<P> The following is a list of episodes of the ITV crime drama series DCI Banks, starring Stephen Tompkinson (series 1 - 5), Andrea Lowe (series 1 - 5) and Caroline Catz (series 2 - 5). Five series plus a pilot episode of the series have been broadcast between 27 September 2010 and 5 October 2016 . From June 2014, the first series was repeated on ITV Encore . </P> <P> In January 2010, author Peter Robinson announced that he had signed a joint deal with Left Bank Pictures and ITV to adapt novels from the Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks series for television . Filming of a two - part serial based on the novel Aftermath was completed in July 2010, with scenes filmed on location in Leeds . Aftermath aired on ITV on 27 September--4 October 2010 . The two episodes drew a strong average of 6.55 million viewers, twice becoming the fifth most - watched programme on the ITV network that week . Viewer ratings for the pilot were strong enough to persuade ITV to commission a further six episodes . These consisted of three two - part episodes based on the novels Playing with Fire, Friend of the Devil and Cold is the Grave . Filming began in February 2011, and filming locations included the town of Otley, in which the majority of the episode Friend of the Devil was filmed . This was identifiable by the fact that some shop names in the town were left unchanged during filming . The first episode, Playing with Fire, aired 16 September 2011, and drew an average of 4.5 million viewers . Subsequent episodes achieved similar ratings . </P>

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