{"id":24091,"date":"2022-10-19T12:20:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T10:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=887403"},"modified":"2022-10-19T13:05:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T11:05:14","slug":"strike-season-5-release-date-speculation-and-news-for-troubled-blood","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/strike-season-5-release-date-speculation-and-news-for-troubled-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"Strike season 5: Release date speculation and news for Troubled Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Flora Carr\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 19 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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It\u2019s been a long wait since Strike: Lethal White debuted in 2020, but we\u2019ve now finally got a sense of when we can expect to see a fifth season of the show, titled Troubled Blood.<\/p>\n

The new season will once again star Tom Burke as Cormoran Strike, an ex-army private detective, as well as Holliday Grainer as his work partner, Robin Ellacott<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

It will be adapted from the 2020 book by JK Rowling (written under the pen-name Robert Galbraith), and sees Strike taking on his first ever cold case.<\/p>\n

But when can we expect to see Strike and Robin back on screen? Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Strike season 5 AKA Troubled Blood.<\/p>\n

When is Strike returning to BBC One?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Behind the scenes of Strike: Troubled Blood.<\/span><\/figcaption> Bronte Film and TV Ltd, Alex Rendell, BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Good news Strike fans! It has now been confirmed that the series will return for an adaptation of the fifth novel in Galbraith\/Rowling\u2019s series, Troubled Blood \u2013 and it seems we shouldn\u2019t have too long to wait.<\/p>\n

While it is yet to be fully confirmed, it is currently expected that Strike: Troubled Blood will debut later this year, before the end of 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The season will once again be made up of four hour-long episodes, and will be directed by Sue Tully, who was also behind the previous season, Lethal White.<\/p>\n

Each of the first four Strike novels \u2013 The Cuckoo\u2019s Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil, and Lethal White \u2013 have been adapted into a mini-series with Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger as the returning leads.<\/p>\n

You can purchase Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith<\/a> on Amazon here.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is Strike: Troubled Blood about?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Strike: Lethal White.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Based on the 2020 novel, the second most recent in the Strike series, Troubled Blood sees Strike tackling his first ever cold case.<\/p>\n

The official synopsis the season says: \u201cPrivate detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he\u2019s approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough, who went missing under mysterious circumstances in 1974.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cStrike\u2019s never tackled a cold case before let alone one 40 years old, but despite the slim chance of success, he\u2019s intrigued and takes it on, adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency Robin Ellacott are currently working on. Robin herself is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention as well as battling her own feelings about Strike.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>As Strike and Robin investigate Margot\u2019s disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted. They learn that even cases decades old can prove to be deadly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is in the cast for Strike: Troubled Blood?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Strike: Lethal White.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The cast for Troubled Blood has now been announced, with Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger of course returning, alongside other returning stars such as Kerr Logan and Sarah Sweeney.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, new cast members for this season include Call The Midwife<\/a>\u2018s Linda Bassett and Unforgotten<\/a>\u2018s Ruth Sheen, although character details for the new stars have yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the full list of the confirmed cast for Strike: Troubled Blood:<\/strong><\/p>\n