THE BAY S5 - ITV 9pm - sun 2nd March and mon and Tue - TV PACE. NO SPOILERS

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ITV’s hit crime drama The Bay is back for its fifth series, bringing more mystery, drama and emotional twists to Morecambe.

The new series starts on Sunday, 2 March at 9PM on ITV1, with episodes continuing on the Monday and Tuesday.

Marsha Thomason – who took over from Morven Christie as series lead for season 3 in 2022 – will return as family liaison officer DS Jenn Townsend (www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-bay-season-4-marsha-thomason-jenn-newsupdate/)
, who will once again be tasked with investigating a shocking crime.

Meanwhile, other regular cast members back for the new season include Daniel Ryan as DI Anthony 'Tony' Manning, Erin Shanagher as DS Karen Hobson and Andrew Dowbiggin as DS James Clarke.

There are also new arrivals in the shape of Happy Valley star Olwen May and The Full Monty's Tara Lynne O’Neill, while some more returnees include Barry Sloane as Chris Fischer, Georgia Scholes as his daughter Erin, and David Carpenter and Emme Hayes as Jenn’s children Conor and Maddie.

A synopsis for the new run teases: "When 23-year-old university student Hannah is found dead on the edge of the docks, Morecambe’s MIU team has another case to solve

Jenn, who is returning to work following the death of her father, pushes aside her own grief to support Hannah’s bitterly divided family.

"With the stakes of the investigation high, Jenn and the team dig deeper into the case, uncovering hidden friendships and secret liaisons as anger rises in the student community."

I can't remember if I gave up on this series in the end....need to go back to the series 4 thread to see,

They are separate stories each series but with an under lying story usually with the main characters

Just seen a trailer

looks good

Starts tonight

I've never watched this - are the earlier ones worth a watch?

Yes they are good. Think one. Series was rubbish. But worth a few hours if have time to burn

Thank you :)

The Bay season 5 is a six-part series and returns to ITV1 and ITVX on Sunday, March 2 at 9pm. The following episodes will air on Monday, March 3 and Tuesday, March 4 in the same 9pm slot.

The remaining three episodes will air the following week on Sunday, March 9, Monday, March 10 and Tue

so 123 are tonight tomorrow Tuesday

456 next week sun 9, mon and Tue

I do wonder if it's just the locals who are fans, spotting all the filming locations.

I love watching anything local and spotting stuff

Grace is good for that

Anyone watching ?

Will watch on catch up

Yep I'm here.

I liked that. Shocker that he's still alive. I don't think he killed Hannah. Everyone is trying to pin it on the boyfriend saying they rowed and had problems, even her tutor.

Agree. When I saw a flicker I thought omfg he’s alive

I think Hannah’s brother seemed a bit suss when he found out his sister was dead

I’m saying it’s him. Prob isn’t

I got hooked when they mentioned the sugarhouse - happy memories

I think of sugar house as sugar hut and towie 😂

I don't like Jenn at all, she seems so cold and goes from 0 to 100 with her temper, her and her partner don't even seem to like each other and series 4 was constant falling outs in their house. Looks like this series is going to be the same.

Much preferred it with Morven Christie

The ex wife didn’t help things in s4. Always letting self into house

glad they moved

I wonder if the mum is going to replace the ex wife this series and always be at Jen's house.

I noted the nod to Ofsted inspections and head teachers being terrified of Ofsted.

Agree that Jen and her partner don't even seem to like each other very much. No chemistry either. Like the dynamics between their kids though. And liked last series when Erin had to face facts that her mum was useless and Jen wasn't actually the wicked stepmother after all.

Too early for me to guess who done it 😂

We usually see all the Suspects so

family
bf

who else

There's autistic flat-mate, but he looks like an obvious red herring.

Oh yes. The one who gave them bus times and exact

i don’t think it was any of the flatmates

The Ofsted thing made me laugh - 3 days notice! They give 24 hours notice irl.

Tutor looked a bit shifty to me. Keen to deny he didn't know her very well.