Granite Harbour
New detective Davis Lindo struggles to fit in as he investigates a murder in a three-part crime drama...
Fri, 7pm (NI, 9.05pm), BBC1 Drama (box set, iplayer)
Small Axe star Romario Simpson heads this police drama, playing former soldier Lance Corporal Davis Lindo, who’s now training as a detective constable in Aberdeen. Hannah Donaldson plays his mentor Lara Bartlett as they try to solve the murder of an oil-industry bigwig – and end up in the middle of a corporate battle. Watch out for Holby City’s Dawn Steele as DCI Cora Macmillan.
When former Royal Military Police soldier Davis Lindo gets a place on a trainee detective scheme with the British police, he hopes it will be the first step towards his dream of working at Scotland Yard.
However, his first placement in Aberdeen shows that he still has a lot to learn about civilian policing.
‘He’s thrown in at the deep end,’ says Romario Simpson, who plays Davis. ‘He’s completely different to everyone else in the team, and his military experience sometimes gets in the way of him being in a detective environment.’
After DCI Cora Macmillan (Dawn Steele) pairs Davis up with DS Lara ‘Bart’ Bartlett (Hannah Donaldson), he’s keen to throw himself into their first case – the death of energy-company executive Clellan Coburn (Ron Donachie). But Davis’ hot-headed approach means Bart keeps having to rein him in. ‘Davis has an affinity to be a hero because he’s spent a decade as a soldier,’ explains Romario. ‘When it comes to danger, he’s willing to put himself first to save a life. But that isn’t the right decision in a detective environment because you’ve got to think about your team.’