TRAWLING FOR TROUBLE

An ordinary fishing family gets caught up with a dangerous drugs cartel in a new thriller

-  HANNAH DAVIES, STEVEN PERKINS

NEW THRILLER

North Sea Connection

Saturday, 9pm & 9.45pm, BBC4 (box set, BBC iPlayer)

The stunning scenery of Connemara on Ireland's west coast conceals a dark gangland secret in BBC4's brooding new drama series North Sea Connection.

The six-part Irish show comes from Bulletproof writer Mark Greig and stars Rebellion's Lydia McGuinness as Ciara Kenny, the skipper of a small fishing boat who occasionally brings ashore bags of smuggled cigarettes for her brother Aidan to sell on.

But Ciara's small-town life changes for ever when she heads out to sea with her loyal deckhand Shane (Dónall Ó Héalai) and a suspicious new crewman for a routine pick-up of some counterfeit fags hidden among the lobster pots.

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