As previously announced on Twitter through a fan poll, fans voted on whether promotional pictures, episode stills, or screencaps should be released first. The result is in, and we’re excited to share X exclusive promotional pictures from Strike The Ink Black Heart in our gallery! Next, we’ll be releasing episode stills, followed by full screencaps from all episodes. Enjoy!

Holly has made her first official appearance in two years! Last time we saw her in a event was 2022, and we hope 2025 will bring us more than this past years 😉

All fans are super excited to see more news on Holliday to celebrate the end of the year! So let’s start.

Holliday Grainger and Tom Burke were interviewed for Radio Times magazine.

And we also have magazine scans from several December editions as well as promotional pictures, behind the scene photos and the first episode stills available (later to be reorganized according to episode):

As private investigators Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott in the hit BBC series Strike, they have kept viewers on the edge of their seats with their will-they-won’t-they chemistry. But in real life, actors Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger have a much more straightforward relationship as co-stars and great friends.
The pair have filmed six seasons since 2017, playing the one-legged war veteran Strike and his partner in crime Robin in the adaptations of the books by Robert Galbraith, otherwise known as JK Rowling.

Both actors now slip seamlessly into their roles as soon as they are on set together, but admit the lines have recently become blurred between fiction and reality. “I did forget where Strike ended and Tom began,” Grainger says. “In between takes I would often put my arm out to Tom to help him because I got sucked in by his acting, then I remembered he has two legs in real life and doesn’t need a hand.”

Burke adds with a laugh, “When I was watching Holly in her other drama The Capture, whenever she was on her phone sending a text, I instinctively reached for my phone.”
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As per usually, the year ends well with Strike: The Ink Black Heart premieres in December! Tune in BBC One on December 16th for the first episode, and follow the other episodes on the 17th, 23rd and 24th for the rest of the season.

It’s been almost two years since Strike last aired on BBC One and fans will be pleased to know that season 6 is on the way in just a couple of weeks.

Starring Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger as Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott, the new season begins on Monday 16th December at 9pm on BBC One, and will be followed by a second episode the following night (17th).

Earlier this month, the BBC unveiled first-look images at the detective duo back in action in what appears to be quite the Christmas setting, hinting at some festive themes throughout.

The synopsis for the new season reads: “When frantic, dishevelled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn’t know quite what to make of the situation.

“The co-creator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudonym of Anomie. Edie is desperate to uncover Anomie’s true identity.

“Robin decides that the agency can’t help with this – and thinks nothing more of it until a few days later, when she reads the shocking news that Edie has been tasered and then murdered in Highgate Cemetery, the location of The Ink Black Heart.

“Robin and her business partner Cormoran Strike become drawn into the quest to uncover Anomie’s true identity. But with a complex web of online aliases, business interests and family conflicts to navigate, Strike and Robin find themselves embroiled in a case that stretches them to their limit.”

Ruth Sheen, Jack Greenlees, Natasha O’Keeffe and Caitlin Innes Edwards will all be returning to their roles, and will be joined by newcomers David Westhead, Christian McKay, Emma Fielding, Tupele Dorgu and James Nelson-Joyce.