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No Offence

TV·2015–2018·3 seasons, 21 episodes·Channel 4·Drama, Comedy, Crime·1h·7.6·Created by Paul Abbott

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No Offence follows a team of cops in the heart of crime. This team of cops are tough but big-hearted who go above and beyond to bring down criminals. Set on one of the worst parts of town there is a demoralizing list of crimes: drug labs, arsonists, neo-Nazis and notorious murderers. These are just a days work for this team. However when a serial killer emerges it leaves the team and DI Vivienne Deering reeling. Joined by her right-hand women DC Dinah Kowlaska and DS Joy Freers they must crack the case by whatever means possible.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01No Offence S02E07Episode 7S02E07 · 8.3With Deering, Dinah and Joy's friendship in jeopardy and Donna Calvert missing, the race to prevent the Attahs' escape and to bag them once and for all puts the team's lives at stake. The final action-packed showdown sees Viv at her finest, deconstructing Nora's family, and trying to repair the fractures that have crept in to her own...
  2. 02No Offence S03E01Assassination AttemptS03E01 · 8.3DI Viv Deering and the Friday Street team face off against their most formidable antagonist yet: the far-right. The series opens amidst a contentious mayoral election fought between incumbent liberal Kashif Hassan and political underdog and local-girl-done-good Caroline McCoy. DI Viv Deering and the Friday Street team are drawn into their rivalry when a mayoral hustings between the pair becomes a flashpoint for deadly violence as assassin Beckett enters the political fray.
  3. 03No Offence S03E05LoyaltyS03E05 · 8.3Caroline McCoy's political reign brings chaos to the streets of Manchester, and catapults hardline DCI Terry Taylor into Friday Street cop shop, to bring the police in line with her agenda. While avoiding Taylor's interference, the team focus on trying to engineer a face-to-face meeting with Beckett.

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode8Episodes2015Aired 7.5Season avg
  1. S01E01No Offence S01E01Episode 1May 5, 2015 6.9DI Deering and her team must crack the case of a twisted serial killer - by whatever unconventional means possible.After a harrowing experie
  2. S01E02No Offence S01E02Episode 2May 12, 2015 7.6After Deering and her team lose the serial killer case to Maclaren, the cops see a chance to redeem themselves by investigating a dangerous
  3. S01E03No Offence S01E03Episode 3May 19, 2015 7.6The serial killer is showing no signs of slowing down, while local racial tensions are also running high when an Asian woman is killed in a
  4. S01E04No Offence S01E04Episode 4May 26, 2015 7.1The search for another girl abducted by the serial killer leads to a big breakthrough.Dinah attends to a man who walked out in front of a ca
  5. S01E05No Offence S01E05Episode 5June 2, 2015 7.3As Paul Abbott's procedural saga continues, there's no shortage of fresh problems for DI Vivienne Deering and her team. The police are ready
  6. S01E06No Offence S01E06Episode 6June 9, 2015 7.8Deering leads a manhunt through Manchester as the net closes in on the serial killer. Meanwhile, Joy and Spike discover an unsettling slaver
  7. S01E07No Offence S01E07Episode 7June 16, 2015 7.6The fatal shooting of a respected surgeon leads the team to an unlikely suspect. Meanwhile, Dinah and Deering make disturbing new discoverie
  8. S01E08No Offence S01E08Season's bestEpisode 8June 23, 2015 8.0In the final episode, Dinah clashes with Deering, setting off an irreversible chain of events, and an attempt to save the lives of a mother

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode7Episodes2017Aired 7.8Season avg
  1. S02E01No Offence S02E01Episode 1January 4, 2017 7.7Paul Abbott's award-winning drama returns for a second series of rollercoaster cases to be cracked by the brilliant, but dysfunctional crime
  2. S02E02No Offence S02E02Episode 2January 11, 2017 7.7Paul Abbott's award-winning drama returns for a second series of rollercoaster cases to be cracked by the brilliant, but dysfunctional crime
  3. S02E03No Offence S02E03Episode 3January 18, 2017 7.6The dead vape shop kids are all identified, as Dinah and Deering hunt for those aiding the Attahs in child exploitation. They uncover tensio
  4. S02E04No Offence S02E04Episode 4January 25, 2017 7.6Tensions run high between Joy, Dinah and Deering as they look at the possibility of the Attahs' operations stretching to the collusion of on
  5. S02E05No Offence S02E05Episode 5February 1, 2017 7.7The race to nail the Attahs sows seeds of mistrust and secrecy between Deering, Dinah and Joy, while a peaceful protest at an abortion clini
  6. S02E06No Offence S02E06Episode 6February 8, 2017 7.8With Deering suspended from duty, she runs rogue determined to get Nora. Back at the station, Lickberg tries to control the team, as they ur
  7. S02E07No Offence S02E07Season's bestEpisode 7February 15, 2017 8.3With Deering, Dinah and Joy's friendship in jeopardy and Donna Calvert missing, the race to prevent the Attahs' escape and to bag them once

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2018Aired 8.0Season avg
  1. S03E01No Offence S03E01Season's bestAssassination AttemptSeptember 13, 2018 8.3DI Viv Deering and the Friday Street team face off against their most formidable antagonist yet: the far-right. The series opens amidst a co
  2. S03E02No Offence S03E02Botulin BurgersSeptember 20, 2018 7.7Killer Beckett's next target is Manchester's children and Viv and the team must track down the poisoned batch of halal meat that Beckett has
  3. S03E03No Offence S03E03Death In A CemeterySeptember 27, 2018 7.7Election day looms and the team is on high alert, as Beckett's reign of terror appears to be escalating when an elderly Jewish man is found
  4. S03E04No Offence S03E04In His HeadOctober 4, 2018 7.8The team have 48 hours to get Dennis to betray his best friend and turn police informant. When Viv tunnels down to Dennis's deepest insecuri
  5. S03E05No Offence S03E05LoyaltyOctober 11, 2018 8.3Caroline McCoy's political reign brings chaos to the streets of Manchester, and catapults hardline DCI Terry Taylor into Friday Street cop s
  6. S03E06No Offence S03E06PaybackOctober 18, 2018 8.2The team are running out of options and their strategy is threatened when one of their own is placed in peril.

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