THE BAY: S05E01 / EPISODE 01 OF 06

​​The Bay
Series 5 / Episode 1
Sunday 02 March 2025
ITV1 / STV / ITVX / STV Player
21:00

Devised by Daragh Carville
Written by Daragh Carville
Written by Richard Clark
Directed by Shaun Evans
Series Producer: Martin Campbell

New series.

Crime drama series set in Morecambe Bay.

TV drama following the lives of Police Officers as they untangle the complexities of criminal cases while also trying to help the families and individuals caught up in them.

DS Jenn Townsend returns to work following her father's death and has to push her own grief aside as she investigates the murder of a young woman.

When 23-year-old university student, Hannah Dawson, is found dead on the edge of the docks, Morecambe Bay's Major Investigation Unit has another case to solve.

Struggling with her own life, Jenn wrestles with emotion to support The Dawson Family - who are bitterly divided - with their grief as the assigned Family Liaison Officer.

​Continues, tomorrow.

CAST

Marsha Thomason as DS Jenn Townsend
Andrew Dowbiggin as DS James Clarke
Erin Shanagher as DS Karen Hobson
Daniel Ryan as DI Tony Manning
Kirsty Averton as Inspector Ellie Cooper
Olwen May as DC Lou McClaren
Emmanuel Ighodaro as CSM Gaz Archer
Barry Sloane as Chris Fischer
Emme Haynes as Maddie Townsend
Georgia Scholes as Erin Fischer
David Carpenter as Conor Townsend
Sarah Eve as Hannah Dawson
Neil Maskell as Steve Dawson
Ceallach Spellman as Bradley Dawson
Lesley Molony as Susan Garvey
Max Ferguson as Elliot Hayes
Suzanne Packer as Anne Jackson
Lex Shrapnel as David Wallasey
David Troughton as Tommy Campbell
Stephen Wight as Craig Ashworth
Leanne Best as Julie Ashworth
Chase Buckley as Will Tyler
Debbie Brannan as Georgia Tyler
Nick Dutton as Johnny Chips Rafferty
Lucy Chambers as Poppy Richards
Billy Currid as Cameron Young
Darryl Mundoma as Jude Bell
Holly Maguire as Emma Bradshaw
Irvine Iqbal as Hassan Rashid
Liz Simmons as Jodie Richards
Tara Lynne O'Neill as Sinead Flanagan
Kyle Samuel as Cal O'Neill
Jack Lamb as Gaffer