ITV announces thrilling new crime drama perfect for fans of The Blame

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Following the success of one of its latest crime dramas, The Blame, starring Michelle Keegan and Douglas Booth, ITV has unveiled a new six-part drama, Protect and Serve. The show…

Following the success of one of its latest crime dramas, The Blame, starring Michelle Keegan and Douglas Booth, ITV has unveiled a new six-part drama, Protect and Serve. The show will star Bridgerton actress Adjoa Andoh as a detective committed to uncovering the truth, no matter what stands in her way. ITV has revealed: "This bittersweet police drama explores the pressures faced by DI Araba Dadzie, a cop, a mother and a daughter.

"She's a woman in that squeezed middle, juggling profession, elderly parents and children, and a woman of colour in the police force, who has risen through the ranks of her profession and knows what it costs for her to stay there. Protect and Serve draws Araba into the national scandal of Britain's unregulated children's care homes, a scandal she cannot ignore."

Based in Leeds, the series follows DI Araba Dadzie as she launches an investigation into a tragedy following the fatal shooting of a teenage boy who had been living in a privately run children's care home with his brother since their grandfather became unwell. Determined to establish why he was targeted and what lay behind his killing, Araba and her team reconstruct the fragments of his life, reports the Mirror.

ITV goes on to tease: "With a reputation as a fearsome investigator, it's taken unrelenting focus, a bleak sense of humour, a passionate love for the job and personal sacrifice for Araba to stay at the top of her game. Uncompromising and often obsessive, she is driven by her desire to offer protection to the vulnerable and retribution to those criminally abusing their power in the city she loves."

Adjoa said: "How does a woman juggle an aging father, a chippy student daughter and a non-existent sex life, while investigating murders as a black female cop. That's the lot of DI Araba Dadzie, Senior Investigation Officer on a Homicide and Major Enquiry Team in central Leeds.

"Protect and Serve our crime show is set in the great city of Leeds.

"I am thrilled by the team behind Protect…

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