Shelley Conn, Natalie Gumede, Sharon Rooney and John Thomson have joined the cast of ‘McDonald & Dodds’ for the second series.
McDonald & Dodds
The four new stars will join leading actors Jason Watkins and Tala Gouveia in the upcoming second season of the ITV contemporary detective drama, which follows on from the success of the feature-length films which aired earlier this year.
The new series sees Tala Gouveia and BAFTA award-winning actor Jason Watkins reprise their roles as the smart and ambitious DCI McDonald and the humble and quietly brilliant DS Dodds in three new murder mysteries.
Other returning cast members include James Murray as Chief Superintendent Houseman, Jack Riddiford as DC Darren Craig with Lily Sacofsky joining as DC Milena Pachiorkowski.
Set in picturesque Bath, the series pairs feisty DCI McDonald - who has recently transferred from London’s Met Police - with the unassuming DS Dodds, who has been happy in the background for most of his working life. To McDonald’s surprise they form an unexpectedly effective crime solving partnership.
In the first episode of the upcoming series, Sharon Rooney will play a woman named Doreen, who is part of a group who have travelled to Bath for the weekend to celebrate their friend Angela’s (Joy McAvoy) birthday.
Whilst out on the town celebrating, Doreen, Angela, Hilary (Shelley Conn), Melissa (Maya Coates) and Cath (Kat Ronney) get chatting to some players from the Bath Eagles Rugby Club, including its strapping new signing Dominique Aubert (Tomos Gwynfryn).
They are invited to a party thrown by rugby club chairman Jimmy (John Thomson) at his home and happily attend with other members of the rugby team and Dominique Aubert’s agent Deborah (Natalie Gumede).
But the following morning, as most of the party are nursing their hangovers, the body of one guest is discovered near a railway tunnel and McDonald & Dodds are called in to investigate.
Robert Murphy, creator and executive producer, has written the first two episodes, with Kam Odedra writing the third.
As of the time of writing, there is no release date for the second series.
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