The Bay S1-2

When detective sergeant, family liaison officer and mother of two Lisa Armstrong (three-time BAFTA Scotland nominee Morven Christie from Grantchester) ends up having sex in an alleyway with a man she meets on a night out (Jonas Armstrong from Ripper Street), she isn’t expecting to see him again… until he turns up as the prime suspect in the disappearance of his own kids on the very night Lisa was with him. 

Dubbed the “Northern Broadchurch”, the six-episode British drama series has an 86% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with The Guardian calling it “a satisfying, knotty, plotty hour.”

The series was nominated for a Best Actress BAFTA in Scotland and for Best Director at the Wales BAFTAs, as well as for Best Drama Script at the 2020 Irish Film and Television Awards.

In the second season, Lisa has been demoted to Detective Constable. She takes on a new investigation after a solicitor is shot on his doorstep, while her personal life becomes complicated when Andy (BAFTA nominee Joe Absolom from A Confession), her ex-husband and the father of her kids, returns to Morecambe.  

This season’s guest cast includes BAFTA Scotland winner James Cosmo (Farder Coram in His Dark Materials and Game of Thrones’ Night’s Watch Commander Jeor Mormont) and Steven Robertson (Harlots, T2 Trainspotting).

With Season 2’s viewership up to 7.9 million in the UK, The Bay has already been renewed for a third and fourth season.

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