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Date	Process	Result
July 16, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Matthew RD 13:21, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I shall be the reviewer. I'll start the process hopefully by the end of today. -- Matthew RD 13:21, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I nominated the page so I'll be listening to any ammendments you need me to complete etc. if the article is substandard -- Patyo1994 (talk) 00:00, 16 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your patience. I will now commence the review. Here's how the article compares against the GA criteria;

Well written: ✗ Fail. See notes below
Factually accurate: ✗ Fail. See notes below
Broadness in coverage: ✓ Pass
Neutral: ✓ Pass
Stability: No edit wars over the last couple of weeks. ✓ Pass
Images: Two non-free images, both with a non-free rationale. ✓ Pass

Notes for improvement

All but one of ther sources check out, but the Internet Movie Database is considered an unreliable source.
"The show revolves around the personal and professional lives of the DC Bailey and DC Scott." Please add the main characters' full names.
Link Greater Manchester Police
"Principal photography for the series took place in a twelve-week window from November onwards, it was reported by Female First." Is that November 2010?
The episodes sections need some major restructuring, particularly by adding writing and directing credits, per several other episode lists (List of Luther episodes for example). Also, there needs to be some more detail on the summaries, particularly how the case evolvs throughout the episodes and how they conclude, also is there an overall arc in the series? Be sure to make sure they are under 200 words, per WP:TVPLOT.
"The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) later released consolidated information stating that the first episode had received 8.31 million viewers on ITV1, with a further 801,000 tuning in on ITV1 HD and 310,000 on ITV1+1, totalling the viewing figures to 9.42 for the first episode." I think that needs the [nb 1] citation again.
Any information regarding a DVD and Blu-ray Disc release?

Overall nice job so far. The article will be placed on hold for seven days until the issues have been addressed. Good luck. -- Matthew RD 17:00, 16 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for reviewing the article, I have ammended all the points made except for the second; the characters full names were already introduced in the prior sentence and I was just querying whether it's necessary to write it again, as the text would read (bar the italics and boldening, of course):

"The programme's main characters are DC Rachel Bailey (Suranne Jones) and DC Janet Scott (Lesley Sharp), both of whom are members of the Major Incident Team of the fictional Manchester Metropolitan Police, headed by DCI Gill Murray (Amelia Bullmore). The show revolves around the personal and professional lives of the DC Rachel Bailey and DC Janet Scott."

Hope you can help me clarify the problem -- Patyo1994 (talk) 21:21, 16 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, sorry I must have missed that. With the problem out of the way, I will now pass the article. Thanks for addressing the comments so quickly. Good job! -- Matthew RD 22:04, 16 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Matthew - the word evolvs in your points above, is actually spelt evolves mate! If you're going to come on here lecturing people on how fantastically wonderful you are at editing Wikipedia articles, do you think you could at least learn to bloody spell properly?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.224.159.85 (talk) 21:42, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Whoa; spoilers alert?! Eel Notluad (talk) 02:27, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Poor characterizations

This article doesn't adequately address the gritty personal lives of the 2 (or 3 if Murray is included) main characters: 1. Bailey is a promiscous lush, excercising little if any good judgement in her personal life. her accomplishments include blackmail and other criminal behavior. 2. Scott is unfaithful and her character is what I'd say is "undeveloped", mostly revolving around Bailey. Also, Murray is described as a single mother...Wasn't her marriage was intact at the beginning of the series? (Not to mention that Bailey is NOT sergeant until, what?, season 4?) The article also claims that DC Lamb is fired for leaks, he was also under CRIMINAL investigation for the same. (I dont know if season 4 resolved that...)173.189.75.8 (talk) 13:34, 30 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fifth series?

Has a fifth series been ordered? There is nothing reported in the article, yet the "Character list" section seems to assume that a series 5 will be made, despite the pat ending of Series 4. Unless there is some news of which I am not aware (and has yet to be added to the article), then we should perhaps revise the chart accordingly. Thoughts? --Skeezix1000 (talk) 19:16, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Cancelled?

The article is unclear as to whether the series is cancelled or not. 68.146.233.86 (talk) 05:26, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yep it's cancelled: http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a790999/scott-bailey-ending-after-its-current-fifth-series-itv-confirms/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.80.120.64 (talk) 18:33, 10 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Full Theme Tune Details Please

Full details for the theme tune would be very welcome composer, group name, artist, theme tune name (and more details if or when known).

185.216.49.49 (talk) 10:34, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

writer vs idea

Sure, the idea "drama set in Manchester with two ballsy female coppers" was Jones and Lindseys, the writer is credited in the show. The idea is covered adequately by the Production section; increasing prominence of writer. CapnZapp (talk) 00:14, 14 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Encyclopaedic not media-speak

Please do not use ‘creative choice was made to end the series’ as this is close to meaningless, and is simply media-speak. The current version [1] is clear and further ‘explanation’ is unnecessary. Also, others are requested to stop their confrontational approach such as making snarky comments and false accusations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C5:930B:B000:B5E3:3DE8:6D15:8CA8 (talk) 20:26, 13 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for taking this to talk. CapnZapp (talk) 21:37, 13 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Rewritten to avoid the contested phrasing but still convey the referenced explanation CapnZapp (talk) 14:42, 14 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]