The Game is a 2025 British thriller television series starring Jason Watkins, Sunetra Sarker and Robson Green for Channel 5. The first series was aired in the United Kingdom from 12 to 15 May 2025.
Premise
Huw Miller, a recently retired detective becomes obsessed with the unsolved case of a serial killer who stalked his victims when a man, Patrick Harbottle, with a familiar catchphrase moves in opposite him.
Cast Jason Watkins as Huw Miller Robson Green as Patrick Harbottle Sunetra Sarker as Alice Miller Indy Lewis as Margot Miller Amber James as DS Jenny Atkins Tanya Franks as Jackie (series 2) Sonny Ashbourne Serkis as Sam (series 2) Dominic Rowan as DCS Daniel Clarke (series 2)
Episodes
Production The series is written by Tom Grieves and directed by Toby Frow and had the working title Catch You Later. Clapperboard Studios are producing for Channel 5, while Sphere Abacus is distributing. In April 2025, the series title was confirmed as being The Game.
The cast is led by Jason Watkins and Sunetra Sarker as a married couple, as well as Robson Green.
Watkins and Green had appeared in well-known TV crime dramas McDonald & Dodds as DS Dodds and Grantchester as DI Geordie Keating respectively.
Filming was scheduled for November 2024 and took place in the Basque Country, Spain.
Broadcast The first series was aired in the United Kingdom on Channel 5 from 12 to 15 May 2025. A second series began airing on 1 September 2026.
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