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The third season of The Bay<\/a> got under way on ITV last night, introducing a new protagonist tasked with unravelling a complex murder mystery \u2013 and it may not be her last.<\/p>\n Marsha Thomason (COBRA<\/a>) has made her debut as Morecambe Bay arrival DS Jenn Townsend, taking the baton from original lead character DS Lisa Armstrong (Morven Christie), who has been written out of the show<\/a>.<\/p>\n DS Townsend\u2019s first case is an investigation into the suspicious death of an aspiring young boxer, with her hope being that his grieving family may hold the clues that will uncover the circumstances of his grim fate.<\/p>\n If this latest story strikes a chord with viewers as the first two seasons did, then don\u2019t be surprised to see ITV push ahead with a fourth instalment in the crime drama, which has been described as the \u2018northern Broadchurch\u2019.<\/p> Co-creator and co-writer Daragh Carville told RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press: \u201cWe would love to come back. The show is always conceived of as a returning show.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can probably tell from the way we\u2019re speaking about it, we\u2019re all really committed to these characters and the world of the show. So certainly, we\u2019d love to come back but as ever, it\u2019s in the hands of the audience so let\u2019s see how they respond.\u201d<\/p>\n So far so good, as we asked our readers what they thought of Thomason\u2019s debut as DS Townsend and the vast majority had glowing words of encouragement<\/a>.<\/p>\n But of course, the success of the show is not entirely on her shoulders, as viewers will also be expecting a gripping and satisfying mystery to unfold across the six-episode third season \u2013 let\u2019s hope the writers can deliver on that front once more.<\/p>\n The Bay continues on ITV at 9pm on Wednesday 19th January 2022. Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By David Craig Published: Thursday, 13 January 2022 at 12:00 am The third season of The Bay got under way on ITV last night, introducing a new protagonist tasked with unravelling a complex murder mystery \u2013 and it may not be her last. Marsha Thomason (COBRA) has made her debut as Morecambe Bay arrival DS […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":9915,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/the-bay-co-creator-discusses-future-of-itv-crime-drama.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/the-bay-co-creator-discusses-future-of-itv-crime-drama-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/the-bay-co-creator-discusses-future-of-itv-crime-drama-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/the-bay-co-creator-discusses-future-of-itv-crime-drama.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/the-bay-co-creator-discusses-future-of-itv-crime-drama.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/the-bay-co-creator-discusses-future-of-itv-crime-drama.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/the-bay-co-creator-discusses-future-of-itv-crime-drama.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By David Craig Published: Thursday, 13 January 2022 at 12:00 am The third season of The Bay got under way on ITV last night, introducing a new protagonist tasked with unravelling a complex murder mystery \u2013 and it may not be her last. Marsha Thomason (COBRA) has made her debut as Morecambe Bay arrival DS…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/9914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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