David said: “At the start of this series, he’s discovered all this evidence and potential clues to the terrible thing that’s been going on that made his brother disappear. But it’s boxes and boxes. He’s quite happily pottering his way through them, trying to work out which of the conspiracy theories are absolute nonsense and which of them might have a kernel of truth. It’s like a big jumbo crossword that you can luxuriate over for a whole Sunday afternoon but, in this case, a Sunday afternoon might turn into months.”
He went on: “Meanwhile, Lucy has more of a sense of urgency. John can’t go into the police station very much, because there haven’t been any murders for him to be called in as a consultant on, which frustrates Lucy. She thinks the answer to the mystery is more likely to lie there than in these sterile boxes. But then, fortunately for the show, if not for the fictional characters involved, a spate of murders begins.”
The second series is again set in Cambridge which has already played an important role in David’s life.
“I went to university there, and I love it. You want people to enjoy slipping into this world like a pair of slippers, but with a dead body in them!”, he joked. “Cambridge is obviously a great candidate for that. “Inspector Morse” is one of my favourite shows, but that was set in Oxford. That’s where people want to escape to in this kind of programme. I think you’ve got to have a beautiful setting to juxtapose with the nature of the crimes.”
David added: “The overarching plot of the new series thickens, but I think our main aim is to give people the same satisfaction, the same intriguing entertainment as we did the first time, and not to let that slip. I think Mark, the writer, has done a brilliant job and it draws you in even further. The truth is that we live in troubled times. The golden age of crime, as they call it, was the 1930s, and that’s when people disappeared into their Dorothy L. Sayers novels, and Agatha Christie. That was also an extremely troubled era. Let’s hope that this cosy crime boom ends more happily than the 1930s one did.”
And does he fancy himself as a crime solver?
“I would hate the responsibility of having to solve a crime,” he laughed. “I’m absolutely a carper from the sidelines, a sort of commenter, and a moaner. I’m very happy pretending to solve crimes. I think Anna would be pretty good at solving a crime, so I might choose her, and then she would basically get on with it. I think Dipo (Dipo Ola who plays DCI Russell in the show) is very analytical so either of them would be pretty good.”
ACTION fans will be delighted to hear that SPECIAL OP: LIONESS (Paramount +) is back for a third season – and it’s as hard punching as ever. Already proving to be one of TV giant Taylor Sheridan’s (the man behind Yellowstone, Landman, Tulsa King and The Mayor of Kingstown) biggest hits, this latest series again stars Zoe Saldana as Joe McNamara, a senior CIA Station Officer and the leader of the agency’s Lioness black ops group.
Nicole Kidman, 59, plays her tough boss Caitlyn Meade but, off screen, the pair are big buddies. Zoe, 48, told AOL: “It’s wonderful because I respect her so much. Nicole – I admire her. She’s an incredibly talented woman but, what she is first and foremost, what I love the most, is that she’s a mother. She’s a daughter. She’s a sister. She’s a friend.”
Zoe added: “She plays all of those roles beautifully. She does it with so much love and unconditional support. That’s admirable. Everything about working with Nicole has been true joy.”
Great show – and well worth checking out!
Well, that’s it for now – catch you next time for some more TV chatter – in the meantime, stay safe!
Author: Steve
Editor of Hartlepool Life and author of TV Life