The Crow Girl cast, plot, trailer, release schedule as new Paramount series airs
Based on the best-selling novel by Erik Axl Sund, The Crow Girl follows the investigation into bodies of unidentified and beaten young men across Bristol, who are all full of the anaesthetic lidocaine.
by Mike Taylor · The MirrorEve Myles and former Coronation Street star Katherine Kelly team up to hunt down a serial killer.
Based on the best-selling novel by Erik Axl Sund, The Crow Girl follows the investigation into bodies of unidentified and beaten young men across Bristol, who are all full of the anaesthetic lidocaine.
DCI Jeanette Kilburn (Eve Myles) and her partner DI Lou Stanley (Dougray Scott) struggle to crack the case and call upon psychotherapist Dr Sophia Craven (Katherine Kelly) to help put a fresh perspective on the case.
Filmed across South West England, the new Paramount+ series is one of the biggest new crime dramas in early 2025. But who appears in the series and how can you watch the new series?
What is the plot of The Crow Girl?
The Crow Girl follows DCI Jeanette Kilburn (Eve Myles) and her partner DI Lou Stanley (Dougray Scott) as they hunt for a killer after bodies of unidentified and beaten young men appear in Bristol, who are all full of the anaesthetic lidocaine.
With a lack of evidence and pressure to solve the case mounting, Jeanette enlists the help of prime suspect Carl Lowry’s psychotherapist Dr Sophia Craven (Katherine Kelly) to help put a fresh perspective on the case.
But with the killer inching ever closer to home, Jeanette and the team are in a race against time to untangle the web of secrets to solve this mystery.
The series was adapted by writer Milly Thomas, who has written four of the six episodes and also serves as executive producer. Charles Martin and Rebecca Rycroft have directed episodes across the series.
How many episodes are in The Crow Girl and what is the episode release schedule?
The Crow Girl series will consist of six episodes, all of varying time length. The six-part series will be released in full on Thursday, January 16 on Paramount+.
Who is in the cast of The Crow Girl?
Broadchurch and Torchwood star Eve Myles stars as DCI Jeanette Kilburn, with Vigil actor Dougray Scott portraying her police partner DI Lou Stanley.
Coronation Street and Mr Bates vs The Post Office actress Katherine Kelly appears as psychotherapist Dr Sophia Craven
The wider cast includes Outside the Wire's Elliot Edusah as DC Mike Dilliston, Black Mirror actress Clara Rugaard as Victoria Burkeman, The Crown's Victoria Hamilton as Superintendent Verity Pound and Tutankhamun's Chloé Sweetlove as Madeleine.