Scripted series · Sky Atlantic
Tin Star
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Tim Roth
Jim Worth / Jack Devlin
25 eps
Genevieve O'Reilly
Angela Worth
25 eps
Abigail Lawrie
Anna Worth
25 eps
Christina Hendricks
Elizabeth Bradshaw
19 eps
Christopher Heyerdahl
Louis Gagnon
10 eps
Oliver Coopersmith
Whitey Brown
16 eps
Ian Puleston-Davies
Frank Jackson
10 eps
Ryan Kennedy
Nick McGillen
19 eps
Sarah Podemski
Denise Minahik
19 eps
Kevin Hanchard
Reverend Gregoire
3 eps
Myles Peterman
Joe
6 eps
Joseph Whitebird
Ray Laskamin
3 eps
Leanne Best
Penny
3 eps
Sade Malone
Lauren Fadel
1 eps
Jenessa Grant
Rosa Nickel
8 eps
Neve McIntosh
Georgia Simmons
1 eps
John May
Bookie
1 eps
Amy-Leigh Hickman
Saima Saleem
1 eps
Mark Fisher
Racegoer (uncredited)
1 eps
Philip Gascoyne
Racegoer (uncredited)
1 eps
Julia Carlile
Kayden Ferguson
4 eps
Trish Pope
Race goer (uncredited)
1 eps
Dave Simon
Passerby (uncredited)
1 eps
Tanya Moodie
Catherine McKenzie
2 eps
Kerrie Hayes
D.I. Sara Lunt
2 eps
Percelle Ascott
Jesse
2 eps
Rudi Dharmalingam
Jyotiranjan 'Joe' Clarke
2 eps
Nigel Lindsay
Clive Bennett
1 eps
Joanne Whalley
Mary James
2 eps
Ian Hart
Michael Ryan
2 eps
Christopher Hollinshead
Paul Saunders
1 eps
Krupa Pattani
Jenny Martin
1 eps
Rachael Elizabeth
Clare Barrett
1 eps
Paislie Reid
Liz Owen
1 eps
Joe Osborne
Head of Security
1 eps
Christine Tremarco
Carrie McGrath
1 eps
Mark Womack
Keith McKenzie
1 eps
Michael John Treanor
Pug Owner
1 eps
Adam Bowman
Michael's Man
1 eps
Grant Crookes
Police Officer (uncredited)
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Tin Star actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Tin Star reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
The story of Jim Worth, an expat British police officer starting a new life with his family as police chief in Little Big Bear, an idyllic town near the Rocky Mountains. When his small town is overrun by migrant workers from a massive new oil refinery – the wave of drugs, prostitution and organised crime that follows them threatens to sweep away everything in its wake.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 25 episodes.
- Poster unavailableSpecials
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20193 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201710 episodes
7.0IMDbBest episode · S01E01 Fun and (S)laughter
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20199 episodes
4.8IMDbSeason 2 picks up where we left our unlikely hero, cut off in the remote Rockies wilderness with his grieving and shell-shocked family struggling to come to terms with their ordeal.
Best episode · S02E03 Consequences
Season 3 · Complete
Liverpool
20206 episodes
4.1IMDbDetermined to face their enemies and finally find freedom, Jack, Anna & Angela return to Liverpool to face a dark truth they ran from 20 years earlier.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Fun and (S)laughter
An alcoholic, small-town police chief has his hopes for a fresh start and a quiet life shattered by unspeakable tragedy.
- Directed by Rowan Joffé
- Written by Rowan Joffé
S01E05
Bait
With Jim banished from their home, Angela takes her family's safety into her own hands. Whitey executes a ruthless plan to bring Jim into his sights.
- Directed by Alice Troughton
S01E04
Jack
The Worth family reunite to say goodbye to a loved one. Mrs Bradshaw faces a difficult decision after she learns a damaging story has leaked to the press.
- Directed by Marc Jobst
- Written by Rowan Joffé
S01E03
Comfort of Strangers
Waking up after a blackout, Jim discovers that Anna has disappeared. Meanwhile, Whitey tidies up a loose end.
- Directed by Alice Troughton
- Written by Rowan Joffé
S01E06
Cuckoo
Whitey visits the Worth home to exact revenge, but finds himself on the back foot. Elizabeth confronts Gagnon about his interest in bringing down Jim.
S01E02
The Kid
Wracked by guilt, Jim attempts to bury his grief by picking the murder case back up, instinctively believing it is connected to his own loss.
- Directed by Marc Jobst
- Written by Rowan Joffé
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.
Writing
- Thomas MartinWriter
- Rowan JofféWriter
- Nathaniel PriceWriter
Direction
- Alice TroughtonDirector
- Jim LoachDirector
- Rowan JofféDirector
- Gilles BannierDirector
- Susan TullyDirector
- Marc JobstDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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