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Season 1 - The Cuckoo's Calling

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • August 27, 2017
    • BBC One

    Supermodel Lula Landry falls to her death from a Mayfair balcony. The police conclude that she committed suicide.

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • August 28, 2017
    • BBC One

    Strike tells the police that the circumstances of Rochelle's death merit further investigation but is dismissed. He seeks out Lula’s friends, the fashion designer Guy Somé and model Ciara Porter, and learns that Lula was looking for her biological family.

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • September 3, 2017
    • BBC One

    Robin gets key information from a salesgirl at the boutique Lula visited. Strike arrives just as Robin tries on a stunning green dress and he awkwardly averts his eyes as he explains his CCTV breakthrough – that a man left Lula’s wearing a Guy Somé hoodie.

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Inside Cuckoo's Calling

    • May 22, 2018

    J.K. Rowling discusses bringing "The Cuckoo's Calling" to the screen with the cast and crew of C.B. Strike.

Season 2 - The Silkworm

  • S02E01 Episode 1

    • September 10, 2017
    • BBC One

    War veteran turned private investigator Cormoran Strike investigates the disappearance of a provocative author. Robin is caught between Strike and Matthew's hopes.

  • S02E02 Episode 2

    • September 17, 2017
    • BBC One

    Delving deeper into the hidden meanings and concealed secrets of Bombyx Mori, Strike and Robin scour all corners of London's literary world to unmask the killer.

  • SPECIAL 0x2 Inside The Silkworm

    • June 19, 2018

    J.K. Rowling discusses bringing "The Silkworm" to the screen with the cast and crew of C.B. Strike.

Season 3 - Career of Evil

  • S03E01 Episode 1

    • February 25, 2018
    • BBC One

    A dismembered leg sent to Strike's office sends both his and Robin's lives into disarray, forcing them to confront spectres from their pasts.

  • S03E02 Episode 2

    • March 4, 2018
    • BBC One

    Strike and Robin's partnership reaches breaking point as Robin's wedding approaches, and they disagree about how to ensnare a man who abuses children.

  • SPECIAL 0x3 Inside Career of Evil

    • July 3, 2018

    J.K. Rowling discusses bringing "Career of Evil" to the screen with the cast and crew of C.B. Strike.

Season 4 - Lethal White

  • S04E01 Episode 1

    • August 30, 2020
    • BBC One

    Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott are at odds following Robin’s wedding to Matthew, but there’s no time to mull on the new distance within their professional relationship, as a frightening visit from a potential client puts a new case on the table – and Robin and Strike set to work looking into reports of a strangled child. With the detective agency thriving, the duo are also recruited to investigate the blackmail of a Government Minister and Robin is tasked with going undercover in the House of Commons.

  • S04E02 Episode 2

    • August 31, 2020
    • BBC One

    Strike and Robin’s startling discovery seems to confirm the story of the strangled child – but they’re forced to leave the scene before they can properly investigate. Fearing their witness is in danger, they redouble their efforts to find him. As Robin deals with frustrations in her marriage and Strike accepts a dependency on a new girlfriend, their investigation deepens. The duo are taken all over London in pursuit of the truth, from a derelict warehouse filled with protestors to a high-society charity fundraiser. But ultimately, our favourite detectives are unable to stop another tragedy…

  • S04E03 Episode 3

    • September 6, 2020
    • BBC One

    Robin discovers a startling truth close to home. The government minister’s blackmailer becomes the prime suspect in the case, but Robin and Strike believe there was an accomplice.

  • S04E04 Episode 4

    • September 13, 2020
    • BBC One

    Robin admits the truth to Strike, and a valuable clue helps them solve the case.

Season 5 - Troubled Blood

  • S05E01 Episode 1

    • December 11, 2022
    • BBC One

    Strike is approached by a woman asking for help to find her mother, Margot Bamborough, who went missing in 1974 when a psychopathic serial killer stalked the streets.

  • S05E02 Episode 2

    • December 12, 2022
    • BBC One

    The investigation takes a dangerous turn as a disturbing piece of evidence leads Robin and Strike into London’s underworld. Robin risks her life by pursuing a vicious suspect.

  • S05E03 Episode 3

    • December 18, 2022
    • BBC One

    Spurred on by the father of a young woman who also went missing in the 1970s, the detectives attempt to outwit an incarcerated serial killer who may hold the key to the case.

  • S05E04 Episode 4

    • December 19, 2022
    • BBC One

    Strike realises that Margot’s killer is responsible for many other murders that have gone undetected, and lays a trap.