The past will come back to haunt you.
That is the central theme to Jimmy Nesbitt s latest homegrown crime thriller, which even before its premiere on BBC One on Sunday night was being hailed as blazing a trail for noir here.
The four-part series is the brainchild of Co Down-born writer Chris Brandon.
Judging from the opening episode, he may have left home years ago, but still has a finely-tuned ear for our quick wit.
With Line Of Duty s Jed Mercurio at the helm under his production company HTM Television, Bloodlands is a compelling cat-and-mouse chase between Nesbitt s haunted detective Tom Brannick and the mythical assassin known only as Goliath.
The past will come back to haunt you.
That is the central theme to Jimmy Nesbitt s latest homegrown crime thriller, which even before its premiere on BBC One on Sunday night was being hailed as blazing a trail for noir here.
The four-part series is the brainchild of Co Down-born writer Chris Brandon.
Judging from the opening episode, he may have left home years ago, but still has a finely-tuned ear for our quick wit.
With Line Of Duty s Jed Mercurio at the helm under his production company HTM Television, Bloodlands is a compelling cat-and-mouse chase between Nesbitt s haunted detective Tom Brannick and the mythical assassin known only as Goliath.
21/02/2021 08:06 GMT
Bloodlands Is The Explosive New Drama From The Makers Of Line Of Duty – Here s What You Need To Know
James Nesbitt leads the cast of the four-part BBC series, executive produced by Jed Mercurio.
If you love Line Of Duty or were blown away by Bodyguard, chances are you’re going to enjoy the BBC’s new drama Bloodlands.
The show is executive produced by the man behind two of the UK’s biggest hits in recent TV history, Jed Mercurio.
Ahead of its debut on Sunday night, here’s everything you need to know about the thrilling new show.
Anticipation for the upcoming crime drama Bloodlands produced by Line of Duty and Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio ramped up this week as the BBC released a new trailer.
The four-part thriller, set in Northern Ireland, stars James Nesbitt as police detective Tom Brannick, who is on the hunt for a serial killer known as Goliath.
The 40-second teaser reveals that the evasive murderer is responsible for killing Brannick s wife while he was at large 20 years ago.
The BBC One series, directed by Omagh and Dredd s Pete Travis, sees Brannick re-open the cold case after a possible suicide note is found in an abandoned car in Strangford Lough, a large inlet in County Down.
This is the BBCs description of the plot: When a car containing a possible suicide note is pulled out of Strangford Lough, Northern Irish police detective Tom Brannick (James Nesbitt) quickly connects it to an infamous cold case with enormous personal significance. Bloodlands follows his hunt for the legendary assassin known as Goliath , an explosive cat-and-mouse game where the stakes have never been higher.
Mercurio, the man behind thriller hits like Line of Duty and Bodyguard is producing Bloodlands, the script is being written by first time TV writer, Chris Brandon.
He told the BBC he was “absolutely delighted that the first opportunity I get to tell a story on this scale, it is one that is so close to home and the people and places that raised me”.