Set in Bristol, Winter follows Dr Ethan Winter, an unconventional forensic pathologist whose exceptional analytical mind and willingness to bend the rules make him invaluable to the city’s murder squad. Partnered with DI Lauren Bell, a meticulous detective recently transferred from the Met, Winter helps crack a series of complex, self-contained cases — all whilst a personal, unresolved tragedy of his own runs quietly beneath the surface of each investigation. Check out Winter’s Car –Dr Ethan Winter’s MGB GT: The Pathologist’s Classic British Coupé
Winter is a British police procedural created for ITV, adapted by David Allison and Mark Greig from the long-running French series Balthazar (created by Clothilde Jamin and Clélia Constantine for Beaubourg Stories). Produced by Eagle Eye Drama (part of ITV Studios) in co-production with PBS Masterpiece and in association with Happy Duck Films, with support from the Belgian Tax Shelter, the six-part series premiered on ITV1 on 30 September 2026, with Richard Armitage (Missing You, Red Eye, Fool Me Once) leading as Dr Ethan Winter and also serving as executive producer, alongside Annabel Scholey (The Sixth Commandment, Rivals, The Split) as DI Lauren Bell.
Winter is presented as one of the nation’s foremost forensic pathologists — exceptionally bright, impeccably dressed, and profoundly mysterious, treading a deliberate line between diligent professional and reckless maverick. His analytical gifts and willingness to break procedure give him an almost intuitive insight into victims that proves consistently invaluable to Bristol’s murder squad, whilst DI Bell — newly arrived from London’s Met, composed and formidably intuitive — provides the driven, methodical counterpart that keeps their partnership grounded. Jamie Kenna completes the core investigative trio as DS Ellis Daldry, a seasoned Bristol detective who relies on experience and gut instinct rather than Winter’s more cerebral methods.
Each episode presents a self-contained murder investigation, whilst a personal, unresolved storyline involving someone close to Winter weaves throughout the series, giving the show both a case-of-the-week structure and a serialised emotional thread running underneath. Armitage described the project as an attempt to “shake up the genre that we’ve grown to love,” positioning Ethan Winter as “a compelling character treading the line between diligent professional and reckless maverick” — language that signals the show’s ambition to push beyond a conventional, comfortable procedural formula.
Filming took place in Bristol, England, and in Belgium, reflecting the series’ origins as an adaptation of a French production and its continued European co-production ties. As a brand new series (premiering just days before this entry was written), critical and audience reception is still forming, but its pairing of a well-regarded British lead actor with a proven, long-running continental format gives it a strong pedigree within the current wave of British-European crime drama crossovers.
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