV has announced a new crime drama The Long Call, adapted from Vera creator Ann Cleeves' best-selling novel of the same title.
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