8.060 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
LatestA shocking confession forces Len to go to extreme lengths to solve the case.
When the decomposed body of Melissa Young is found by a couple in their new flat, Detective Len Harper is determined to discover what happened to her and why nobody noticed she was missing.
Acting
David Threlfall's quietly broken detective
Writing
Tony Basgallop's script finds horror in mundanity
Direction
Tight framing that makes houses feel like traps
Creator
Tony Basgallop
David Threlfall
Len Harper
Denise Gough
Liz Fletcher
Lisa Millett
DCI Alice Yapp
Alexander Arnold
Adam
David Bamber
Joe
Claudie Blakley
Patricia
Jessica Gunning
Melissa Young
Victoria Hamilton
Peggy
Steven Mackintosh
Kieron
Amber Rose Revah
Vidya
Russell Tovey
Michael
Indira Varma
Elaine
Terence Beesley
Lee Nicholas Harris
Desk Sergeant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Basgallop later created 'Servant' and 'The Sinner' — this is his blueprint for domestic dread.
Inspired by real cases of 'lonely deaths' in urban housing, particularly common in Japan (kodokushi) and increasingly in UK cities.
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