TOUGH ON CRIME

DS Sarah Collins and the team investigate a brutal stabbing in the return of gritty detective drama The Tower

- JO BERRY

Gemma Whelan is back as dogged Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins for a third series of crime drama The Tower – but this time she’s the one breaking the rules. After previously putting her police work above her personal happiness, Sarah is now romancing new girlfriend Julie (Camilla Beeput), who viewers will remember from series two. However, this time it’s not just Sarah’s duties getting in the way of her love life, it’s also the fact that Julie is a police witness.

Gemma explains, “It’s very complicated, because her girlfriend Julie was a witness in the Tower case, and that is directly against her by-the-book policing.

It’s highly frowned upon, sleeping with a witness. But she is trying to have a bit of a life as well, and we see whether or not that is possible. It adds an interesting flavour to Sarah’s journey this season, and I do think we see a different side of her. When she’s with Julie, she feels like she is lighter in some way.

This time around, Gemma is investigating the fatal stabbing of a teenage boy in the street and only has one witness to the crime, a youngster named Ryan (Lamar Waves).