BLOOD’S writer has lifted the lid on Jim’s ‘s*** storm’ in series two after being ‘shamed and disgraced’ by his community.
The Channel 5 drama returned last night and airs across consecutive nights this week.
The first episode saw
But keen not to repeat exactly what happened in season one, creator Sophie Petzal told the Radio Times: “There are echoes of the past and influences of series one into series two – none of this would have happened without series one – but it’s a new mystery and a new story.
“Jim has been humbled, having been a man of very high status within his community is now someone who is shamed, disgraced, talked-about in a way that he doesn’t like and his identity, his career and his family have been taken away from him.
“He is now someone who is trying to make things right.
“His daughter Fiona is deteriorating from the same condition that killed her mother and Jim is eager to not make the same mistakes.
“But as is always the way, Jim has walked into a dynamic that is evolving at a pace that he doesn’t understand and finds himself caught in a s*** storm.”
Blood first aired in 2018 and was Channel 5’s first foray into creating its own original drama.
Speaking about the first season and the public’s response to it, Sophie recalled: “It was really exciting, it was a really pleasant surprise, not because we didn’t believe in it or didn’t think it was good, it just felt like such an underdog.
“It was a tiny show that had broadcast on a channel in Ireland, and Channel 5 wasn’t know for its drama at all.
It could have just flown under the radar entirely and that wouldn’t have been surprising, so to not only do really well figures-wise but the positive reaction felt like a really pleasant surprise.
Blood series two continues tonight at 9pm on Channel 5.
