Joanna Scanlan and Will Mellor will star in Channel 4's "anarchic" new cop drama No Offence.
The eight-part series, from Shameless writer Paul Abbott, will follow an unorthodox team of cops who must hunt down a serial killer.
Alexandra Roach (Utopia), Elaine Cassidy (The Paradise), Colin Salmon (Arrow) and Paul Ritter (Friday Night Dinner) have also joined the cast.
Alexandra Roach (Utopia), Elaine Cassidy (The Paradise), Colin Salmon (Arrow) and Paul Ritter (Friday Night Dinner) have also joined the cast.
The team is led by the unquestionably unhinged DI Vivienne Deering (Scanlan), with the impulsive DC Dinah Kowalska (Cassidy) and recently promoted DS Joy Freers (Roach) serving as her right-hand women.
Abbott said: "No Offence is a precinct cop drama. It's also one of the funniest things I've ever been allowed to put together. It doesn't look like anything else.
"No Offence's cake mix is as bipolar as they get - it lurches from jet black laugh-out-loud, into fragile material on the turn of a sixpence.
"Writing three strong female leads is one thing. Writing women that men would choose as leaders has been particularly satisfying."
No Offence will begin on Channel 4 in 2015 with a 75-minute opening episode, followed by seven 60-minute episodes.
