SeriesTV-14Comedy Horror Psychological

A Touch of Cloth2012

Name: A Touch of Cloth
Genre: Comedy Horror, Psychological
Released: 2012-08-26
Rating: 7.7

“Cloth is coming to wipe away crime.”

Created by Charlie Brooker, Boris Starling

7.7

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 7.8TMDB 7.2

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Year

2012

Seasons

Network

Sky One

Status

Ended

Box Office

🏆 1 win & 2 nominations total

The premise

Hannah plays DI Jack Cloth, who is called in to investigate an apparent series of serial killings alongside his new partner, DC Anne Oldman, described as a "plucky, no-nonsense sidekick". Playing with the cliches and conventions of British police dramas, subplots include Cloth dealing with visions of his dead wife and the bisexual DC Oldman coming to grips with her feelings for both her female fiancee and Cloth.

Horror Vault's take

A Touch of Cloth skewers the well-worn conventions of British crime drama with gleeful, rapid-fire absurdity, following the trench-coated DI Jack Cloth as he hunts a serial killer while haunted — literally — by personal demons. Partnered with the refreshingly unconventional DC Anne Oldman, the duo wade through murder investigations that are as much a send-up of gritty police procedurals as they are actual whodunits. Every cliché of the genre is weaponised for laughs, from brooding detectives to telegraphed plot twists, making it a loving roast of shows it clearly adores.

Content: Dark Humour Around Death And Murder, Comedic Depictions Of Crime Scenes

Episode Guide

🏆 Best Episode Overall

S2.E2 · Undercover Cloth (2)

10.0

⭐ Highest Rated This Season

S1.E2 · The First Case (2)

7.9

★ 7.2 avg· 1h 28m total· Aug 2012 → Aug 2012

S1.E1 · The First Case (1)Premiere
6.5
Aug 26, 2012 · 44 min · Dir: Jim O'Hanlon
DCI Jack Cloth and DC Anne Oldman investigate a series of gruesome murders with the help of pathologist Natasha Sachet and Tom Boss.
S1.E2 · The First Case (2)
7.9
Aug 27, 2012 · 44 min · Dir: Jim O'Hanlon
Booze addled and widowed loner, DCI Jack Cloth continues his struggle to hold himself together while solving grisly murders and suffering from the death of his wife.