Unforgotten
Detective mysteryCrime-solving from the investigator's side of the table.This show: 9/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 9/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 8/10British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 8/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 8/10Tight writingNo wasted scenes, just disciplined storytelling.This show: 7/10Slow burnDeliberate pacing where the payoffs are earned over long stretches.This show: 7/10Morally grayNo clean heroes or villains anywhere in sight.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Sanjeev BhaskarJordan LongCarolina MainHiten PatelNicola WalkerLewis Reeves
Written by
Chris Lang
Starring
Sanjeev BhaskarJordan LongCarolina MainHiten PatelNicola WalkerLewis Reeves
Written by
Chris Lang
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Unforgotten Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | |
| S2 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.9 | |
| S3 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.6 | |
| S4 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.8 | |
| S5 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.3 | |
| S6 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.8 | |
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About
"A mystery that mourns everyone it implicates"
Unforgotten follows a London cold-case squad reopening a decades-old murder each season, tracing the crime back through the tangled, ordinary lives it quietly wrecked. Rather than chasing shootouts, it patiently cuts between several suspects' present-day routines, letting guilt, secrets and old wounds surface. The tone is measured and melancholy, carried by understated lead performances and genuine empathy for flawed people rather than twists for shock value. It rewards attention and patience, building slowly toward reveals that feel earned rather than sensational. It's less whodunit thriller, more character study wearing a mystery's clothing.
Watch it for
the quietly devastating character work as ordinary suspects unravel under buried guilt.
Maybe skip if
you want fast-paced action rather than slow, dialogue-driven emotional excavation.
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All Seasons
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Season 12015
8.06K64h 30m
When the bones of a young man are found beneath the footings of a demolished house, an investigation begins that will unravel the lives of four people who have been waiting for this moment for nearly forty years, as they discover that the past can’t, and won’t, stay buried forever.
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Season 22017
8.35K64h 32m
When the remnants of a body are found hidden in a river, DCI Cassie Stuart and DS Sunny Khan are faced with an impossible investigation. David Walker disappeared in 1990 at the age of 34. Only scraps of potential leads remain, but relentless work leads Cassie and Sunny to four people. Each has a connection to Walker, and a painful secret that might have driven them to murder. They are the pieces of the jigsaw Cassie and Sunny must solve. But the harder they try to put this picture together, the more blurred it becomes. It’s a case that will test their relationship in unexpected ways.
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Season 32018
8.35K64h 36m
When workmen carrying out carriageway repairs on M1 uncover human remains in the central reservation, Cassie and the team investigate.
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Season 42021
8.35K64h 31m
The fourth season opens with the discovery of a dismembered body in a scrap metal yard, which the team believe has been stored in a domestic freezer for thirty years. A unique Millwall Football Club tattoo leads to the victim being identified as Matthew Walsh, a young man in his mid-twenties who went missing in March 1990.
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Season 52023
7.54K62h 17m
Jessica James succeeds Cassie Stuart as DCI, after two interim leaders. The detectives are on a mission to uncover the mystery behind an unsolved murder that occurred 39 years ago. Beneath the ground of a demolished house, the bones of the victim are found. With this evidence, the modern police team open a case to unearth the history that has remained buried for decades. Four main suspects emerge, and as their dark past is unraveled, the truth behind the events of the crime are finally revealed.
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Season 62025
7.53K61h 35m
When suspected human remains are uncovered on Whitney Marsh, Jess and Sunny are immediately called to the scene. Dr Balcombe’s analysis reveals that the remains are relatively recent and suggest a grim conclusion: the body was placed there already dismembered. With this insight, Jess and Sunny intensify their search certain that other body parts may not be far away.
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Season 7
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Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Sanjeev Bhaskar DI Sunil 'Sunny' Khan, DS Sunil 'Sunny' Khan
Jordan Long DS Murray Boulting
Carolina Main DC Fran Lingley, DS Fran Lingley
Hiten Patel DC Patel
Nicola Walker DCI Cassie Stuart
Lewis Reeves DC Jake Collier
Peter Egan Martin Hughes, Martin
Pippa Nixon DC Karen Willetts
Sinéad Keenan DCI Jess James
Georgia Mackenzie Dr. Leanne Balcombe
Crew
Chris Lang
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