{"id":238905,"date":"2025-11-02T03:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T03:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/238905\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T03:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T03:17:08","slug":"doctor-who-downton-abbey-legends-in-chilling-cooper-fry-first-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/238905\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who, Downton Abbey legends in chilling Cooper & Fry first look"},"content":{"rendered":"

We finally have our first look at a new mismatched detective duo in the all-new series Cooper & Fry, which was confirmed earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The upcoming Channel 5 crime drama features favourites from two of Radio Times’ most beloved franchises: Downton Abbey<\/a> star Rob James-Collier and former Doctor Who<\/a> companion Mandip Gill, who feature as the titular detective duo.<\/p>\n

The shadowy trailer shows the first meeting of DC Ben Cooper (James-Collier) and DC Diane Fry (Gill) and their fractious dynamic as they bring two very different mindsets to some ghoulish cases in the Peak District.<\/p>\n

What awaits looks positively gothic, unsettling, but also full of heart – with James-Collier and Gill’s characters’ personalities shining.<\/p>\n

The official synopsis for the series reveals: “Set in the mystery-shrouded Peak District, DC Ben Cooper, an affable local, is thrown together with guarded newcomer DC Diane Fry, to investigate a string of mysterious deaths.”<\/p>\n

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The pair will come together to tackle some strange cases, but Fry is much more sceptical than Cooper of local folklore and “shadowy beliefs”.<\/p>\n

Naturally, the pair’s personal lives will intertwine with the cases, and a new and unique friendship will be formed.<\/p>\n

The synopsis concludes: “While Cooper and Fry unearth old rituals and beliefs, they must rely on each other to not only bring justice, but to survive.”<\/p>\n

The series is based on the beloved and bestselling novels by author Stephen Booth. Cooper & Fry will consist of four two-hour episodes, each based on a novel from the run of books.<\/p>\n

The first season will adapt the first four novels in the series: Black Dog, Dying to Sin, Blind To the Bones, and Dancing with the Virgins.<\/p>\n

We may just have a new crime obsession!<\/p>\n

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Cooper & Fry is coming soon to Channel 5.<\/p>\n

Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what’s on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Add Cooper & Fry to your watchlist when it arrives on the Radio Times: What to Watch app<\/a> \u2013 download now for daily TV recommendations, features and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We finally have our first look at a new mismatched detective duo in the all-new series Cooper &…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-238905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}