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Where is Bloodlands filmed? Northern Ireland filming locations for the Jed Mercurio series with James Nesbitt The i 3/7/2021 George Martin © Provided by The i The new drama was written by Jed Mercurio and stars James Nesbit (Photo: BBC) The BBC is set to release a new drama called Cold Feet actor James Nesbitt later this month. The show follows a Northern Irish detective as he reopens a cold case featuring a known assassin with a personal connection to him. Bloodlands was produced Jed Mercurio, the writer behind Bodyguard and Line of Duty, and looks set to provide simi...

When you consider Northern Ireland’s colourful past, it’s odd that so few television dramas have been set there, especially crime ones. Jed Mercurio rights that wrong with Bloodlands, a gritty new show starring James Nesbitt as a grizzled Belfast Detective Inspector with more than a few skeletons in his past. As he’s proved on the likes of Line of Duty and Bodyguard, Mercurio has a kind of genius for creating multi-layered characters you can never quite make up your mind about, and DI Tom Brannick may well be a case in point.

It was Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio who got leading man James Nesbitt involved with Bloodlands. The Northern Irish actor, 56, first met the writer — also known for Bodyguard — when...

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Monday, 15th February 2021 at 9:00 pm James Nesbitt has revealed he’s “galled” to have never been considered for crime drama Line of Duty, which is filmed in his home country of Northern Ireland. Advertisement The actor headlines upcoming BBC One cold case series Bloodlands, in which he plays Northern Irish detective Tom Brannick. Speaking exclusively to Radio Times for this week’s issue, Nesbitt reveals that his casting in Bloodlands came about after he bumped into Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio at a party. “I said, ‘Come on, Jed, when are we going to get a chance to work to...