Cooper and Fry (TV series)
British television series
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Cooper and Fry is a British crime television series adapted from the Cooper and Fry novels written by Stephen Booth, with Robert James-Collier and Mandip Gill in the title roles. The series began airing on Channel 5 from 18 November 2025.
- Crime drama
- Detective fiction
- Murder mystery
Caroline Ip
Caroline Ip
Kit Lambert
Jeff Povey
| Cooper and Fry | |
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| Genre |
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| Created by | Ben Court Caroline Ip |
| Based on | Cooper and Fry by Stephen Booth |
| Written by | Ben Court Caroline Ip Kit Lambert Jeff Povey |
| Directed by | Ryan Tohill Jesse Quinones |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Damian Molony |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Rachel Gesua Mike Benson Stephen Booth |
| Producers | Simon James Doyle Ian Hunt-Duffy |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Production company | Clapperboard |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 5 |
| Release | 18 November 2025 – present |
Premise
An English detective in the Peak District, Ben Cooper, must work on a string of mysterious deaths with a guarded newcomer, Diane Fry.[1]
Cast
- Robert James-Collier as DC Ben Cooper
- Mandip Gill as DC Diane Fry
- Lorcan Cranitch as DI Paul Hitchens
- Barry O'Connor as DS Todd Eland
- Niamh McCann as Tracy Garnett
- Charlotte Bradley as Isobel Cooper
- Clara Simpson as Dr Juliana Taylor
Guest
- Vincent Jerome as DCI David Branagh (episodes 3 - 4)
- Mika Simmons as Sarah Runshaw (episode 3)
Production
The four-part series was announced in July 2025 by Channel 5 and produced by Clapperboard Studios, in association with Failsafe Films, and distributed by STUDIO TF1.[2] The series is co-created by Ben Court and Caroline Ip who also serve as writers on the series, with Kit Lambert and Jeff Povey.
The cast is led by Mandip Gill as Diane Fry and Robert James-Collier as Ben Cooper.[3] First-look images from filming were released on 1 November 2025.[4]
The programme is set in the fictional town of Edendale in Derbyshire's Peak District, but filmed in Ireland: Dublin;[5] County Wicklow: Bray, Glendalough, Newtown Mount Kennedy, Glendarragh, Lough Dan, Roundwood, and Cloghleagh Forest; and County Kildare: Ballymore Eustace and Kilteel.[6]
Episodes
Four episodes aired on Channel 5,[7] for two hours and five minutes between 8pm and 10:05pm on Tuesday nights,[8] with adverts, starting 18 November 2025,[9] each based on a novel from Stephen Booth's series of the same name.[10] [11][12]
| No. | Episode | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) | |
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| 1 | 1 | Ryan Tohill | Kit Lambert | 18 November 2025 | N/A | |
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Adapted from Dying to Sin (the 2007 eighth novel in the series) | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | Ryan Tohill | Ben Court and Caroline Ip | 25 November 2025 | N/A | |
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Adapted from Black Dog (the 2000 first novel in the series) | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | Jesse Quinones | Ben Court and Caroline Ip | 2 December 2025 | N/A | |
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Adapted from Blind to the Bones (the 2003 fourth novel in the series) | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | Jesse Quinones | Jeff Povey | 9 December 2025 | N/A | |
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Adapted from Dancing with the Virgins (the 2001 second novel in the series) | ||||||