As a longtime fan of Adrian Dunbar, I was piqued by the opportunity to see him bowl a new role. He always seems to have a knack of letting his personage fill in slim details for the character.
The subplot for this first season stroked a sustained bass note, meeting our main character working to put the pieces together while in a state deep mourning.
The fact that he co-owned a jazz club was a nice touch, I thought, harkening back to Dunbar's role as night club impresario Mickey in the film Hear My Song (1991). My hope, throughout the series, was that his character might break out one of the numbers from that film (Nancy, Movin', Hear My Song, etc.), but alas, no.
Still, the little detail of the club (called Marling's instead of Heartly's) was a nice little career callback for Dunbar, a nice bit of character meld (copper / crooner).
I would advise anyone who hasn't seen Hear My Song to take a look, especially if your main reference to Dunbar is Line of Duty. Of course, he was fantastic there, but seeing this early '90's indie might help to help round out Dunbar's repertoire.
The subplot for this first season stroked a sustained bass note, meeting our main character working to put the pieces together while in a state deep mourning.
The fact that he co-owned a jazz club was a nice touch, I thought, harkening back to Dunbar's role as night club impresario Mickey in the film Hear My Song (1991). My hope, throughout the series, was that his character might break out one of the numbers from that film (Nancy, Movin', Hear My Song, etc.), but alas, no.
Still, the little detail of the club (called Marling's instead of Heartly's) was a nice little career callback for Dunbar, a nice bit of character meld (copper / crooner).
I would advise anyone who hasn't seen Hear My Song to take a look, especially if your main reference to Dunbar is Line of Duty. Of course, he was fantastic there, but seeing this early '90's indie might help to help round out Dunbar's repertoire.