'It's A Very Different Journey'

Sanjeev Bhaskar and Nicola Walker on why the new run of their hit crime drama is not what you might expect…

- Victoria Wilson

 

Few can forget the cliffhanger ending of last year’s series of crime drama Unforgotten, when police officers Cassie and Sunny chose to walk away from an investigation after discovering that their suspects had actually been victims of child sex abuse.

So hopes are running high for an equally gripping third series, with Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar reprising their roles as DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunil ‘Sunny’ Khan this week.

The duo are called to investigate human remains found on the central reservation of the M1 motorway. The body’s identified as Hayley Reid, a 16-year-old who vanished on New Year’s Eve 1999.

Meanwhile, we meet four men who’ve been friends since school: local GP Dr Tim Finch (played by Alex Jennings), TV presenter James Hollis (Kevin McNally), failing salesman Pete Carr (Neil Morrissey) and artist Chris Lowe (James Fleet). Do they know anything about Hayley’s death?

Here, Nicola, 48, and Sanjeev, 54, tell TV Times more…

How does this new series compare to the previous two?