The Bay, episode 1 review: a refreshing return for this bracing seaside cop show
20 January 2021 • 10:00pm Morven Christie returns in The Bay Credit: ITV ITV’s crime dramas can be a mixed bag – let us never speak of modern-day Van Der Valk again – and the first series of Morecambe-set The Bay was so-so. It suffered from some silly plotting and inevitable comparisons to Broadchurch, but had the benefit of the talented Morven Christie as family liaison officer Lisa Armstrong. Writer Daragh Carville appears to have taken the criticism on board, because the set-up in this first episode of series two was sharply done and Lisa didn’t do anything career-threateningly ...