DAVID SUCHET PLAYS ENIGMATIC EX-MEDIC GEORGE

‘Since finishing ITV’s Poirot in 2013, this is one of my first major television dramas,’ says David, 78. ‘I hadn’t found anything I wanted to get my teeth into. But this was a page-turner and a psychological thriller that’s Hitchcockian. I couldn’t guess where it was going, it’s totally unexpected. ‘I’ve also not played many Englishmen! But I felt I knew George; he’s more like me than anything I’ve played and that was a lovely challenge. ‘George is diabetic, which I researched to see how it woul...