

They also discover that the child’s mother had been seeing Walden, but didn’t have an affair. After it’s discovered that his name was spelled wrong, Venn and his team discover that Walden was responsible for an accident where a child died.

While there, he is put in charge of the investigation into the murder of forty year old Simon Walden, whose body was found on the beach. Matthew Venn returns to his hometown in Devon, with his husband Jonathan Roberts, to attend his father’s funeral. Melissandre St Hilaire as Ella Rafferty.The series follows Detective Inspector Matthew Venn as he returns to his hometown in Devon with his husband for his religious father's funeral, only to find himself investigating a local murder. It premiered on ITV in the United Kingdom on 25 October 2021 and was released internationally as a BritBox original following broadcast. The Long Call is a British crime drama television series developed by Kelly Jones and Silverprint Pictures based on the 2019 novel of the same name by Ann Cleeves.
