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SIX FOUR COPS’ FRANTIC SEARCH

Hideo Yokoyama’s crime novel Six Four was a publishing phenomenon in Japan – that country’s equivalent of a Gone Girl – and sold well in English translation. This loose adaptation switches location primarily to Glasgow, tweaking where necessary to bring this sweeping crime story to these shores. We follow DC Chris O’neill (Kevin Mckidd, above) working in a low-key role in Glasgow – dealing with robberies of supermarket delivery vans – while reeling from the disappearance of his teenage daughter. The personal dimension, through Chris and his family, is a key element of the drama, but this is also a crime story with a broad scope, as Chris is drawn into the 14-yearold case of a missing girl and a dark, far-reaching conspiracy. Chris’s wife Michelle (Sherlock’s Vinette Robinson), meanwhile, follows her own dangerous path in her quest to find their missing daughter. You might recognise Mckidd from Trainspotting, or

perhaps Grey’s Anatomy – the Scottish actor has played Dr Owen Hunt in the hit US medical drama since 2008. The rest of the cast includes other familiar faces such as Coupling’s Richard Coyle and Scottish veteran James Cosmo.

See feature, page 7.