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"Reece Shearsmith, Alex Kingston and Noel Clarke are to star in new ITV drama Chasing Shadows. Shearsmith will play DS Sean Stone in the four-part series, which follows a special unit hunting down serial killers.  Socially awkward but brilliant, Stone is a misfit with self-destructive tendencies and an eccentric manner. Doctor Who star Kingston will play his partner Ruth Hattersley. An analyst from the Missing Persons Bureau, Hattersley is tasked to work alongside Stone and her empathic nature helps to balance out his awkward temperament.   Fellow Who veteran Clarke has been cast in the role of DI Prior in the drama from DCI Banks writer Rob Williams. Christopher Menaul (The Suspicions of Mr Whicher) will direct the first self-contained story &amp;#039;Only Connect&amp;#039; across two episodes. The director of the second two-part story &amp;#039;Off Radar&amp;#039; will be Jim O&amp;#039;Hanlon (In The Flesh). Lewis to return for 8th series on ITV "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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