Bloodlands

James Nesbitt returns as troubled cop DCI Tom Brannick. Teasing the plot, the BBC says: “The body of an accountant is found on the shores of Strangford Lough.

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BBC One drama Bloodlands returns tonight, with James Nesbitt reprising his role of Tom Brannick – the Northern Irish detective who didn't turn out to be as ...

[subscribe now](http://radiotimes.com/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article) and get the next 12 issues for only £1. "It was important that he met his match and we get to really enjoy that." Particularly if you’re an ex-sportsman and someone knows your weak spot, that really weakens you." "And that was really fun. "I think she was incredibly disarming, sexy, intelligent, frightening, cold. Meanwhile, Nesbitt teased that there are times in the series where Olivia bests Tom.

Bloodlands series 2 is officially here as James Nesbitt returns as DCI Tom Brannick. The drama proved to be a huge success with fans, with many eager to see ...

However, it was later revealed that none of the bodies were Brannick’s wife, but Joe Harkin and David Corry, two of Goliath’s original suspected victims. While Brannick investigated with his partner DS Niamh McGovern, they suspected a cover-up in the original case. The series ended with Brannick killing the only people who could have identified him as Goliath, with the police only having his word to go on when they arrived. However, the biggest shock of the series came when it was finally revealed that Brannick himself was Goliath and had been coerced into killing two men when Emma’s life was threatened. It was thought that Goliath had been a serving police officer in the 1990s and that one of his suspects had been Brannick’s wife, Emma, who had also been an agent of a special branch of the police. Bloodlands series one saw Brannick, an officer with the Northern Irish police force, spring into action when it was suspected a legendary assassin, known as Goliath, was behind a new crime – the kidnapping of Patrick Keenan.

Bloodlands series 2 has arrived on BBC One - here's a full run down of who's on the cast. The first series aired in 2021 and ended with shocked viewers.

Tom recognises the victim as an accountant from his troubled past, and the subsequent investigation of the dead man’s widow, Olivia Foyle, leads Tom into a web of intrigue that is inextricably bound to his previous misdeeds.” Here’s a full rundown of who’s on the cast of series 2 of Bloodlands: Bloodlands series 2 has arrived on BBC One – here’s a full run down of who’s on the cast.

James Nesbitt is delighted at being reunited with former on-screen lover and fellow Cold Feet star Victoria Smurfit in the new series of hit cop drama ...

“To be part of that is amazing, it’s great to have people like Hugh Grant and Kevin Hart in our trailers, even Jamie Dornan who comes in all suave,” he joked. So there are stories to be told there for example, there’s also stories to be told about how Northern Ireland has changed and what the future holds.” “He such a fantastic actor and we were sorry to lose him, he’s great. “Have we made sectarianism a thing of the past? Series one of Bloodlands, set in Northern Ireland, debuted in February last year and follows DCI Brannick’s tortured quest to track down a mysterious serial killer known as Goliath. The pair played star-crossed lovers Adam Williams and Jane Fitzpatrick in classic 90s TV drama Cold Feet.

James Nesbitt's back with a new run of Bloodlands, Jo Brand delves into The Secret World of Ice Cream, RuPaul hosts new quiz show Celebrity Lingo, and Mary ...

Please review their details and accept them to load the content. James Nesbitt's back with a new run of Bloodlands, Jo Brand delves into The Secret World of Ice Cream, RuPaul hosts new quiz show Celebrity Lingo, and Mary Kennedy’s the focus of Keys to My Life . The Village Barn in Tyrrellspass is the venue for the final episode of the season, focusing on the rich musical and cultural heritage of Westmeath. They’ll be joined by tonight's special guest judge - Niamh Kavanagh (above). Quiz hosted by RuPaul (below, second left) in which famous faces pair up and try to use their powers of deduction to fill in the blanks and find the missing words in the Lingo grids and Puzzlewords. The body of an accountant is found on the shores of Strangford Lough, and Tom Brannick and Niamh McGovern are assigned to the case.

Ah, said everyone who's seen a crime drama before: it's him. Nesbitt. He'll turn out to be Goliath. Then an episode-two shocker saw Brannick suddenly shoot a ...

Reasonably satisfying as the answer was to the question of whether Brannick was a killer, the fact that it has been dealt with does rather jam a stick in the spokes of season two. The new run does what it must, which is to give Brannick a new secret. The latter reaches a peak in a laugh-out-loud scene where Brannick, McGovern and Olivia get into a Mexican standoff of meaningful stares. Without that veneer of seriousness, the show’s real identity as a genre piece about an in-too-deep maverick cop is revealed: the conveniently placed clues and particularly the cast’s reliance on pained looks and sly side-eyes becomes hilariously noticeable. A couple of eventful instalments later, and – dizzied by twists, overcome by the whiff of red herrings – we were somehow excited to be told that Brannick was Goliath after all. A hit duly followed, nicely dark and paranoid in tone, with a narrative that pulled off the classic whodunnit trick of making us forget the most likely answer to the riddle.

Victoria Smurfit appears in season two of Bloodlands, which stars James Nesbitt as a Northern Irish DCI who tries to solve a cold case with huge personal ...

[Bloodlands](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a35546641/bloodlands-review-jed-mercurio/) follows The Hobbit and Cold Feet actor [James Nesbitt](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a40285693/bloodlands-james-nesbitt-strictly-come-dancing/) as Northern Irish police officer DCI Tom Brannick, who attempts to solve a cold case that he has huge personal ties to. [Bloodlands series 2](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a39335108/bloodlands-season-2-plot-charlene-mckenna/) airs tonight after [its first season aired last year](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a35832754/bloodlands-finale-baffles-viewers-as-series-2-is-confirmed/), and Olivia actress Victoria Smurfit has teased that her character is playing big games this season. "At all times, whoever she's in the room with, she's lying to at least all of them. So it was really, really exciting. [Radio Times](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/bloodlands-olivia-lying-season-2-newsupdate/). [Bloodlands season 2 star teases plot and when Goliath will be caught](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a39335108/bloodlands-season-2-plot-charlene-mckenna/)

DCI Tom Brannick – aka serial killer Goliath – is back and as over-emphatic as ever ... Bloodlands was one of the most eagerly anticipated crime dramas of last ...

Cut to the greyer, craggier Nesbitt of today as Brannick – miraculously still a serving police officer – drove to inspect a fresh murder victim. Getting to the root of this relationship may prove to be the most compelling reason to continue watching. He recognised the corpse as that of an accountant, Colin Foyle, from a shared dishonourable past, presumably concerning that misappropriated gold bullion. After executing them and checking that the cases contained gold bars and assault weapons, the mysterious figure ripped off his balaclava to reveal a youthfully photoshopped Nesbitt as Tom Brannick. The first episode flashed back to 1998, as a balaclava-obscured figure covertly observed men unload cases from a rowing boat. Overseen by Line of Duty creator [Jed Mercurio](https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/jed-mercurio-line-of-duty-writer-most-watch-drama-interview-sleeper-1134023?ico=in-line_link), with a powerful setting of an uneasy post-peace process Northern Ireland and starring James Nesbitt as a morally ambiguous murder cop, writer Chris Brandon’s thriller had all the ingredients for some unmissable Sunday-night television.