WHAT separates Suspects from all the other crime dramas is the fact that the cast, which includes Fay Ripley, Damien Molony and Clare-Hope Ashitey, created their own dialogue based on a detailed plot description.

Set in London, each episode is a self-contained story beginning with a news report.

We then follow the three detectives as they investigate the case, whether it’s the search for a soldier with post-traumatic stress disorder, a murder that has been made to look like an assisted suicide, or the gang rape of a teenager.

DI Martha Bellamy maintains an overview, but also sits in and conducts the questioning of suspects. DS Jack Weston is a charming man of action, while DC Charlotte “Charlie” Steele is passionate yet level-headed and has a keen eye for detail.

The series opens with the abduction of two-year-old Hope Wilkins. Her dysfunctional family are initially marked as suspects, until a convicted child killer is connected to the case.