as Chief Inspector Stannard. Gemmill's boss, and Cartwright's former colleague/now foe Dexter Fletcher as "Scooter", a pill producer and dealer Ralph Ineson as "Yorkie", a Leeds born and bred former criminal, having retired from armed robbery Ralf Little as Alex, Ash's former school boy best friend, now a minor career criminal Jack Roth as Casby, a criminal turned violent enforcer Dean Roberts as Ash's dad Production The Interceptor was commissioned by Ben Stephenson and Danny Cohen. The executive producer is Sarah Brown and the producer is Patrick Schweitzer. Filming began in London in March 2014, with David Gyasi cast in the lead role, but he left the production after injuring his leg. With OT Fagbenie recast in the lead role, filming re-commenced in April 2014. Part of the filming took place in Gravesend, at Nell's Cafe, which doubled for a cafe called 'Planet Thanet'. with the UNIT base scenes filmed on location in Keybridge House, a decommissioned British Telecom building in Vauxhall. The Interceptor was the first BBC production which purposefully used only electric powered cars behind the camera, using a fleet of five leased Vauxhall Ampera's. Background Cameron Addicott is a retired UK customs officer/SOCA agent. Addicott had joined the Alpha Projects Unit, a group of dedicated undercover Customs officers who hunted the UK's most dangerous criminals. Using telephone and electronically tapped data feeds, the Alpha team would then use the resulting intelligence to prevent serious criminals from committing crime, including prevention of murders, stopping large shipments of drugs and other organised crime. After retiring in 2008, Addicott began writing his memoirs, with the first part co-written by Kris Hollington and published by Penguin Books in 2010, titled The Interceptor. Reception The series received a universally negative response from critics. It was given 1/5 stars by Michael Hogan who, writing in The Telegraph, said "Fagbenle tried his best to inject some life into the limp script – huffing, puffing, pouting and glowering – but he’s too good for this hokum". Adam Postans writing for the Daily Mirror who wrote "This attempt at a gritty crime drama... is a clichéd mess with appalling dialogue," and Sally Newell writing for The Independent wrote that the "watchable but predictable prime-time cop drama" was like "EastEnders on an adrenalin rush, but this contrived cop show lacks heart." Broadcast The series premiered in Australia on 12 August 2015 on BBC First. Episodes References External