The BEST Episodes of Hard Sun
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Mar 1, 2021
Network: BBC One
Whilst investigating what appears to be the routine death of a hacker in London, mismatched detectives Charlie Hicks and Elaine Renko stumble upon proof that, due to a mysterious cosmic event, the world is facing certain destruction in five years – a fact the powers-that-be would very much like to keep under wraps.

#1 - Not the End of the World
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired Feb 3, 2018
The murder of a jogger has dire personal implications for Renko but she pretends it is a routine investigation. Hicks makes a startling revelation about the Alex Butler murder.

#2 - Sun Day
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired Feb 10, 2018
An internet killer is targeting people who believe they wish to die and Mooney thinks he knows how to trap him. Renko and Hicks change tactic and bring the fight to Grace's door.

#3 - Luke 21:25
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired Jan 20, 2018
A murderer confesses to a priest that he wants to challenge God into revealing Himself by targeting those who help others. Grace makes Hicks an offer.

#4 - Can You Hear Him Now?
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired Jan 27, 2018
London is under siege as Blackwood's reign of terror escalates, and Father Dennis becomes a public pariah. Hicks deduces where Renko has hidden the Hard Sun flashdrive.

#5 - The Sun, The Moon, The Truth
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired Jan 6, 2018
Unruly police detective DCI Charlie Hicks is deeply suspicious of his new partner DI Elaine Renko. But their first investigation exposes a secret that will connect them for life.

#6 - One Thousand, Eight Hundred Days
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired Jan 13, 2018
Renko persuades a newspaper to publish the Hard Sun dossier. The government shuts down the story but the detectives investigate a killer for whom the 'Hard Sun hoax' is very real.