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Boris Starling
A Touch of Cloth
Cloth is coming to wipe away crime.
Overview
Hannah plays DI Jack Cloth, who is called in to investigate an apparent series of serial killings alongside his new partner, DC Anne Oldman, described as a "plucky, no-nonsense sidekick". Playing with the cliches and conventions of British police dramas, subplots include Cloth dealing with visions of his dead wife and the bisexual DC Oldman coming to grips with her feelings for both her female fiancee and Cloth.
Key Crew
Top Cast
John Hannah
DI Jack Cloth
Suranne Jones
DI Anne Oldman / DC Anne Oldman
Julian Rhind-Tutt
ACC Tom Boss
Adrian Bower
DC Des Hairihan
Navin Chowdhry
DC Asap Qureshi
Daisy Beaumont
Dr. Natasha Sachet
Theo Barklem-Biggs
Darren Crossway
Seasons
Season 0 (2013)
No overview available.
7 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Behind The Scenes
2013-10-01Cut through the yellow tape and find out what went into the making of the comedy crime caper.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 2: Behind the Scenes Season 2
2013-01-09A behind the scenes look at season 2.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 3: Interview With Charlie Brooker
Charlie Brooker discusses creating A Touch Of Cloth.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 4: Interview With John Hannah
John Hannah talks about playing DCI Jack Cloth.
Runtime: 2 minEpisode 5: Interview With Suranne Jones
Suranne Jones talks about her role, DC Anne Oldman.
Runtime: 3 minEpisode 6: The Writers Room
A Touch of Cloth creator Charlie Brooker and co-writer Daniel Maier discuss the secrets behind the script.
Runtime: 15 minEpisode 7: The Making Of A Touch of Cloth
Behind-the-scenes interviews with those involved in A Touch Of Cloth.
Runtime: 2 min
Season 1 (2012)
An all-encompassing parody of every police procedural ever written, DCI Jack Cloth - a maverick, heavy drinking loner who has thrown himself into his work following the mysterious death of his wife. The damaged, haunted Cloth is teamed with plucky no-nonsense sidekick DC Anne Oldman, Together the pair investigate a series of increasingly grisy murders and find themselves on the trail of a devious killer. As you do, If you're a detective. The case leads Cloth and Oldman from leafy forests to sinister lock-up, from the luxury home of an arrogant TV chef to the cold dissection rooms of a vampish forensic pathologist.
2 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The First Case (1)
2012-08-26DCI Jack Cloth and DC Anne Oldman investigate a series of gruesome murders with the help of pathologist Natasha Sachet and Tom Boss.
Runtime: 44 minEpisode 2: The First Case (2)
2012-08-27Booze addled and widowed loner, DCI Jack Cloth continues his struggle to hold himself together while solving grisly murders and suffering from the death of his wife.
Runtime: 44 min
Season 2 (2013)
The City of Town is being menaced by a vicious gang of armed robbers. After one brutal robbery in which Todd Carty is savagely murdered. Cloth assumes the identity of a hardened criminal to gain access to the gang and its twisted leader MacRatty. Meanwhile Oldman is being wooed by Hope Goodgirl, a charismatic and openly bisexual politician hoping to be elected Mayor of Town. In a thrill-packed finale, will Cloth and Oldman defy Goodgirl's homicidal tendencies by defusing the bomb and bringing the evil-doers to book? Or will Cloth end up falling abruptly and bizarrely in love with his wife's murderer, Tom Boss and walking of with him, hand-in-hand, into the sunset? Or both?
2 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Undercover Cloth (1)
2013-08-25Cloth has quit the force, never to return. Well, until a bank robbery goes wrong. But things are awkward at the station, particularly with ACC Tom Boss back at work.
Runtime: 44 minEpisode 2: Undercover Cloth (2)
2013-08-26Going even deeper undercover, Cloth learns that Macratty's big plan has got even bigger, taking on a heist for the mysterious Big Man.
Runtime: 44 min
Season 3 (2014)
A sexy female rookie, Newblood, has joined Cloth's team. At her first crime scene the team discover the body of Cloth's Brother, Terry Cloth, Cloth traces Terry's past back to a remote therapy centre, "The Healery", but Cloth belives this is a cult and suspects Vull, the sinister leader, of murdering his brother. Whilst Vull is being questioned down the station, another shooting occurs in the City of Town. And a case that was already uncomfortably personal for Cloth becomes personaler as he discovers the next victim is an ex-girlfriend. There is a serial killer hunting down people who have a personal connection to Cloth meaning Oldman's life is in danger. Can Cloth save Oldman? Can Cloth save himself?
2 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Too Cloth for Comfort (1)
2014-08-09DCI Jack Cloth's brother, Terry, has been killed. The pair weren't close, in fact, they were estranged, but, you know, it still hurts.
Runtime: 44 minEpisode 2: Too Cloth for Comfort (2)
2014-08-10As the body count continues to rise, Cloth closes in on the killer. But there's a horrific realisation that the culprit is far too close to him for comfort.
Runtime: 45 min
