
Southcliffe
2013 · Miniseries · TV-MA · 60 min · ★ 6.7 · 81% critics
After a series of shootings shakes an English market town, the aftermath is pieced together through a journalist’s perspective and the lives of those affected. The story unfolds out of order, revisiting key moments to show how the violence ripples through a close community.
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Details
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-08-04
- Network
- Channel 4
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (37 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a somber, character-focused crime drama that revisits a tragedy from multiple angles, similar to Top of the Lake or Dublin Murders; Not for you if you prefer light mysteries or straightforward timelines.
Pros: haunting small-town mood; emotionally grounded stories; gripping nonlinear structure | Cons: heavy subject matter; slow, reflective pacing; fragmented timeline
Themes
- homicide
- murder
- family tragedy
Cast & crew

Rory Kinnear
as David Whitehead

Joe Dempsie
as Chris Cooper

Sean Harris
as Stephen Morton

Anatol Yusef
as Paul Gould

Shirley Henderson
as Claire Salter

Eddie Marsan
as Andrew Salter

Kaya Scodelario
as Anna Salter

Al Weaver
as Anthony

Amanda Drew
as Jacqui Whitehead

Hayley Squires
as Louise Cooper
Episodes1 season · 4 episodes
Season 14 episodes
- S1E1The Hollow Shore46m
- S1E2Lights Falls47m
- S1E3Sorrow’s Child48m
- S1E4All Souls48m