The Marlow Murder Club season 3 cast: Samantha Bond and Jo Martin star
The murder mystery series is back for a third season, but who stars in it?
It's time to head back to Marlow, as Judith, Suzie and Becks - aka, The Marlow Murder Club - investigate a new set of murders in the picturesque town.
Samantha Bond, Jo Martin and Cara Horgan are back as the titular trio, while Natalie Dew also returns as the lead detective with Marlow police, Tanika Malik.
There are other returning stars such as Holli Dempsey and Hugh Quarshie, while this season once again features a host of guest stars, playing the figures caught up in the three new murder cases.
But who else stars in season 3 and who do they all play? Read on for everything you need to know about the cast of The Marlow Murder Club.
Who's in the cast of The Marlow Murder Club season 3?
Here are the main cast members and characters in The Marlow Murder Club. Read on below for more info about who they are and where you've seen the actors before.
- Samantha Bond as Judith Potts
- Jo Martin as Suzie Harris
- Cara Horgan as Becks Starling
- Natalie Dew as Tanika Malik
- Phill Langhorne as DS Brendan Perry
- Tijan Sarr as DC Jason Kennedy
- Holli Dempsey as DC Alice Hackett
- Hugh Quarshie as Professor Gifford
- Nigel Harman as Marcus
- Peter Davison as Geoffrey
- Jacqueline Boatswain as Debbie
- Sarah Alexander as Sophia
- Tony Gardner as Terrence
- Harry Enfield as Hector
- Cherie Lunghi as Marian
- Adrian Lukis as Matthew
- Alastair Mackenzie as Ferdy
Samantha Bond plays Judith Potts
Who is Judith Potts? Judith is a crossword writer and retired archaeologist living in Marlow, who investigated a murder after she heard a gunshot from her neighbour's house. She has since formed a group with Suzie and Becks, and the trio frequently investigate murders in the area.
What else has Samantha Bond been in? Bond is perhaps best known for playing Moneypenny in a series of James Bond films, as well as her for her roles in shows such as Distant Shores, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Outnumbered, Downton Abbey, Home Fires, Silent Witness, Death in Paradise, Dreamland and The Inheritance.
Jo Martin plays Suzie Harris
Who is Suzie Harris? Suzie is a dog walker and single mother whose daughter is at university. She is part of the Marlow Murder Club with Judith and Becks.
What else has Jo Martin been in? Martin is best known for her role as Max in Holby City and for playing the Fugitive Doctor in Doctor Who. She has also starred in Top Boy, Silent Witness, Fleabag, Blue Story, Small Axe, Death in Paradise, Champion, Deaming Whilst Black, Mrs Sidhu Investigates, Still Up, Missing You and Black Ops, among other series and films.
Cara Horgan plays Becks Starling
Who is Becks Starling? Becks is the wife of the local vicar, who struggles with her role in the community and as a stay at home mum to her two children. She is part of the Marlow Murder Club with Judith and Suzie.
What else has Cara Horgan been in? Horgan has previously appeared in Peep Show, Silent Witness, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, The Death of Stalin, West of Liberty, Traitors, Alex Rider, Murder in Provence, The Sandman, Black Cake and Grantchester among other series and films.
Natalie Dew plays Tanika Malik
Who is DS Tanika Malik? Tanika is a detective sergeant with the Marlow police. She has come to appreciate the Marlow Murder Club, and occasionally relies on them for their help with cases.
What else has Natalie Dew been in? Dew is perhaps best known for starring Sandylands, while she has also had roles in shows including Gavin & Stacey, Bodyguard, The Great, Roadkill, The Capture, Bodies and Archer.
Phill Langhorne plays DS Brendan Perry
Who is DS Brendan Perry? Brendan is a detective sergeant who works with Tanika, and thinks he should have got the inspector role. He is not a fan of the Marlow Murder Club.
What else has Phill Langhorne been in? Langhorne has previously appeared in Silent Witness, Doctors, Transformers: The Last Knight, Krypton, EastEnders, Red Joan, Call the Midwife, Pandora, Viewpoint, Grantchester, Strike, Dreaming Whilst Black and Mrs Sidhu Investigates.
Tijan Sarr plays DC Jason Kennedy
Who is DC Jason Kennedy? Jason is a detective constable who works with Tanika.
