The Blame is the 'brutal' new ITV Michelle Keegan crime drama using shocking real texts exposing misogyny in the police — but the original opening was 'so explicit' that it was cut

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I'm sure that you'll be looking for some soothing escapism to stream this weekend, but ITV has other ideas. From September 20, new crime drama The Blame hits our screens, with episodes available to stream en mass on ITVX.

Led by Michelle Keegan and Douglas Booth, the six-part series follows the murder of a teenage skater, which not only draws detectives down a dark, treacherous path, but also forces them to investigate their own team.

The call is coming from inside the house, as the kids say. DI Emma Clare (Keegan) is not just the only member of the force to work out what's really going on, but she's the only person brave enough to call out (the fictional) Wakestead police force on its biggest issue: misogyny.

From the moment The Blamebegins, the murder investigation becomes shockingly intertwined with just how prevalent casual misogyny is across multiple officers involved...

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