Whats it been like working with new actors and characters?
The series opens with the introduction of four new characters: Beth Bailey and Dimitri Levendis, played by Sophia Myles and Max Brown; a new Home Secretary played by Simon Russell Beale; and Vaughn, a character from Lucas’s past, played by Iain Glen. I feel a bit like the older generation as it feels like a new “‘super spook generation” has come on board. Dimitri is ex-SBS, and Beth comes from a background in private security, a “mercenary” as Lucas puts it. He presses Harry to allow him to assemble this team. Dimitri is solid, useful and youthful but Beth is a bit of a liability. Viewers will have to wait and see if she becomes a member of Section D or not. Vaughn turns up from Lucas’s past. What does he want? How does it affect Lucas? It’s been 15 years since Lucas last saw Vaughn and, when they meet, Vaughn has a suitcase which contains an assortment of material from Lucas’s life prior to joining MI5. Lucas finds a photograph of a girl, Maya – his old girlfriend. It is the beginning
