Telemystery News: ITV Orders Special 3-Episode Season of Scott & Bailey

ITV has commissioned a 3-episode special season of the crime drama Scott & Bailey. Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp return to the roles of DC Janet Scott and her hot-headed partner DS Rachel Bailey, a crime-fighting partnership forged over four previous seasons of the series. The three-part format will allow the story to unfold with scale and ambition as they tackle one of the biggest and darkest cases they have ever had to face.

With DCI Gill Murray in retirement, ever-ambitious Rachel returns from her Vice secondment fired up and full of new ideas and initiatives. She's gained valuable experience and really wants to make her mark as she returns to Syndicate 9's Murder Squad.

Exhilarated to step up to the plate, Rachel is exactly who Janet and the Squad need to move forward with a terrifying and sinister Internet crime investigation of epic scale and unrelenting horror. Using her Vice authorization, Rachel accesses a disturbing world where people brag about committing murder and lay down the gauntlet for the next victim. A game of ruthless life or death daring develops, as Scott and Bailey investigate multiple killers with horrifying and everlasting consequences. They will be changed forever and the investigation will take a devastating toll on their private, professional and personal lives.

Filming is expected to begin in Oldham, Manchester and surrounding areas next month. No air date was announced.