Scripted series · BBC One
Crookhaven
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Lucas Leach
Gabriel Avery
8 eps
Carmel Laniado
Penelope Lockett
8 eps
Leila Khan
Amira Dhawan
8 eps
Amari Bacchus
Ade Okoro
8 eps
Sani Thabo
Ede Okoro
8 eps
Aerona Shi
Jia Ou
8 eps
Charlie Mann
Edgar Delacombe
8 eps
Rowan McIntosh
Dorian McCarthur
8 eps
Tipper Seifert-Cleveland
Nikki Harkness
8 eps
Dougray Scott
Caspian Lockett
8 eps
Alex Mugnaioni
Diego Velasquez
8 eps
Keith Allen
Erasmus Sisman
8 eps
Genesis Lynea
Whisper
8 eps
Ti Barbosa
Leon
6 eps
Anna-Sophia Eden
Isabella
5 eps
Julie Hesmondhalgh
Sue
5 eps
Naomi Wirthner
Miss Jericho
4 eps
Imran Yusuf
Mister Khan
1 eps
Tobias Jowett
Ishaan Dhawan
5 eps
Miltos Yerolemou
Mister Palumbo
1 eps
Ruta Gedmintas
Adria
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Crookhaven actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Crookhaven reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Emotional Weight.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Set at mysterious Crookhaven School, high achieving young crooks from across the world are secretly selected to hone their skills in disciplines such as Deception, Crimnastics, Forgery and Infiltration, learning how to use their skills for good and to do what is right in their own way.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Mark FreelandExecutive Producer
Writing
- Justin YoungWriter
Direction
- Jamie Magnus StoneDirector
- Jon EastDirector
Where to watch
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