THE BAY
NEW WEDNESDAY / ITV / 9PM / EP 1 of 6 / DRAMA
Set in the Lancashire seaside town of Morecambe, murder mystery The Bay gripped audiences and drew favourable comparisons with Broadchurch when it aired in 2019.
Starring The A Word’s Morven Christie, the series centred on family liaison officer and single mum Lisa Armstrong, whose personal and professional lives collided in dangerous fashion during a police investigation into the killing of a teenage boy.
This week, as The Bay returns for an eagerly anticipated second series – with new cast members including Stephen Tompkinson, Sunetra Sarker, Joe Absolom and Sharon Small – a demoted Lisa is delighted to be allowed to work on another murder case by boss DI Manning (Daniel Ryan) when a local family man is the victim of an execution-style killing.
However, there are still major challenges to be negotiated at work, and her home life is about to be rocked by a bolt from the blue.
We caught up with Morven, 39, to find out more…
Series one of The Bay got a really positive reaction. What was that like for you?
It was such a wonderful surprise. I had no sense that it would be quite the size of juggernaut that it was! We knew before the last episode went out that we’d be coming back for a second series, which was a big buzz. It was a bit weird getting recognised a lot, but everything else about it was great!
How’s life for your character, Lisa Armstrong, at the start of this second series?
This story is from the January 16, 2021 edition of TV Times.
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