It’s a cliché of film and TV to declare that “the location itself is another character in the drama” – perhaps even “ the most important character in the story“. Advertisement But it’s certainly true that McDonald & Dodds makes the most of its filming location in Bath, where two detectives have formed an unlikely crime-solving partnership among the Georgian terraces and honey-coloured limestone of the city. Jason Watkins stars as Dodds (first name still unknown), a Detective Sergeant who’s been paired up with Londoner DCI Lauren McDonald (Tala Gouveia). Here are the locations you’ll see on screen, across seasons one and two.