The eccentric criminologist is back again

DRAMA 9PM, ITV

Ben Miller returns as the brilliant, idiosyncratic Cambridge University criminologist Jasper Tempest, who consults for former student DS

Lisa Donckers (Emma Naomi) and her team – including his erstwhile fiancée, DCI Christina Brand ( Juliet Aubrey) – on their complex cases. The second series begins with an investigation into a fire at a student residence that initially appears to be an accident, and the team hope Professor T’s help will not be required – until it turns out the fire was started deliberately. Meanwhile, the Professor, in a bid to tame traumatic childhood memories and behavioural tics, seeks help from psychiatrist Dr Helena ( Juliet Stevenson)…

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