British television drama series
Save Me
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Genre
| Drama
Crime thriller
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Created by
| Lennie James
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Written by
| Lennie James
Daniel Fajemisin-Duncan
Marlon Smith
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Starring
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Composers
| Dustin O'Halloran
Bryan Senti
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Country of origin
| United Kingdom
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Original language
| English
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No.
of seasons
| 2
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No.
of episodes
| 12
(
list of episodes
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Executive producers
| Simon Heath
Jessica Sykes
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Producer
| Patrick Schweitzer
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Cinematography
| Chas Bain
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Editor
| Meredith Leece
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Running time
| 46?51 minutes
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Production company
| World Productions
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Network
| Sky Atlantic
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Release
| 28 February 2018
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2018-02-28
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1 April 2020
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2020-04-01
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Save Me
is a British drama television series, written, created by, and starring
Lennie James
. It was first broadcast on
Sky Atlantic
on 28 February 2018, with all six episodes being released via
Sky Box Sets
and
Now TV
on the same day. Series two, entitled
Save Me Too
, was released in the same fashion on 1 April 2020.
The series stars Lennie James as Nelson "Nelly" Rowe, a down-and-out whose life is turned upside down when Jody, the estranged daughter he fathered thirteen years ago, mysteriously disappears. He begins a determined quest to get to the bottom of things and find his daughter, lying, begging favours and stretching his friendships to the limit in the process.
Suranne Jones
stars as Claire McGory, Jody's mother. Aside from James and Jones,
Stephen Graham
and
Jason Flemyng
as friends Melon and Tam are also credited as principal members of the cast.
The series was green-lit in January 2017, under the original working title of
Gone
. James reunited with
World Productions
for the series, with whom he previously worked on the first series of
Line of Duty
.
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Following strong critical reception for the first series, a second series was released in 2020, with the altered title
Save Me Too
.
[2]
A DVD of the first series was released via
Acorn Media
on 7 May 2018.
[3]
It won the 2021
BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series
.
Sky Vision
distributed the first series worldwide, but the distribution rights for the second series were picked up by Sky's sister company
NBCUniversal
.
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Cast
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Main cast
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- Lennie James
as Nelson "Nelly" Rowe, a down-and-out, sofa-surfing womaniser
- Suranne Jones
as Claire McGory, Nelly's former lover and mother of Jody
- Stephen Graham
as Fabio "Melon" Melonzola, Nelly's best friend, a computer expert and convicted sex offender
- Jason Flemyng
as Tam, a friend of Nelly's, a cross-dresser and strip club bartender
- Adrian Edmondson
as Gideon Charles, a major figure in the paedophile ring
- Lesley Manville
as Jennifer Charles, the wife of Gideon (season 2)
Recurring cast
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- Susan Lynch
as Stace, a childhood friend of Nelly's and landlady of The Palm Tree, his local pub
- Kerry Godliman
as Martine "Teens" Betts, Nelly's girlfriend at the start of the series, whom he remains friends with afterwards
- Olivia Gray
as Grace, trafficked teen whom Nelly saves and who resembles his missing daughter
- Nadine Marshall
as Detective Sergeant Shola O'Halloran, DCI Thorpe's deputy
- Barry Ward
as Barry McGory, Claire's husband and Jody's adoptive father, an apparently wealthy club owner
- Alan McKenna
as Detective Chief Inspector Ian Thorpe, senior investigating officer into Jody's disappearance
- Indeyarna Donaldson-Holness as Jody McGory, Nelly and Claire's thirteen-year-old daughter and Barry's adopted daughter
- Phil Dunster
as BJ McGory, Barry's son and Claire's stepson
- Thomas Coombes as Goz, a drug dealer and friend of Nelly's
- Alice Feetham as Bernie Melonzola, Melon's wife, whom he was convicted of having sex with when she was fifteen
- Camilla Beeput
as Zita, Nelly's occasional girlfriend, a stripper
- Nicholas Croucher as Dylan, Jody's best friend and next-door neighbour
- Struan Rodger
as Richard, owner of an illicit paedophile bar and brothel
- Ryan McKen as DC Leo Rainsford, a detective working on Jody's case
- Alexander Arnold
as Luke, a student and regular at The Palm Tree
- Ragevan Vasan as Gavin, a student and regular at The Palm Tree, Luke's friend and flatmate
- Remmie Milner as Daisy, Goz's girlfriend and mother of his child
- Jimmy Walker as Marky Betts, Teens' son, a strip club doorman
- Mia Austen as PC Helen Long, the McGorys' family liaison officer
Other cast
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- Rob Horrocks as Plain Clothes Police Officer
Episodes
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Series 1 (2018)
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Airdates listed as per the
Sky Atlantic
broadcast. All episodes of this series were available to download from
Sky Box Sets
and
Now TV
from 28 February 2018.
Series 2 (2020)
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All episodes of this series were available to download from Sky Box Sets and Now TV from 1 April 2020.
Reception
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On review aggregator
Rotten Tomatoes
, 100% of 16 critics gave the first season a positive review, with an average rating of 8.3/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "
Save Me
will rescue viewers' evening with outstanding performances and an absorbing mystery that never ceases to dazzle with its revelations."
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For the second season, 100% of 15 critics reviewed it positively, with an average rating of 8.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "
Save Me
's second season overcomes the shortcomings of its first, deepening its characters and even finding a little levity in its harrowing tale.
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