What else has Tijan Sarr been in? Sarr has previously appeared in Doctors and Shadow and Bone.
Holli Dempsey plays DC Alice Hackett
Who is DC Alice Hackett? Alice is a detective constable who works with Tanika.
What else has Holli Dempsey been in? Dempsey is best known for appearing in series and films such as Doctor Who, Breathless, Derek, Call the Midwife, Dad's Army, The Aliens, People Just Do Nothing, Black Mirror, Harlots, Endeavour, After Life, I Hate Suzie, Ghosts, The Emily Atack Show, Bolan's Shoes, Black Ops, Mrs Sidhu Investigates, McDonald & Dodds, Grace and Lynley.
Hugh Quarshie as Professor Gifford
Who is Professor Gifford? Darius Gifford is a professor of early medieval archeology at the local university, who Judith has taken a shine to.
What else has Hugh Quarshie been in? Quarshie is known for his roles in Holby City, Casualty, Doctor Who, Breeders, Riches, Maryland, Wild Cherry and The Capture. He has also appeared in films including Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and The Railway Children Return.
Nigel Harman plays Marcus
Who is Marcus? Marcus
What else has Nigel Harman been in? Harman is known for his roles in EastEnders, Hotel Babylon, Downton Abbey, Mount Pleasant, We Hunt Together, Tell Me Everything and Casualty.
Peter Davison plays Geoffrey
Who is Geoffrey? Geoffrey is the mayor of Marlow, whose death in the first episode of season 3 forms the trio's first case.
What else has Peter Davison been in? Davison is best known for playing the Fifth Doctor in BBC series Doctor Who during the 1980s, a role he reprised for a cameo in 2022. More recently he's starred in Life, Gentleman Jack, The Trial of Christine Keeler, Vera, Law and Order: UK, The Larkins, The Name of the Rose, Good Omens, Beyond Paradise, The Gold and Riot Women.
Jacqueline Boatswain plays Debbie
Who is Debbie? Debbie is the council accountant.
What else has Jacqueline Boatswain been in? Boatswain has had roles in series including Grange Hill, Shameless, In the Club, Wolfblood, Cuckoo, Hollyoaks, Bancroft, Doctors, Ridley, Carnival Row, The Diplomat, The Sandman, Red Eye and After the Flood, as well as the film Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
Sarah Alexander plays Sophia
Who is Sophia? Sophia is a Marlow local who has cultivated an ambitious garden that includes poisonous elements.
What else has Sarah Alexander been in? Alexander has had roles in series including Smith & Jones, The Armstrong and Miller Show, Smack the Pony, Coupling, Green Wing, Teachers, The Worst Week of My Life, Mutual Friends, Me and Mrs Jones, Marley's Ghosts, Jonathan Creek and Art Detectives, as well as the films Stardust and Bad Tidings.
Tony Gardner plays Terrence
Who is Terrence? Terrence is an officious architect who has had a good working relationship with the mayor.
What else has Tony Gardner been in? Gardner has had roles in series including The Armstrong and Miller Show, My Parents are Aliens, Lead Balloon, The Thick of It, Bluestone 42, Fresh Meat, Stella, Unforgotten, Tracey Ullman's Show, Last Tango in Halifax, Not Going Out, The Larkins, Father Brown and Silent Witness.
Harry Enfield plays Hector
Who is Hector? Hector is a Marlow resident who has started renting his home out to holiday-makers, but secretly keeps an eye on his house guests and their movements.
What else has Harry Enfield been in? Enfield is known for his roles in series including Saturday Live, Harry Enfield's Television Programme, Spitting Image, Harry Enfield and Chums, Skins, Ruddy Hell! It's Harry & Paul, Bad Education, Upstart Crow, The Windsors and Here We Go.
Cherie Lunghi plays Marian
Who is Marian? Marian is Becks's mother-in-law, who is demanding and highly critical.
What else has Cherie Lunghi been in? Lunghi has had roles in series including The Manageress, Moloney, EastEnders, The Brief, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Death in Paradise, Unforgotten, Strike and Father Brown, as well as films such as Parker, To Kill a Priest and Frankenstein.
