Monday, 8th March 2021 at 5:10 pm
McDonald & Dodds has returned for season two, with Tala Gouveia and Jason Watkins playing the ‘odd couple’ detective duo.
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But while fans of the show might be expecting the third episode to air on Sunday 14th March, ITV has confirmed that there will be a pause before the crime drama returns later this year.
The drama continues to explore the working relationship between DCI Lauren McDonald (Gouveia), who series writer Robert Murphy describes as “plunging into genteel Bath like a bull in a China shop” when she arrives from the mean streets of South London, and her sidekick DS Dodds (Watkins), a quiet and underestimated man with a brilliant brain.
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