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6.5 1 Seasons • 6 Episodes

Thorne - Sleepyhead / Scaredycat

"For detective Tom Thorne, nothing is by the book."

Thorne is a television drama series which debuted on Sky1 in the UK on 10 October 2010. Based on Mark Billingham's novels, the six-episode serial stars David Morrissey in the title role of Detective Inspector Tom Thorne. Part one, Sleepyhead, follows Thorne, who, while investigating a series of attacks on young women, is dragged back into the nightmares of his past as he races to find a killer. Part two, Scaredycat, sees two women murdered within hours of one another near St Pancras station, but in different ways. When a connection is made with two other murders which occurred months before, but also on the same day, Thorne realises two serial killers may be in a macabre partnership.

Top Cast

  • David Morrissey

    David Morrissey

    DI Tom Thorne

  • Eddie Marsan

    Eddie Marsan

    Kevin Tughan

  • Aidan Gillen

    Aidan Gillen

    Phil Hendricks

  • O-T Fagbenle

    O-T Fagbenle

    Dave Holland

  • Lorraine Ashbourne

    Lorraine Ashbourne

    Ruth Brigstocke

  • Jack Shepherd

    Jack Shepherd

    Jim Thorne

Overview

Thorne is a television drama series which debuted on Sky1 in the UK on 10 October 2010. Based on Mark Billingham's novels, the six-episode serial stars David Morrissey in the title role of Detective Inspector Tom Thorne. Part one, Sleepyhead, follows Thorne, who, while investigating a series of attacks on young women, is dragged back into the nightmares of his past as he races to find a killer. Part two, Scaredycat, sees two women murdered within hours of one another near St Pancras station, but in different ways. When a connection is made with two other murders which occurred months before, but also on the same day, Thorne realises two serial killers may be in a macabre partnership.

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