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The Bay adds over one million viewers as an average of 8 million tune in to series 2
ITV and Tall Story Pictures have released the first look image of The Bay new lead actor Marsha Thomason (Cobra, White Collar) as DS Jenn Townsend.
Joining Marsha on the new series as guest cast are Gary Lewis (Outlander, Rig45), Rina Mahoney (Eleventh Hour), Vincent Regan (300, Troy), Barry Sloane (Six, Revenge), Mark Stanley (White House Farm, Honour), Michael Karim (The Rook, Jekyll & Hyde), Zahra Ahmadi (Marcella, The Beast Must Die), Ash Tandon (Bodyguard, The Fantastic Flitcrofts), Nadeem Islam (See Hear) and Georgia Scholes (Hollyoaks). Making their professional debuts are David Carpenter and Emme Haynes.
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Wednesday, 21st April 2021 at 11:52 am
The third series of The Bay is set to be all change, with star Morven Christie replaced by new lead actor Marsha Thomason – and ITV has now released a first image of Thomason in character.
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The White Collar and Cobra star will play DS Jenn Townsend in the popular crime drama, a family liaison officer who struggles to balance her family’s house move alongside the pressures of her new role.
The first-look image doesn’t give too much away about the character, showing her standing and facing the camera, wearing a brown overcoat.