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 on a two-part story, based on the novel Aftermath, was completed in July 2010, with scenes filmed on-location in Leeds. Aftermath aired on ITV1 on September 27 and October 4, 2010. The two parts pulled in a strong average of 6.55 million viewers, twice becoming the fifth most-watched programme on the ITV network that week, behind Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Downton Abbey and The X Factor.