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Lauren Lyle on her new West End sex comedy: 'I enjoy shocking people'

Lauren Lyle has been killing it on screen in Karen Pirie and Toxic Town this year, and his now hitting the stage for another jaw-dropping role

Evening Standard

TV tonight: our highlights for Sunday, August 3, including new series of Cooking With The Stars

Also on is Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins and Parenthood

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TV tonight: our highlights for Sunday, July 27, including UEFA Women's Euro 2025 Final

Can England triumph? Also on is Karen Pirie season 2 episode 2...

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Exclusive: John Michie — I still get recognised as DI Robbie Ross from Taggart

John Michie on returning to his native Scotland to portray a shady businessman in ITV1 crime drama Karen Pirie.

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Ready for some female rage? Get set for Lauren Lyle’s return as Scottish cop Karen Pirie

The actor is making waves as the no-nonsense detective - and now, she’s got a new murder to solve

Evening Standard

Karen Pirie Season 2 explained: what happens to missing heiress Catriona Grant?

The Scottish police procedural is back with a new cold case

Evening Standard

Viewers say they’re ‘hooked’ on ITV detective drama Karen Pirie

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Karen Pirie season 2 ending explained: Karen finds the answers in Malta

Karen heads to Malta as she at last solves the mystery...

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Karen Pirie season 2 episode 2 recap: Is Catriona alive or dead?

The plot thickens...

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Karen Pirie season 2 episode 1 recap: Who kidnapped heiress Catriona Grant?

Contains spoilers! Karen has a new cold case to crack and a heap of problems...

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Karen Pirie Season 2 on ITV review: this show is criminally good

4/5 This intricate puzzlebox of a series captures much of the same magic as its predecessor

Evening Standard

TV tonight: Jacob Elordi and Ciarán Hinds are outstanding in a stirring war epic

Booker prize-winning novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North comes to the small screen. Plus: The Veil is Elisabeth Moss’s new spy thriller. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Karen Pirie star Lauren Lyle: ‘I feel like we’re always having to keep a lid on female rage’

INTERVIEW: ITV’s ‘Karen Pirie’ marks a refreshing departure from all the usual crime drama cliches. Katie Rosseinsky speaks to its star about avoiding cosy crime tropes, creating a realistic twentysomething detective and grappling with violence against women on screen

The Independent UK

TV tonight: our highlights for Sunday, July 20, including Karen Pirie season 2

Also on is The Veil

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Lauren Lyle teases Karen Pirie season 2: 'It's probably the biggest case of missing persons ever in Scottish history'

Lauren Lyle on how a newly promoted Karen Pirie probes her most high-profile case yet…

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I finally watched Karen Pirie and it's one of the best crime dramas I've ever seen — bring on season 2

Karen Pirie is gripping, funny and perfectly cast

The National (Scotland)

Alan Cumming and Val McDermid recieve honours from Scottish universities

ACTOR Alan Cumming and author Val McDermid have both been honoured by Scottish universities for their contribution to arts and culture ...

The National (Scotland)

Val McDermid and Chris Brookmyre in running for crime writing prize

NOVELS set in 16th century Florence, Perthshire and the US are among those in the running for a major crime writing prize...

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‘More emotionally involved’: why podcasters are TV crime-dramas’ hottest new detectives

From Only Murders in the Building to Bodkin, television increasingly uses audio producers instead of maverick coppers. Is it because of falling trust in the police?

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Karen Pirie season 2: release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything we know

Karen Pirie season 2 sees Karen reinvestigate the 1984 kidnapping of a heiress...

The National (Scotland)

See the full list of winners at the 2023 Scottish Baftas

THE winners of the 2023 Bafta Scotland awards were unveiled at a ceremony in Glasgow on Sunday evening.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish writer Val McDermid regrets 'error' in popular character's design

SCOTTISH crime writer Val McDermid has said she “missed a trick” by making one of her leading women a gin drinker instead of a whisky fan ...

Daily Record

Ex-River City star Nalini Chetty feels 'more avenues open to biracial actors' than 15 years ago

Ahead of starring as Stella in Pitlochry Theatres' A Streetcar Named Desire the actress looks back on a busy couple of years appearing in Karen Pirie, Six Four and upcoming Crime 2.

Daily Record

ITV Karen Pirie to return for season two starring Outlander's Lauren Lyle

The TV show has been adapted by Emer Kenny from Val McDermid’s hugely popular cold case novels with the second series taking inspiration from A Darker Domain, the second in the Karen Pirie detective drama series.

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ITV Hit Series Karen Pirie, Starring Lauren Lyle, Launching In The USA

Karen Pirie from the people who brought you Line of Duty and Bodyguard

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