Unforgotten’s Sanjeev Bhaskar on Sunny’s backpack reaching “weird status”

Bhaskar compared the item to “Colombo’s raincoat” and promised he will once again reveal its contents on social media.

By James Hibbs

Published: Monday, 27 February 2023 at 12:00 am

If there’s one thing Unforgotten fans are particularly excited to see in season 5, beyond the introduction of new DCI Jessica James of course, it’s got to be the return of Sunny’s backpack.

The backpack has become something of a viral phenomenon as the series has continued, due to its consistent feature as a part of Sunny’s wardrobe, so much so that star Sanjeev Bhaskar has taken to tweeting out the random contents added to it each day by the costume department.

Bhaskar was recently asked whether the backpack makes a return for the fifth season, to which he said: “It absolutely does. It’s reached that [same] weird status as Colombo’s raincoat. And once again, the costume department fill it with all manner of bric-a-brac and ridiculous items, which I duly photographed, and will absolutely put out there after the episodes.

“It’s a really strange thing, because the backpack got so much attention after the first series, I just didn’t expect it. It’s a minor prop, really. It wasn’t focused on or featured particularly, but people noticed it for some reason.”