by Jo Monroe | May 2, 2013 | Crime drama posts
Just when I thought Scott & Bailey couldn’t surprise me, last night’s episode threw up some unexpected moments. Here are a just a handful: 1. Sean (Maguire) brimming with tears over the disintegration of his marriage (I filled up too) 2. Rachel Bailey...
by Jo Monroe | Apr 11, 2013 | Crime drama posts
If the first episode started with a bang, flinging us into the lives of Janet Scott and Rachel Bailey twelve months after series 2 ended, then episode 2 was all about filling in the blanks. [SPOILER ALERT: Some plot points revealed here. If you haven’t seen...
by Jo Monroe | Mar 27, 2013 | Crime fiction posts, Reviews
Can a popular TV series be successfully novelised? That must have been the question Cath Staincliffe was asking herself when she agreed to take on the task of writing the prequel novel to the first series of Scott and Bailey. And she had less than four months from...
by Jo Monroe | Mar 20, 2013 | Crime drama posts
**NEW** Desperate for more Scott and Bailey before the new series starts? Take a look at my review for Dead to Me, by Cath Staincliffe – the prequel to the first TV series. The wait is almost over. The third series of Scott and Bailey is coming to ITV1 on...
by Jo Monroe | Dec 4, 2012 | Crime drama posts
And for that matter, Sally Wainwright fans. Nicola Walker (currently starring in Wainwright’s Last Tango in Halifax) is to be a regular on series 3 of Scott & Bailey. From what I’ve been able to glean, she’ll star in four episodes of the new...
