Grief Encounter

Detective sergeant Jenn Townsend (Marsha Thomason), the family liaison officer at the heart of ITV1’s crime drama The Bay, is highly skilled at working with grieving relatives involved in police investigations. But as the Morecambe-set show returns for a fifth six-part series, with Endeavour and Until I Kill You actor Shaun Evans among the directors, Jenn is dealing – or rather not dealing – with her own bereavement, following the death of her father. Returning to work early, against the advice ...