Jack is back soon and our first Suspects Series 5 Damien interview is here!
Suspects returns to our TV screens next week and Channel 5 have released a video interview with Damien and new cast member James Murray.
It is always a treat to hear our fave actor talk about his work, and he reveals exciting new insights into what we can expect from the upcoming series.
First of all, it will break from the show’s previously established format, with a longer season comprising six episodes and with just one investigation spanning across the entire series.
for the first time ever we’ve moved on from the standalone procedural crime episodes. For the very first time this is a six episode series and the storyline that we’re investigating goes over the entire six episodes.”
Secondly, while still maintaining the case-centred focus of the show, this time the audience will be ‘going home with the detectives’ and getting a deeper look at the characters.
Everything that you see from their home and their back stories is all filtered through the investigation, so it adds a huge amount of depth and texture to the series and I think it makes it very, very exciting.”
Jim Murray, who will appear as new addition to the team DCI Daniel Drummond, further elaborates on the exciting potential of a six episode story arch.
Every single character is involved in one way or another, emotionally and personally with the storyline as it unfolds.”
There are lots and lots of twists and turns, lots of intertwining plots.”
As previously revealed, the biggest change of all coming up for show is the loss of main cast member Fay Ripley as Martha Bellamy. Her fatal shooting and the effects on the existing and incoming team is the focus of the entire six episode series.
Crucially, this time, the person that has been killed, the case that we’re investigating, is the murder of Martha Bellamy, our boss, my friend, my mentor.”
But while there are changes ahead, Damien also confirms Suspects will still maintain its distinct USP, which sets it apart from all other cop procedurals.
All of that then shot through this very real, gritty, dark, fly on the wall style means that it’s very different to other conventional crime dramas.”
Head on over to the Channel 5 Facebook page to watch the full video interview, by clicking below.
I'm interested to see how the added element of their home lives will make a difference to the show. We've only really had the briefest of hints about any of their lives before.
Great writeup! It's so awesome to have it sumarized here for the international fans that aren't able to see the video. And reading this is making me just that much more excited!!! Bring on Weston Wednesday...
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Happy to share the quotes for our non UK peeps, but also to make it more accessible to anyone who is visual or hearing impaired.
This interview is an exciting reminder of how Suspects has developed over the years, and a thrilling glimpse at what looks like an even brighter future!
This one is not geo locked! Yay! And did you catch that there is another shorter just Damo interview from the same session on Twitter, also not geolocked?
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I didn't see you'd posted it elsewhere. TBH, I get confused with multiple topics threads on the same subject.
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papillon... pamplemousse... bibliothèque... un baiser A lilt in his voice. Every sentence like music... #kisskisskiss A terrible beauty is born. Love me some #Jacksass
Yes, the Suspects news has got quite busy! This video is an interview and the other is Damien introducing the 8 minute preview clip, that's why it's posted there.
Fingers crossed all videos are internationally available from now on