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The third season of The Bay<\/a> lands on ITV today (Wednesday 12th January), and there\u2019s a new DS in town. COBRA star Marsha Thomason will be taking over from Morven Christie, who played lead character Lisa Armstrong in seasons one and two of the coastal crime drama.<\/p>\n Thomason will be playing the CID\u2019s new Family Liaison Officer, DS Jenn Townsend, and her first case will see her meet the Rahmans after their son Saif is murdered.<\/p>\n Actor Michael Karim, who plays Saif\u2019s brother Adnan in The Bay cast<\/a>, spoke to RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press about playing an Asian family on screen that was \u201cjust a family\u201d.<\/p>\n He explained: \u201cFor me, it\u2019s really refreshing to play an Asian family where the story isn\u2019t just focused on the fact that you\u2019re Asian. You just are a family, and we happen to be Asian. There aren\u2019t massive plot points that just bang you over the head with it that we\u2019re Asian.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s kind of like a window into a normal family in Morecambe, and the trials and tribulations that they\u2019re going through \u2013 we just happen to be Asian. It\u2019s really refreshing as an actor, to read something that isn\u2019t sort of ramming it down your throat or banging you over the head with it.\u201d<\/p> The Bay writer Daragh Carville also spoke about the importance of focusing on a different community in Morecambe, and how they brought in writer Furquan Akhtar to ensure they did the story justice.<\/p>\n \u201cI knew that we wanted to go somewhere really different, that\u2019s kind of what we\u2019ve done in every series,\u201d Carville said.<\/p>\n \u201cSo in the third series I knew we wanted to tell a story about a different part of the community in Morecambe; and I was really keen to tell a story about an Asian family. But I was also very conscious of the fact that that\u2019s not my story to tell, so we brought on board another brilliant writer who worked really closely with me, Furquan Akhtar, a brilliant Manchester writer who\u2019s just fantastic \u2013 in a few years he\u2019s going to be running the world!<\/p>\n \u201cSo we worked really closely, we co-wrote some episodes, and I wrote some episodes and Furquan wrote some episodes. A lot of the distinctiveness of this family, the Rahmans, really comes from Furquan\u2019s sense of the reality and texture of those lives. So that\u2019s an element of series three that I\u2019m really proud of and excited about.\u201d<\/p>\n Luckily, we don\u2019t have long to go before we can enjoy it ourselves.<\/p>\n Additional reporting by Laura Denby.<\/em><\/p>\n The Bay returns tonight (Wednesday 12th January) at 9pm on ITV. For more to watch, check out our Drama<\/a> coverage or plan your viewing with our TV Guide<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Wednesday, 12 January 2022 at 12:00 am The third season of The Bay lands on ITV today (Wednesday 12th January), and there\u2019s a new DS in town. 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