New ITV drama Protection finally hits our screens this week with Happy Valley star Siobhan Finneran leading the new series. Protection, set to be released in full on ITVX on Sunday, March 16, sees DI Liz Nyles (Siobhan Finneran) investigate the murder of a family in witness protection.
The murder rocks the witness protection unit team and raises questions about the unit's integrity, with allegations of corruption and links to organised crime.
DI Liz Nyles wonders if she unwittingly compromised herself and is under huge pressure from the force's anti-corruption unit.
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The new drama promises to be another stellar drama on 1, which the first episode airing at 9pm on Sunday. Protection has a huge cast full of familiar names and faces including stars from , Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Trigger Point and more.
But who is in the cast?
Who is in the cast of Protection?Siobhan Finneran as DI Liz Nyles
DI Liz Nyles is a dedicated police offer who works in witness protection and goes above and beyond to keep them safe. She is having an affair with her married colleague DS Paul Brandice, which risks ruining her career.
Siobhan Finneran is widely known for , Benidorm, Rita, Sue and Bob Too, and The Reckoning.
Katherine Kelly as DCI Hannah Wheatley
DCI Hannah Wheatley is the head of the Major Investigations Team and is widely known as an ambitious and keen-eyed detective. Wheatley is suspicious of Liz and tenacious in pursuing her - but what exactly is her agenda?
Katherine Kelly is best known as Becky Granger in ITV soap Coronation Street, but she has also appeared in Happy Valley, Inside No 9, Bloods and .
Nadine Marshall as DCI Amanda Kelman
DCI Kelman is a senior officer in the Professional Standards Department, which investigates corruption in the police. She has risen rapidly through the ranks of the force and established herself as an exacting and forbidding operator.
Marshall is best known for the sitcom The Smoking Room as well as roles in Waterloo Road, Plebs, Small Axe, Death in Paradise and Vera.
Barry Ward as DS Paul Brandice
The newest recruit to the witness protection unit is a reliable and principled detective. He is also secretly locked in an illicit and passionate affair with Liz, which began shortly after he joined the unit.
Barry Ward recently starred in Bad Sisters as well as The Capture, Save Me, Silent Witness and Britannia.
David Hayman as Sid Nyles
Liz’s dad and a former DCI in both Lancashire and Liverpool and something of a legend in the police. But after his wife's death, Sid dedicated himself to his work and became a rather absent father in the process.
Hayman has previously appeared in The Nest, Andor, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Sid and Nancy and Flood.
Nichola Burley as Gemma Brandice
Gemma is Paul's husband, who was formerly a member of the army. Burley has appeared in Born Equal, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Goldplated, Death Comes to Pemberley, Donkey Punch and StreetDance 3D.
Ace Bhatti as DCI Arun Kapoor
DCI Kapoor is the head of the witness protection unit who champions Liz and is a staunch defender of all those in his team.
Line of Duty fans will remember him as Police and Crime Commissioner Rohan Sindwhani, while EastEnders fans will know him as villain Dr Yusef Khan.
Who else is in the cast of Protection?
The wider cast includes:
- Chaneil Kular as DS Raj Kholi
Akiya Henry as DS Sue Beardsley
Jodie Price as Jasmine Nyles
Andrew Knott as DI Richard Bewley
Tom Christian as DI Tommy Jardine
Alec Newman as Edward Crowther
- Tilly Kaye as Amy McLennan
- Charlotte Mills as DS Rachel Gordon
- Jonathan Cake as John Gibson
- Ian Pirie as Assistant Chief Inspector Rory Davenport
- Zora Bishop as Rezan Crowther
- Syrus Lowe as DC Noel Taylor
- Nick Moss as Freddie Howard
- Joseph Millson as Elliot Hughes
- Reuven Walker as Arlo Crowther
- Louise Lee as Nurse
- Naomi Yang as Irene Kim
- Kris Hitchen as Jimmy McLennan
- Adam Long as Patrick Ellis
- Waj Ali as Soran Ahmadi
- Anthony Flanagan as DCI Amos Wilson
Protection starts at 9pm on Sunday, March 16 on ITV1 and ITVX. All episodes will be available on ITVX.
