Excellent news!

But, as I said when s2 was announced......only 4 eps???!  Looks like they're all new ones too, so it seems unlikely that we're ever going to get to see the rest of the series one eps.  

Glad to see that there's apparently going to be a link following through from Jack's 'enforced leave' - I had wondered if it might never be refered to again so it makes me happy that there will be some character continuity.....and it looks like we might get a bit more Charlie character development in this series....which is good.  Does seem a bit strange to air the 4 eps over 2 weeks again if they aren't 2 parters though.......

Thrilled to see Jack's return from the naughty corner mentioned in the press release ...

"The new series opens with the return of DS Jack Weston (Damien Molony) after his period of enforced leave. DI Martha Bellamy (Fay Ripley) is pleased to have Jack back, but makes no bones about it: this is his last chance…"

 looks like we were right in this topic about frictions in the team not being completed abated

And as you say fifi there seems to be a little more (much deserved) focus and character development for Charlie..

"The usually composed Charlie is beside herself – could she have prevented this horrific crime?"

"Suspicion falls on violent and aggressive college handyman Harry Webster (Ben Peel), who went to prison for killing his wife, and who clashes with Charlie as the investigation unfolds – can she keep her cool under fire? "

"Charlie has to tread carefully when her copper’s nose tells her that a family secret is obstructing justice, as she investigates a vicious hate crime on a transgender person ..."

The series synopsis suggests there are four distinct storylines, but the across the two week period dies suggest the same 2 x 2 parter episodes format that series 2 had! we shall see!

For our topic on the unseen Suspects episodes and speculation on series 3 from clips we have seen so far, click check out this topic!

Another Suspects 3 article, good to see previous ratings, the show is gathering momentum, it would be reasonable to 'suspect' series 3 ratings will be even higher!

Channel 5 Wants More Suspects | AV Today

Obviously looking forward to it but I do hope we get to see the S1 episodes that haven't been aired yet at some point.  I was looking forward to the one they were supposed to return with. I remember seeing the preview and my boyfriend saying he didn't understand a word of it, which is funny because I did and it's usually the other way around.  I was looking forward to translating for him for a change. 

It appears that most of the remaining unnaired episodes mentioned for series 1, are in fact the episodes of Series 2 (perhaps the 10 episodes were not all filmed at that point).

Fremantle manage the Suspects IMDB page and it you look at the episodes, you will see the unaired episodes 6, 7, 8 and 9 from series 1 are synopsis from Series 2 episodes:
Suspects Series 1 epidodes guide | IMDb

Just posted by Damien on Twitter...

I suspect it is a Bond related joke.... but we can dream....

domino wrote:

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It appears that most of the remaining unnaired episodes mentioned for series 1, are in fact the episodes of Series 2 (perhaps the 10 episodes were not all filmed at that point).

Fremantle manage the Suspects IMDB page and it you look at the episodes, you will see the unaired episodes 6, 7, 8 and 9 from series 1 are synopsis from Series 2 episodes:
Suspects Series 1 epidodes guide | IMDb

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 Hmmm - I'm rather suspicious about this!  My first thought was - as whimsy has mentioned elsewhere - we haven't seen Damien's special power at the ticket barrier yet!  And there's this from the first suspect's press release from Freemantle:

"The cases themselves are hard-hitting and contemporary – ranging from the disappearance of a soldier with PTSD to the hunt for a serial rapist.  The team also investigates the shooting of a popular clergyman and a gang of sex traffickers who prey on teenage girls.

We definitely haven't seen an episode about a soldier with PTSD, or about the shooting of a clergyman......

Yes to what fifi & TJ said!

It seemed like the episode they showed a preview of at the end of S1, showing a "next time" that presumably would have been S1E6 was about a soldier, right?

Did anyone get a good gather of the shots from the montage after S2?  The one that showed suspects yet to come?  I was wondering if it included any of the people shown in that S1 "next time" trailer?  Or if you could tell by the quality of the shots if any seemed like S1. (There was a marked difference between the episodes shot last fall and in the spring)

Still struggling to understand channel 5's scheduling choices. This is their own original commission. Surely they would want to capitalize on airing everything if they already invested the money in the filming. 

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But what about the new actors who filmed over this past summer (like Luke Newberry) and appeared in those episodes in Series 2? Those episodes cannot have been filmed at least not fully.

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 I'm not sure I understand this question?

well I of course I don't know for sure, but it seems to me that when they first announced Suspects, the intent was 10 episodes for S1... and as they had already filmed a big block of time, they must have filmed 10 episodes.  Didn't Damo say in an interview it took about two days per episode (plus a bit of time for extra pickups and such)?  They had 5 weeks, something like 12 hr days, so at that rate 10 isn't impossible. (albeit exhausting!!!)

my guess is that the IMDB synopses for S1 remaining episodes was incorrectly filled in with the synopses of the episodes shot in the summer.