Meet the cast of DCI Banks

Here’s who’s who in the fifth series of the popular detective drama

Shaun Dooley

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Who does he play? Steve Richards, a crooked property developer and career criminal.

Where do I recognise him from? Broadchurch, Ordinary Lies, Misfits, The Street, horror films Eden Lake and The Woman in Black and spy thriller The Game. Basically, he gets about.


Jack Deam

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Who does he play? Deam reprises his role as DC Ken Blackstone.

Where do I recognise him from? Casualty, New Tricks, Clocking Off and his depiction of pyromaniac Marty Fisher in Shameless.


Maimie McCoy

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Who does she play? Richards’s wife Tamsin.

Where do I recognise her from? The Yorkshire-born actress is best known for her roles in the Libertine, Loving Miss Hatto and The Musketeers, where she played merciless villain Milady de Winter.


Shaun Dingwall

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Who does he play? Chief Superintendent Colin Anderson.

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Where do I recognise him from? He’s appeared in crime thriller Legend, Silent Witness, the BBC’s adaptation of Crime and Punishment and Doctor Who.