So, Viewpoint is about this surveillance detective, DC Martin Young. His job? Keep an eye on a suspect in a missing-person case. Sounds fun, right? The show dives into messy lives and tangled relationships of everyone involved. You got trust, loyalty and that lovely gray area between privacy and watching people. First aired in UK in 2021, it snagged fans with its intense story and solid acting. Who doesn’t love a good mystery with a side of drama?

Meet the viewpoint characters

DC Martin King

Martin’s the quietly brilliant DC who notices the tiny details everyone else walks past — like the ink smudge on a cuff or the way someone’s laugh stops halfway. He’s awkward in a way that’s absolutely endearing, forever apologising and then solving a case by accident (in the best possible way). Loves lists, makes tea like it’s a science experiment, but somehow always forgets his keys, his phone, and occasionally his own name at the most inconvenient times. He’s loyal to a fault, a little stubborn, and has an odd hobby of collecting matchbooks, or was it stamps? Either way, he’s the one you want leaning in and saying “Wait, look at this.”

Zoe Sterling

Zoe is sharp, slightly acidic, and brilliant with tech — the kind who can pull a timeline out of a fragmented CCTV feed and then roast you for bad coffee. She’s impatient (with bureaucracy, with small talk, with anyone who wastes time) but also the person who remembers birthdays and weird trivia about your childhood dog. Loves playlists and late-night runs, but hates being called sentimental even though she keeps a tiny, ridiculous shrine of postcards in her desk. She’s complicated in the best way: fierce on the surface, secretly soft underneath, and very likely to hack a suspect’s phone while humming show tunes.

Kate Tuckman

Kate is calm in a storm, the steady presence everyone leans on — methodical, compassionate, a natural fixer who reads people like open books. She’s the one who will sit with a victim for hours, making terrible tea and better jokes, and she’ll quietly compile every small clue into this incredible mosaic you didn’t even know existed. Has a green thumb but somehow kills every succulent she tries to keep, which is tragically funny because she’s all about nurturing things that matter. She’s principled without being preachy, stubborn when it counts, and occasionally stubborn just because she likes to prove points.

DCI Jill Conroy

Jill runs the room like she was born to do it — authoritative, fast-thinking, and with that old-school steeliness that makes people sit up and listen. She’s ruthless on case strategy but hoards handwritten notes in boxes labeled “Probably Important” — sentimental, don’t ask why. She drinks her tea scalding, reads case files in the bath (don’t try this at home), and will bench your ego with a look if you’re being dumb. A natural leader who can be unexpectedly warm — she remembers the little things, like how you take yours, and will defend her team until the end.

Gemma Hillman

Gemma is the energetic, ever-curious DC who asks the obvious questions and somehow always gets gold answers — bubbly, empathetic, and a little bit chaotic in the best possible way. Her desk is a charming tornado of sticky notes and half-eaten cereal bars, and she has an uncanny knack for calming people down with terrible puns and an oddly therapeutic playlist. She’s newish but fierce in her dedication, the kind who’ll stay late to help someone piece things together and then show up bright-eyed the next morning with muffins (possibly burnt). Sometimes she’s a bit over-eager and misreads rooms, but always with the best intentions — she once apologised to a suspect’s plant, which was weird but also adorable.

DI Liam Cox

Liam’s the grizzled DI with a soft center and a face that’s seen one too many rainy stakeouts — tough, dryly funny, and suspicious of anything labeled “quick.” He prefers old-fashioned legwork, knows the city like the back of his hand, and has a soft spot for misfits and stray cats (not dogs, weirdly). Crossword-obsessed and a secret poet (don’t tell anyone, he’ll deny it), he’s brilliant at reading people and even better at shutting down pointless meetings. He’s the mentor who will call you out, push you harder than anyone, then make you a terrible sandwich at midnight when the paperwork finally clears.

DC Roly Dalton

Roly is the office joker with an uncanny talent for being exactly where you need him — chatty, irreverent, quick with a quip, and surprisingly sharp when it matters. He’s the sort who’ll lighten the mood with a daft impression and then spot a footnote that cracks the case open, which is his whole vibe: unassuming genius. Terrible at paperwork (honestly catastrophic) but an ace at reading a room and remembering faces — and names, mostly, unless he’s tired, in which case everyone becomes “mate.” He collects novelty socks, claims they bring him luck, and somehow they usually do.