Paranoid
Genre	Crime drama Thriller
Written by	Bill Gallagher
Directed by	Mark Tonderai Kenny Glennan John Duthie
Starring	Indira Varma Robert Glenister Dino Fetscher Neil Stuke Lesley Sharp Christiane Paul Michael Maloney Kevin Doyle Polly Walker
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Bill Gallagher Nicola Shindler Tom Sherry
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	Red Production Company
Original release
Network	ITV (UK) Netflix
Release	22 September (2016-09-22) – 10 November 2016 (2016-11-10)[1]

Paranoid is a British crime drama, which began broadcasting on ITV on 22 September 2016, and streaming internationally on Netflix in 2016. The eight-part series focuses on a group of UK detectives working for the fictional Woodmere police force attempting to solve the murder of a local doctor who is stabbed at a children's playground. During the course of their investigation, the detectives discover the murder has links to a German pharmaceutical company and they enlist the help of their German colleagues in Düsseldorf to find the killer.^[2] Indira Varma, Robert Glenister, and Dino Fetscher star as main protagonists DS Nina Suresh, DC Bobby Day, and DC Alec Wayfield, respectively.^[3]

Plot

Angela Benton, a well-liked local GP in the fictional town of Woodmere, is stabbed to death in a local children's playground. A team of detectives from Woodmere Police are assigned to investigate the case, including: DS Nina Suresh, DC Bobby Day, DC Alec Wayfield, and their supervising officer, DI Michael Niles. They initially suspect the murderer is a local mental patient, Jacob Appley, who is under the care of psychiatrist Dr. Chris Crowley. When Appley is later found dead, his brother, Henry, is convinced that Jacob was not responsible for the murder, and has been framed by a party or parties unknown.^[4]

Meanwhile, an unidentified man, dubbed the "Ghost Detective", is sending the team information and clues to evidence that could identify Angela's killer. As the investigation continues, the team discovers Angela's death could be linked to her ex-boyfriend, Ruben Locana. The team enlists the help of Düsseldorf detective Linda Felber to look into Lukana. When he is found dead face down in his swimming pool, Felber and her partner, Walti Merian, begin an investigation. A suspect for the murders is identified, but when he evades capture and flees back to Germany, Niles arranges for Bobby to travel to Düsseldorf to assist with the German investigation.^[5]

Cast

• Indira Varma as Detective Sergeant Nina Suresh, Woodmere Police^[3]
• Robert Glenister as Detective Constable Bobby Day, Woodmere Police^[3]
• Dino Fetscher as Detective Constable Alec Wayfield, Woodmere Police
• Neil Stuke as Detective Inspector Michael Niles, Woodmere Police^[3]
• Christiane Paul as Detective Linda Felber, Düsseldorf Polizei detective
• Lesley Sharp as Lucy Cannonbury, chief witness to Angela Benton's murder^[3]
• Michael Maloney as Chris Crowley, psychiatrist
• Kevin Doyle as the Ghost Detective^[3]
• Dominik Tiefenthaler as Detective Walti Merian, Düsseldorf Polizei detective^[2]
• Polly Walker as Monica Wayfield, Alec Wayfield's mother^[2]
• Anjli Mohindra as Police Constable Megan Waters, Woodmere Police
• Danny Huston as Nick Waingrow, Director of External Affairs, Rustin Wade Pharmaceuticals

Recurring characters

• Jason Done as Dennis, Nina Suresh's long-term boyfriend
• John Duttine as Eric Benton, Angela Benton's father
• William Flanagan as Luke Benton, Angela Benton's son
• Shobna Gulati as Parcival, Bobby Day's GP
• William Ash as Henry Appley, Jacob Appley's brother
• Ayda Field as Sheri, Ruben Locana's American girlfriend
• Nikol Kollars as Marquito Olivo, mother of Ruben Locana's son
• Jonathan Ojinnaka, "the bald man"
• Emma Bispham as Angela Benton, murder victim
• Daniel Drewes as Cedric Felber, Linda Felber's husband
• Isabella Pappas as Sadie Waingrow, Nick Waingrow's daughter

Episodes

Series 1 (2016)