Watch trailer for upcoming Peter Capaldi thriller Criminal Record

The trailer for upcoming thriller starring Academy Award and BAFTA winner Peter Capaldi has been released.

The Doctor Who and The Thick of It actor stars with Laurence Olivier Award and Critics Choice Award nominee Cush Jumbo as detectives in a tug of war over a high-profile murder case.

Criminal Record, produced by STV Studios and Tod Productions, makes its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes on Friday, January 12, followed by new episodes every Friday through February 23.

The eight-episode drama begins when an anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives into a confrontation over an old murder case – one a young woman in the early stages of her career, the other a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy.

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Criminal Record — Official Trailer

The series touches on issues of race, institutional failure and the quest to find common ground in a polarized Britain.

Capaldi is detective chief inspector Daniel Hegarty and Jumbo as detective sergeant June Lenker.

They join Charlie Creed-Miles (King Arthur, Wild Bill), Dionne Brown (Queenie), Shaun Dooley (Official Secret, The Woman in Black, The Awakening), Stephen Campbell-Moore (The Bank Job, Masters of the Air), Zoë Wanamaker (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, My Week with Marilyn), Rasaq Kukoyi (Andor, His House), Maisie Ayres, Aysha Kala (The Undeclared War), BAFTA TV Award winner Cathy Tyson (Help) and Tom Moutchi (Famalam, The Hustle).