Adrian Lukis plays Matthew
Who is Matthew? Matthew is an old school friend of Judith’s who gets back in touch when he visits the area.
What else has Adrian Lukis been in? Lukis has had roles in series including After the War, Peak Practice, Judge John Deed, The Bill, Outnumbered, Toast of London, Black Mirror, The Crown, Feel Good, SAS Rogue Heroes, The Outlaws, The Bombing of Pan Am 103 and The War Between the Land and the Sea, as well as films such as Judy, Bank of Dave, Joy and How to Make a Killing.
Alastair Mackenzie plays Ferdy
Who is Ferdy? Ferdy is a famous - and famously aggressive and rude - chef.
What else has Alastair Mackenzie been in? Mackenzie has had roles in series including Monarch of the Glen, Black Mirror, Borgen, Dracula, The Loch, Cold Feet, Deep Water, Unforgotten, Professor T, The Crown, Vigil, Andor and The Bombing of Pan Am 103, as well as films such as Peterloo and Outlaw/King.
Season 1 and 2 characters
Phillipa Peak as Liz Curtis
Who is Liz Curtis? Liz runs the Marlow Rowing Centre with her husband Danny.
What else has Phillipa Peak been in? Peak has previously appeared in Emmerdale, EastEnders, Casualty, Doctors, The End We Start From, The Gathering and Piglets.
Mark Frost plays Danny Curtis
Who is Danny Curtis? Danny runs the Marlow Rowing Centre with his wife Liz.
What else has Mark Frost been in? Frost has had roles over the years in series including Doctors, The Bill, Hope Springs, Holby City, Poldark, Hetty Feather, Coronation Street, Silent Witness, Sherwood, Unforgotten, Django, Outlander, The Long Shadow and The Couple Next Door.
Daniel Lapaine plays Elliot Howard
Who is Elliot Howard? Elliot is the owner of Marlow auction house, who gets wrapped up in the case.
What else has Daniel Lapaine been in? Lapaine has previously had roles in series and films including Vera, Zero Dark Thirty, Jack the Giant Slayer, Death in Paradise, The Durrells, Black Mirror, Catastrophe, Van der Valk, Upright, A Spy Among Friends, Queen of Oz, McDonald & Dodds, Moonflower Murders and Safe Harbor.
Mark Fleischmann plays Giles Bishop
Who is Giles Bishop? Giles is a local lawyer in Marlow.
What else has Mark Fleischmann been in? Fleischmann has previously appeared in Being Human, Wolfblood, Unforgotten, Coronation Street, Doctors, The Princess Switch, Infinite, Enola Holmes 2, Golda and Before We Die, as well as other series and films.
Nina Sosanya as Grace
Who is Grace? Grace is a local property developer who gets wrapped up in a murder case.
What else has Nina Sosanya been in? Sosanya notably played Annie in Love Actually, while she has since appeared in numerous TV series including Silk, Women on the Verge, Twenty Twelve, W1A, Last Tango in Halifax, Killing Eve, Staged, His Dark Materials, Screw, Good Omens, Baby Reindeer and Surface.
Patrick Robinson as Phil Wingrove
Who is Phil Wingrove? Phil is a local Marlow resident and the husband of Caroline, who gets wrapped up in a murder case when a body in found in the cul-de-sac where he lives.
What else has Patrick Robinson been in? Robinson has had notable roles in series including The Bill, Casualty, Mount Pleasant, Vera, The Trouble with Maggie Cole, The Last Kingdom, Shetland, Six Four, Platform 7, Granite Harbour and The Outlaws.
Samantha Womack as Caroline Wingrove
Who is Caroline Wingrove? Caroline is a local Marlow resident and the wife of Phil, who gets wrapped up in a murder case when a body in found in the cul-de-sac where she lives.
What else has Samantha Womack been in? Womack is best known for playing Ronnie Mitchell in EastEnders, while she has also had roles in series and films including Pie in the Sky, Game On, Liverpool 1, Strange, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Mount Pleasant and Silent Witness.
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James Hibbs is a Drama Writer for Radio Times, covering programmes across both streaming platforms and linear channels. He previously worked in PR, first for a B2B agency and subsequently for international TV production company Fremantle. He possesses a BA in English and Theatre Studies and an NCTJ Level 5 Diploma in Journalism.
