{"id":6173,"date":"2021-10-25T12:29:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T10:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1403840"},"modified":"2021-10-25T12:52:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T10:52:07","slug":"ann-cleeves-introduces-detective-matthew-venn-in-the-long-call-teaser","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/ann-cleeves-introduces-detective-matthew-venn-in-the-long-call-teaser\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Cleeves introduces detective Matthew Venn in The Long Call teaser"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lauren Morris\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 25 October 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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ITV\u2019s brand new detective drama The Long Call<\/a> \u2013 based on Ann Cleeves\u2019 novel of the same name \u2013 premieres tonight, with Our Girl\u2019s Ben Aldridge starring as DI Matthew Venn in the four-parter.<\/p>\n

Ahead of episode one\u2019s debut this evening,\u00a0RadioTimes.com<\/strong><\/a> can share an exclusive clip of Ann Cleeves, also the author of the Vera<\/a> and Shetland<\/a> novels, reading an opening excerpt from The Long Call in which we meet detective Venn.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to introduce you to Matthew Venn and The Long Call,\u201d Cleeves says. \u201cWe\u2019re here in North Devon, on Crow Point \u2013 this is where the body is found.\u201d<\/p>\n