to members of his mailing list in December 2012, Billingham stated that Morrissey's role in The Walking Dead had suspended plans for any further series. To date, no further series of Thorne have been produced. Reception The series primarily faced competition from Downton Abbey, Single Father and a re-run of The Da Vinci Code on its debut broadcast, although held a 1.5% audience share, drawing in 402,000 viewers, according to BARB. Likewise, reviews of the series have been positive, and it holds a score of 74/100 on review aggregation website Metacritic. Tom Sutcliffe of The Independent wrote approvingly of the direction of director Stephen Hopkins, "who keeps using his camera to catch Thorne from incriminating angles, as if he's a perpetrator not a policeman", and the performances of Morrissey and McElhone. Andrea Mullaney of The Scotsman, praised the efforts made by BSkyB in the production and casting, but added "it's a shame that our best actors can't be used for anything more radical or real." Adam Sweeting of The Arts Desk wrote a more scathing review, commenting; "Despite the hype, it's just another cop show full of corpses, but Morrissey feels authentic as the phlegmatic, low-key Thorne". He also criticised the romantic link between Morrissey and McElhone, writing; "It was like Vinnie Jones getting off with Joanna Lumley". Cast David Morrissey as DI Tom Thorne Eddie Marsan as Kevin Tughan Aidan Gillen as Phil Hendricks O-T Fagbenle as Dave Holland Lorraine Ashbourne as Ruth Brigstocke Jack Shepherd as Jim Thorne Sleepyhead Natascha McElhone as Anne Coburn Sara Lloyd-Gregory as Alison Willetts Aisling Loftus as Rachel Coburn Sarah Niles as Maggie Byrne Joshua Close as Josh Ramsey Brian McCardie as Francis Calvert Stephen Campbell Moore as Jeremy Bishop Georgia Tennant as Sophie Holland Amanda Root as Teresa Maxwell Scaredy Cat Sandra Oh as DS Sarah Chen Tom Brooke as Martin Palmer Joe Absolom as Stuart Nicklin Claire Benedict as Maeve Reynolds Lolita Chakrabarti as Seema Khera Leo Gregory as Sean Bracher Javed Khan as DC Dev Khan Velibor Topic as Pavel Rasadovic Harry Jarvis as Young Stuart Nicklin Episodes References External links Thorne page at Sky website Liz Hoggard, 4 October 2010, Hit men: 24 director and David Morrissey team up for new crime show Thorne, Evening Standard http://filmlondon.org.uk/news/2010/october/serial_life_in_east_london 2010 British television series debuts 2010 British television series endings 2010s British crime drama television series 2010s British police procedural television series