Very pleased to let you know what I’ve been writing this during lockdowns 1, 2 and 3. The Chelsea Detective is shooting in April 2021. There were plans to shoot in last autumn, but a little thing called COVID put paid to that. As I write this, sets are being hammered and nailed into place. We did the read-through last week – 90 people on Zoom in my kitchen was somehow more nerve-wracking than if we’d all been sat around the same table.
Series one of The Chelsea Detective is four feature-length stories following Detective Inspector Max Arnold (Adrian Scarborough), Detective Sergeant Priya Shamsie (Sonita Henry) and their team as they solve crimes in Chelsea, London. The first series will be shown, I think, in 2022. Watch this space.
It’s been a blast writing this alongside Peter Fincham (who also created the show) and Liz Lake. Laker Fincham Lake – sounds like a legal firm from a John Grisham novel.
