Season 1 – Pierre

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Season 1 – Pierre

Oct 2026

Crime

Drama

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80%

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5 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

West London duty solicitor Pierre Jeffreys is a force of nature, battling to keep his clients away from a system that would chew them up and spit them out; his hard-earned expertise is free to those who need it the most.

Carol Midgley

The Times (UK)

Oct 9, 2026

4/5

Harewood’s rounded, charismatic performance gives Pierre heft and quality, especially when he embarks on a dangerous journey to sniff out police racism and corruption.

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Ellen E Jones

Guardian

Oct 8, 2026

4/5

Williams’s show, written with John Donnelly, establishes itself with confident concision, which is largely down to Harewood’s performance.

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Benji Wilson

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Oct 6, 2026

1/5

Pierre asks to be taken seriously, but it is a series so riddled with cliché that it is best enjoyed as stock-phrase bingo.

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Barbara Ellen

Observer (UK)

6 days ago

While Pierre’s plotting becomes obvious across six episodes, and the dialogue is overburdened with clunky speechifying, there’s also easy naturalism, sharp humour and a forcefulness to the characterisation.

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Christopher Stevens

Daily Mail (UK)

Oct 9, 2026

3/5

With no big surprises until right at the end, it was left to David Harewood as the criminal solicitor to carry the show, putting on a brave face as everything goes wrong around him.

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Georgia S

@RT67629055 5 days ago

What a waste of some great actors! Terrible script - could have been made for the word CLUNKY. The overt messaging overwhelms a garbled plot.

Hkon H

@RT30824853 6 days ago

Full of cliches and obvious plot from first episode. Main character is not bad, but the characters seem weak and not a strong storyline.

Roy B

@yordrib Oct 10, 2026

Great acting, but the lead character is a bit of an idiot, ploughing his own furrow and ignoring all that is going on around him at home and at work. An apparent gambling addiction suddenly disappears from the thin plot. Adds nothing new to the inherently racist police and put upon black neighbourhood story. Plods along to an unresolved ending.

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Sarmad Masud

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David Harewood

Pierre Jeffreys

Michele Austin

Charlotte Manners

Jason Flemyng

DS Ronnie Miller

Dean-Charles Chapman

Danny Headman

Rocky Marshall

Sgt Ian Hedley

Episode 1

Aired Oct 5, 2026

A complex case draws in powerhouse duty solicitor Pierre when he meets new client Michael, who's been arrested for stealing his aunt's car, and he ends up in a world of bigotry and corruption.

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Episode 2

Aired Oct 5, 2026

Pierre is still in shock after Michael's death, and when he learns something unsettling from Michael's past, Pierre begins to question his own judgement; meanwhile, Pierre is pulled into another duty case involving a family business in trouble.

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Director: Sarmad Masud
Executive Producer: Hilary Salmon, David Harewood, John Donnelly, Roy Williams
Screenwriter: John Donnelly, Roy Williams
Network: Channel 4
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date: Oct 5, 2026

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