1 Two best mates. Sky Atlantic smash Britannia) and created by Clarke, Walters and Nick Two very different pasts. Love (The Football Factory), the show One rollercoaster mission. unites big, emotional stories with blood- pumping stunt sequences as it follows Noel Clarke and Ashley Walters star as Bishop and Pike, two cops who are a dynamic cop duo in Sky One’s new best friends and bonded by the same blockbuster drama. moral code, despite their very different Made by Vertigo Films (the brains backgrounds. behind films such as Bronson and Set in London, it’s a fun, authentic, Monsters, and TV series including action-packed ride around the city as Bishop and Pike tackle the bad guys in their own uncompromising style, all SERIES while maintaining their friendship, their relationships and taking on ghosts from the past. Blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family. These two have got each other’s backs, no matter what. Bulletproof comes to Sky One and NOW TV on Tuesday 15 May at 21.00. OVERVIEW 2 Since the autumn, we’ve been busy some of the funniest people in making a few changes to Sky One. the UK, including Karl Pilkington, It’s growing up a bit, with a new, bolder Romesh Ranganathan and Julia Davis. line-up of comedy, entertainment and There are explosive entertainment drama. And with two fantastic leads, events such as Revolution and Carnage. pulse-racing action and bags of heart, The spellbindingly brilliant A Discovery Bulletproof really fits the bill – it’s of Witches brings Deborah Harkness’s exactly the kind of ambitious, striking, hugely popular All Souls Trilogy of distinctive series that our viewers love. books to screen for the first time. Bulletproof joins a slate of exceptional And alongside all this we are bringing new comedy, entertainment and drama back Sky One favourites like Stan Lee’s series on Sky One. We are showcasing Lucky Man, Delicious and A League of new spiky authored comedy from Their Own. And right now, we have the fantastic INTRO Bulletproof. Written and directed with customary wit, vision and flair by Nick Love, it stars the couldn’t-be-more- perfect pairing of Noel Clarke and Ashley Walters as top cops Bishop and Pike. It’s a story that will have you on the edge of your seat as you laugh, cry and cheer along on an action-packed blast around London with two new television heroes in the driving seat. So sit back, strap in and enjoy the ride. Adam MacDonald, director, Sky One DUCTION 3 CHARACTERThere’s one thing above all else at the heart of Bulletproof. It’s not the car chases, shoot-outs, stake-outs or heists. It’s not the gun-running, dodgy cops or corruption. And it’s not the final showdown between good and evil. It’s Bishop and Pike, and their unswerving love for and loyalty to each other. Sure, they fall out, fight, even attempt to go their separate ways. But their bond is too strong for them to be apart for long. They’re two sides of the same coin. GUIDE 4 SENIOR OFFICER RONNIE PIKE Ashley Walters Pike is the stable half of the duo. He’s a family man from a good background and, charming and widely admired, he’s set to follow in the footsteps of his successful father and climb the ranks of the police. But he is torn between his love for his wife and daughters and his addiction to his job, and the high-speed chases, undercover work and gun battles that come with it. And Bishop, who’s an inextricable part of that. Family aside, it’s what he loves the most. But he’s worried it’s going to kill him. 5 SENIOR OFFICER AARON BISHOP Noel Clarke Bishop is a bit of a drifter. Abandoned as a child and brought up by mild- mannered foster parents, he is unpredictable, full of fire and, without a rudder to direct him, a walking timebomb. The one person he has faith in – the only one that has never let him down – is Pike. That is until the pair are tested to the max by their desire for security, by life-and-death situations and the true horror of the criminal world. In the course of series one, the very fabric that binds Bishop and Pike is torn apart. 