Good Cop

For the interrogation tactic see good cop/bad cop.

Good Cop
Genre	Police Procedural drama
Starring	Warren Brown Kevin Harvey Mark Womack Robbie Jarvis
Opening theme	Armies by Tricky
Composer(s)	Paul Englishby
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jessica Pope
Producer(s)	Rebecca Hodgson
Cinematography	Tony Slater-Ling
Running time	55–60 minutes
Production company(s)	BBC Productions
Release
Original network	BBC One BBC One HD
Picture format	16:9 1080i
Original release	30 August (2012-08-30) – 13 October 2012 (2012-10-13)
External links
BBC official page

Good Cop is a British police procedural television series first broadcast on BBC One and BBC One HD set in the city of Liverpool. The plot centres on an ordinary police constable, John Paul Rocksavage, whose life changes forever when his best friend and colleague is attacked in a savage ambush. The BBC said in February 2013 that the series would not return for a second season.

John Paul lives with his disabled father and reads to him regularly when he is off duty and at home. With each episode, he is reading a different book, which has some parallels to Rocksavage's own story: Chapter 1, Treasure Island; Chapter 3, Invisible Man; and Chapter 4, Crime and Punishment.

Cast

• Warren Brown as Constable John Paul Rocksavage
• Michael Angelis as Robert Rocksavage
• Stephen Graham as Noel Finch
• Aisling Loftus as Cassandra Stanton
• Chloe Thomson as Libby Stanton
• Mark Womack as DCI Craig Costello
• Stephen Walters as Callum Rose
• Rob Jarvis as DCI Stoddart
• Philip Hill-Pearson as DC Liam Frainey
• Kevin Harvey as Sergeant Middleton
• Tom Hopper as Constable Andy Stockwell
• Kerrie Hayes as Constable Amanda Morgan
• Christine Tremarco as Justine
• Don Gayle as Team Driver Police officer
• Johann Myers as Gary Walton
• Carl Rice as Phil Davenport
• Michael J. Tait as Constable Darren Skinner
• Joe Macauley as Jonjo Heinz
• Shaun Mason as Kyle Smart
• Graham O'Mara as Bradley Pearson
• Michael Smiley as Tom Lomax

Episodes

No.	Title	Writer	Director	Original airdate	UK viewers (million)
1	"Episode One"	Stephen Butchard	Sam Miller	30 August 2012 (2012-08-30)	4.82
A bad day for constable Rocksavage begins with an encounter with his estranged girlfriend, Cassandra, and his daughter Libby; a confrontation with a vicious thug, Noel Finch, in a cafe; and later his partner constable Andy Stockwell is fatally injured in a targeted attack by Finch and his gang members. Rocksavage encounters Finch, and is forced by circumstances to shoot him.
2	"Episode Two"	Stephen Butchard	Sam Miller	6 September 2012 (2012-09-06)	4.17
Noel Finch is dead and PC Rocksavage receives phone calls from Finch's associate, Callum Rose, who knows Rocksavage was involved, culminating in a blackmail demand for £100,000. Rose begins to follow Rocksavage, discovering where his estranged girlfriend and current girlfriend live. Rocksavage says he will pay all he can raise, which £35,000. Later, he beats and then kills Rose after breaking into his home.
3	"Episode Three"	Stephen Butchard	Sue Tully	13 September 2012 (2012-09-13)	4.39
Rocksavage takes photos of his daughter Libby, Cassandra, and her new boyfriend. This causes him more grief, which is compounded when he gives a heartfelt eulogy at Andy's funeral. Two possible witnesses to the murder of Callum Rose are interviewed but the evidence is inconclusive. One witness, Bradley Pearson, becomes involved in a domestic dispute, resulting in a siege concluded by Rocksavage's intervention. Homicide detectives bring in Jonjo Heinz, identified by Rocksavage as a third gang member who attacked Andy, but he is released due to a lack of hard evidence. Rocksavage plants the murder weapon used to kill Finch and Rose in Heinz's home.
4	"Episode Four"	Stephen Butchard	Sue Tully	13 October 2012 (2012-10-13)	1.9 (temporary overnight)
Rocksavage recovers the gun from where he planted it and later breaks into Jonjo Heinz's house, apparently intending to kill him. However, before be can confront Heinz, the police arrive to search the property, forcing Rocksavage to flee. Heinz is arrested and held for drugs-related charges, but the police find insufficient evidence to charge him with Andy's murder. However, Rocksavage's early knowledge of Heinz arrest at home arouses DCI Costello's suspicion. Rocksavage meets Cassandra at the beach where he tells her he wants to be part of his daughter's life. Constable Amanda Morgan agrees to pose as a student to catch two men who have been attacking young women, but when the undercover operation goes wrong, Rocksavage decides to take action. After Kyle Smart, his informant, points him to Morgan's assailants, Rocksavage shoots and kills one of the attackers, but accidentally fires at Smart when he unexpectedly shows up at the scene. Racked with guilt Rocksavage walks into the sea up to his waist and shouts furiously, leaving his fate thereafter uncertain. Note: Following the shooting of two police officers in Tameside, Greater Manchester, on 18 September 2012, the BBC postponed the final episode, originally scheduled for 20 September. The BBC announced on 28 September that the final episode would air on 13 October 2012.

Home Media

DVD

Release name	UK release date (region 2)	Australian release date (region 4)	North American release date (region 1)	Notes
Good Cop	15 October 2012	5 June 2013		Despite being filmed in HD no Blu-ray release.

See also

• Merseybeat

External links

• Good Cop at IMDb