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Crime drama Bloodlands is to return for a second series after a record-breaking drama launch for the BBC in Northern Ireland, it was revealed tonight.

TV Editor Tonights top telly includes the Dancing on Ice final, the RTÉ Choice Music Prize 2021, the latest from Smother, Singing in the Rain, and the explosive finale to James Nesbits Bloodlands . . . Pick of the Day Dancing on Ice, 6.00pm, Virgin Media One The greatest show on ice draws to an epic conclusion as the final three celebrities battle to be crowned this year’s iceskating champion.  Each couple will have to perform a showcase dance choreographed by Jayne Torvill and Christopher ...

Is Jackie Twomey really guilty? The third episode may as well have placed a big neon sign flashing ‘guilty’ over the gruff DCS’s head. The clues, or red herrings, that he was Goliath came one after the other. He declared from the off that he couldn’t be the assassin who picked off people deemed a threat to the peace process, which prompted Tom and Niamh to dig into his history. This resulted in Twomey’s old PO box number being discovered after a search of police files revealed it was ...

Where are the Cold Feet cast now from Hollywood to the Masked Singer Catch up with where the original Cold Feet Six are now The original cast of Cold Feet, which began airing in 1997 (Image: Neil Marland/ITV Studios/PA Wire) Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommenda...

Bloodlands: 9 questions viewers have ahead of Episode 4 finale The Northern Irish crime drama comes to a dramatic end on Sunday night, but viewers still have plenty of questions ahead of the finale The final episode of Bloodlands airs on Sunday, March 14, on BBC One Never miss a thing from Belfast and beyond - sign up for FREE newsletter direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you...

Bloodlands was filmed in Northern Ireland. “I think the audience are going to be like ‘oh!’” says Charlene McKenna, co-lead with James Nesbitt in the BBC crime thriller Bloodlands. “That’s Jed Mercurio not wanting to give too much away. You’re like guessin’ all the time.” McKenna isn’t giving too much away about the Northern Ireland-set series from Line of Duty/Bodyguard executive producer either for fear of spoilers, something that also applies to the other series she’s a...

Bloodlands is more restrained, but trust me, it serves up a couple of lethal doozies. Although you can follow the action without knowing the historical backstory, it helps to remember the basics. Starting in the late 1960s, Northern Ireland lived through a de-facto civil war between Catholics and Protestants, and the violence killed many thousands of its citizens. The conflict ran until the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, which brought about an uneasy peace in a small, intimate land where nobody...

It is one of the year’s most talked-about shows, and as Bloodlands reaches its conclusion, Gillian Halliday looks at five big questions viewers need answered in the final episode.

In the four-part thriller, a Northern Ireland police detective hunts a brutal assassin.