6 DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE NCA, RONALD PIKE SNR Clarke Peters A decorated and accomplished officer, Pike Snr is as comfortable running a major police operation as he is at the head of the dinner table surrounded by family and friends. He spends a lot of time with his son Pike and his family, and is close to the deputy mayor, Charlotte Carmel. He is looked up to and admired by Pike, but he wishes his son would show more ambition and leave his current job – and, crucially, Bishop – behind to climb the ladder. As the series unfolds and past secrets come to light, cracks begin to show in the relationship between Pike Snr and his son. 7 LEAD OFFICER SARAH TANNER Lindsey Coulson Tanner has hand selected the bright young things in her unit and she’s a mentor as well as a leader to them. If any of them are hurt on the job, she takes it personally. She has to balance the top brass and red tape with letting her guys get on with policing the streets their way – especially Bishop and Pike, who often take their own path to getting the job done. 8 OFFICER NELL MCBRIDE OFFICER TIM Christina Chong ‘JONESY’ JONES Nell works at the NCA. She holds her David Elliot own in the team but she’s no ladette – she’s feminine, strong and effortlessly Affable and gentle, Jonesy lacks beautiful. Yet to find a man that can the front and aggression of some of keep up with her, there’s a real spark the other members of the team but between her and Bishop but she still plays a key part in the success respects their friendship and the of their missions. Inexperienced in fact he’s in a relationship. So when love, he finds ‘the one’ in the most the spark between them seems like it unexpected of places, but it’s a could ignite into something more, she romance that's likely to cause friction realises she has to tread carefully to with his colleagues. avoid losing him altogether. OFFICER KAMALI KHAN OFFICER CHRIS MUNROE Mandeep Dhillon Jason Maza Brought up in Whitechapel by her Munroe works at the unit with father, who ran an electrical store, Bishop and Pike, and he idolises them. Kamali has a love of all things technical When Bishop and Pike are separated, and knows the East End like the back Bishop seeks a new partner in Munroe. of her hand. She’s the baby of the But it doesn’t quite work out. team, but underestimate her at your peril. 9 CHARLOTTE CARMEL DR SOPHIE LATIMER Caroline Goodall Emma Rigby With no real family of her own, the Sophie is Bishop’s girlfriend. Pikes are Charlotte’s loved ones. Bishop might think he’s the model She is godmother to Pike, and she boyfriend, but that’s not how Sophie and Pike Snr go way back. Formerly sees it. He’s tied to his job and a senior police officer, she’s now always with Pike – there are three in the deputy mayor of London. She’s their relationship. business-minded and professional, and no problem is insurmountable for her. When Pike’s wife Arjana needs help with her career, she takes her under her wing, bringing her into the world of City Hall and all that comes with it. ARJANA PIKE Lashana Lynch Arjana is Ronnie Pike’s wife, and the chemistry between the two of them is still as strong as the day they got together. She’s raised two children, supported her husband, managed their home and qualified as a lawyer, and she’s done it all by being brilliant and defiant. Arjana had put her ambitions on hold while her children were young, but now she has the chance to achieve the career success she craves. But it could come at a price. 10 EPISODE GUIDE 11 EPISODE 1 Pike attends an award ceremony for his police chief father Ronald Pike Snr alongside his godmother Charlotte Carmel, the deputy mayor of London. Bishop, meanwhile, is buying the food for a family lunch. But their plans are interrupted when an informant is killed and they uncover a crime ring stealing luxury cars. While staking out a warehouse, two of the team are kidnapped, and after a car chase towards the docks a shoot-out leaves one of them being rushed to A&E. Bishop and Pike take down the gang but it’s a hollow success, and as Pike goes home to his family, Bishop heads to the hospital. But his world’s about to be blown apart. 12 EPISODE 2 EPISODE 4 Bishop’s holding it together on the job, Arjana has a surprising meeting. but Pike senses something is wrong. Meanwhile, Pike assures Pike Snr the Still, the boys head to work when boys are no longer investigating the notorious criminal Michael Sharp, Sharp case, before he and Bishop who’s been in Spain for decades, head out to visit a gun supplier they turns up in London. They tail him to a believe may be connected to it. It heist at a safety deposit box facility seems to be a dead end, but as they and after a gun battle on the streets are leaving they make a gruesome catch one of the robbers, Barton.