Stone: The Complete Series 8 and 9

Jun 21, 2025 9:14 PM

Author:Danny Brocklehurst,Hugo Speer,Full Cast,Deborah McAndrew,Craig Cheetham

Hugo Speer stars as Manchester detective John Stone in the final two series of the hard-hitting detective drama

DCI Stone and his team are faced with two more tricky, morally complex cases in these gritty five-part dramas, created by award-winning screenwriter Danny Brocklehurst.

Series 8, Retribution: The Unravelling of a Murder, sees Stone grappling with grief after his wife's death, and struggling to look after his teenage daughter alone. DS Kelly, meanwhile, is preparing to get married, and feeling overwhelmed with wedding admin - but their personal lives are put on hold when the team is called to investigate a death at an inner-city hotel. How did respectable businessman Maxwell Foley come to fall from Room 608 - and why was he at the Beresford in the first place? To find out, Stone must navigate the murky, transient world of the hospitality industry... But as he comes closer to uncovering the truth, forces conspire to prevent past crimes from coming to light... Written by Martin Jameson and Richard Monks, this gripping drama features a full cast including Lizzie Stavrou (Hollyoaks) and Emma Cunniffe (Roadkill).

As Series 9, Protection, opens, DI Tanner has just had some life-changing news - while Stone gets a call from his daughter Alice, telling him she's been arrested. Meanwhile, their new investigation feels dangerously close to home. A teenager has been fatally stabbed, in what seems to be a totally unprovoked attack. The boy wasn't a known gang member, and his girlfriend Ruby claims she didn't recognise his killer. As the team search for leads, can they find out who was responsible before someone else gets hurt? This compelling drama was written by Vivienne Harvey, Carol Russell and Martin Jameson, and the cast includes Sydney Wade (I Kill Giants) and Angela Lonsdale (Our Girl).

Created by Danny Brocklehurst

Produced and directed by Gary Brown and Nadia Molinari

Starring Hugo Speer as DCI John Stone, Craig Cheetham as DI Mike Tanner and Deborah McAndrew as DS Sue Kelly

Series 8

Elena/Karen/Lowri/DC Novak - Lizzie Stavrou

Terry Quinn/DC Hale/Dave Webster - Jason Done

Alice Stone - Millie Gibson

Jolene/Diana/Vicky - Angela Lonsdale

Asadi Qadir/Gareth - George Bukhari

Ibrahim/Gordon - Peter Singh

Marek/Joe Myers - William Ash

Lisa Taylor/Heather Webster - Emma Cunniffe

Tomo/ Dean Carradous - William Fox

Sophie Webster/ DS Richards - Sacha Parkinson

Mia - Nadia Emam

Charlie Haynes - Simon Trinder

Written by Martin Jameson (Episodes 1 & 2) and Richard Monks (Episodes 3-5)

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 7-11 January 2019

Series 9

Alice/Kid 2 - Sydney Wade

Jolene/Karen/Valerie/Greta - Angela Lonsdale

Yusef/Security guard - Eddie Capli

Ruby/Fi - Lucy Dixon

Tolga/Jo Jo - James Cooney

Jax Braithwaite/Renita/Dr Bassey - Doña Croll

WC/Paramedic/Denny Rashford/Adam Collins - Hamish Rush

Nessy/Dr Abiola - Danielle Henry

Madison/DC Novak - Sacha Parkinson

Layla/DS Novak - Sade Malone

Phil Simpson/Dougie - Rupert Hill

Solicitor - Darren Kuppan

Written by Vivienne Harvey (Episode 1), Carol Russell (Episodes 2 & 3) and Martin Jameson (Episodes 4 & 5)

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 1-5 February 2021

? 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Reviews

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The more I read, the quicker I turned the pages. Stunningly vivid characters torn apart by family secrets. Loved it.

—— Jo Jakeman

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—— Karen Perry

Secrets spill out as the story twists and turns and, with its pacy end, this is a summer must

—— Woman's Weekly

With intriguing twists and turns and a pacy end, this is a perfect summer read

—— Woman's Own Magazine

A dissection of the cobwebs of relationships that, on one hand, keep families tied together; but on another drive them apart

—— Canberra Times

Nicola Moriarty has a gift for domestic drama, cracking pace, and skilful narrative timing

—— Sydney Morning Herald

Clever, tense and jam-packed with twists and turns you won't see coming . . . while there's quite a large cast of characters to follow, you never lose track of what's happening thanks to Moriarty's polished writing and character-work. Dark, twisty and utterly enthralling, You Need to Know is a gripping domestic thriller with Netflix written all over it. It is yet another unputdownable read from the very talented Nicola Moriarty

—— Better Reading

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—— Book'd Out

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—— The Australian

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Praise for Nicola Moriarty

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—— Gillian McAllister, bestselling author of How to Disappear

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—— Vogue

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—— Sun

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—— Sun on Sunday

Moriarty rocks the drama genre

—— Courier-Mail

Nicola Moriarty belongs to a family tree laded with writers. She more than holds her own

—— The Australian

Nicola's got great pace and snappy dialogue, and I especially like her male characters

—— Liane Moriarty , Sydney Morning Herald

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—— KATIE FFORDE

Smart and compassionate, full of poetry and rage and shy hopes and shredded dreams and missing girls and family secrets.

—— TAMMY COHEN, author of Stop At Nothing

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—— KATE HAMER, author of The Girl in the Red Coat

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—— Kate Riordan, author of The Heatwave

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—— DANYA KUKAFKA, author of Girl in Snow

Cleverly written , Anna Bailey's debut shines a light on the darker and more oppressive side of small-town society.

—— Independent

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