In the Dark
Five months after the Polesford case, Helen is still dealing with the fallout
drama / 9.00pm / BBC1
DI Helen Weeks (Myanna Buring) returns, now heavily pregnant, in this excellent drama’s second, nailbiting two-parter. The story has moved on five months and the action now centres on Helen’s usual turf of Manchester, where a shocking tragedy has shattered her life just as things were on the up for her and boyfriend Paul. When a colleague hints that Paul has been hiding something, Helen goes on a dangerous mission to find out what, eventually coming up against a notorious organised-crime kingpin (a brilliantly sinister Tim Mcinnerney). Meanwhile, a young dad trying to support his family gets into big trouble as he fumbles his way onto the local gang scene…