FilminghasbegunonthethirdseriesofpopulardetectivedramaMcDonald&DoddsstarringTalaGouveiaandJasonWatkinsintheleadroles.ThelatestseriesseesClaireSkinner(Outnumbered)jointhecastasChiefSuperintendentOrmond.ReunitingDCIMcDonald,playedbyTalaGouveia,andDSDodds,playedbyB嗄FT嗄awardwinneractorJasonWatkins,seasonthreeoftheBathsetdetectiveseriesconsistsoffourstandalonefilms.LilySacofskyreturnsasDCMilenaPachiowskiwithDanyalIsmailjoiningthecastasDCMartinMalikSpeakingaboutherroleinthenewseries,ClaireSkinner,said:"I’mahugefanofMcDonald&DoddssoI’mdelightedtobejoiningthecastasChiefSuperintendentOrmonFilminghasbegunonthethirdseriesofpopulardetectivedramaMcDonald&DoddsstarringTalaGouveiaandJasonWatkinsintheleadroles.ThelatestseriesseesClaireSkinner(Outnumbered)jointhecastasChiefSuperintendentOrmond.ReunitingDCIMcDonald,playedbyTalaGouveia,andDSDodds,playedbyB嗄FT嗄awardwinneractorJasonWatkins,seasonthreeoftheBathsetdetectiveseriesconsistsoffourstandalonefilms.LilySacofskyreturnsasDCMilenaPachiowskiwithDanyalIsmailjoiningthecastasDCMartinMalikSpeakingaboutherroleinthenewseries,ClaireSkinner,said:"I’mahugefanofMcDonald&DoddssoI’mdelightedtobejoiningthecastasChiefSuperintendentOrmond.Ormondisaquietlyintimidatingcharactersoshe’llbekeepingMcDonald&Doddsontheirtoesthroughoutthisnewseries."Inthefirstfilm,Belvedere,ayoungwomanisfounddeadsittinginadeckchairinbroaddaylightinoneofBath’smostbeautifulandpopulatedparks.Whydidthiswomandiewithasmileonherface?Guestcastmembersstarringinthefirstfilminclude嗄lanDavies(JonathanCreek),Holly嗄ird(WakingTheDead),,CatherineTyldesley(CoronationStreet)andDameSiânPhillips(I,Claudius).TheserieswascommissionedforITVbyPollyHillandHuwKennairJonesandwillbeproducedbyRebeccaDavies.ExecutiveproducersareDamienTimmerandcreatorandleadwriterRobertMurphy.RobertMurphyhaswrittenfilmsoneandfour,RobertDrummondhaswrittenfilmtwoandKamOdedrahaswrittenfilmthree.DirectorsareRobertQuinn,IsherSahota,Ian嗄ryehandSashaRansome.McDonald&DoddsisproducedbyleadingindependentproductioncompanyMammothScreen,co-producedbyBritBoxNorth嗄merica,andcreatedbyRobertMurphy.Seriestwoachievedconsolidatedratingsof⑥.⑦m.ThefirstandsecondseriesareavailabletoviewviastreamingplatformBritboxNorth嗄merica.ITVStudioswilldistributethedramainternationally.MammothScreenisoneoftheUK’sleadingproductioncompanies.PastandforthcomingshowsincludeTheSerpentforBBC/Netflix,Noughts Crosses,WorldonFireandGrimeKidsfortheBBC,WhyDidn’tThey嗄skEvansforBritboxandEndeavourandTheTowerforITV.MammothScreenisanITVStudiosCompany.