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The Bay

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The Bay

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BritBox | Release Date: March 20, 2019

Summary: DS Lisa Armstrong (Morven Christie) is a Family Liaison Officer at the (fictional) West Lancashire Police Service. DS Townsend (Marsha Thomason) takes over beginning in Season 3 on the British police drama created by Daragh Carville and Richard Clark.

[Premiered originally in the UK on ITV on 20 Mar 2019 and in the US on BritBox on 22 Oct 2019]

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense

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The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Sep 3, 2024

Season 1 Review: The Bay is what it is and you can’t fault it. It’s a satisfying knotty, plotty hour. You believe in everyone and everything just enough to get by. Read full review

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Radio Times Eleanor Bley Griffiths

Sep 3, 2024

Season 2 Review: It all promises to be very twisty and knotty as the mystery of who ordered Stephen Marshbrook's murder unfolds; after the first episode, I reckon we're in for an engaging – if not particularly original – ITV crime drama. After all, writer Daragh Carville certainly delivered with his strong characters and brainteasing plot in The Bay season one – and it already looks like he's building on those foundations for a very solid season two. Read full review

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i Emily Baker

Sep 3, 2024

Season 3 Review: Hopefully, the next five episodes will ditch the show’s overdone formula and delve deeper into Jenn’s inner world. If they manage that, there’s no reason it can’t live up to the Christie era. Read full review

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The Times Carol Midgley

Sep 3, 2024

Season 1 Review: I’m not exactly gagging for more, but I am intrigued to see a lead heroine being quite so hard-faced. Read full review

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The Telegraph Anita Singh

Mar 3, 2025

Season 5 Review: It is also uniformly well-acted, with Leanne Best standing out in this ensemble as the distraught mother of the murder victim, and the plotting is solid. .... Even though I’ve watched previous series, when this one came around I had completely forgotten who the lead character was, other than she was a woman who replaced that other woman whose name I also couldn’t remember. The show has never had a memorable lead, because the writers have never given them any distinguishing features. Read full review

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i Gerard Gilbert

Mar 3, 2025

Season 5 Review: If only The Bay could create a lead character half as particular as the young Morse, or indeed as distinctive as Morecambe Bay, then it might be more memorable. Read full review

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The Independent Sean O'Grady

Sep 3, 2024

Season 2 Review: Cliche-ridden and knackered before the end of the first episode of a six-hour story arc, The Bay really isn’t good enough, not even for passing the time in lockdown. Read full review

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Series Overview
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: September 18, 2024
- No episode information is currently available for this season
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: March 21, 2023
Season 3

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  Air Date: January 12, 2022
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: March 8, 2023
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  Air Date: March 20, 2019