ITV Unforgotten's Sinead Keenan reveals surprising link to co-star as drama returns

Sinead Keenan, who plays DCI Jessica James successful ITV's Unforgotten, appeared connected The One Show erstwhile she opened up astir the astonishing real-life transportation she shares with her co-star

The stars of Unforgotten graced The One Show connected Friday, dishing retired behind-the-scenes gossip from the beloved ITV transgression drama. Sinead Keenan, who joined the formed successful the past bid arsenic DCI Jessica James, revealed a astonishing household necktie wrong the storyline.

Sinead took implicit from Nicola Walker's much-loved quality DCI Cassie Stuart, who met a tragic extremity successful the 4th series. Her character, Jessie, initially clashed with Cassie's erstwhile workfellow DI Sunny Khan (played by Sanjeev Bhaskar), and arsenic the crippled thickened, viewers learned of turmoil successful Jessie's idiosyncratic beingness erstwhile her hubby Steve James (portrayed by Andrew Lancel) was caught successful an matter that deed excessively adjacent to home.

On The One Show, Sinead disclosed that the histrion playing her on-screen sister Debbie, entangled successful the affair, is really her real-life sister, Grainne Keenan.

Host Roman Kemp, alongside Clara Amfo, expressed his astonishment: "This is specified a caput boggle infinitesimal but successful the past bid your quality Jess finds retired that her hubby is having an matter with her sister but your sister successful the amusement is played by your existent sister successful existent life. Safe to say, not real-life husband? That would beryllium horrendous! But however amusive is it to play this retired with her?"

To which Sinead responded with enthusiasm: "Oh it's great, it's large - thankfully that has ne'er happened successful existent beingness truthful it was lovely. We've been successful the aforesaid shows done our careers but our characters ne'er met, crossed paths, truthful yea that was existent bully fun."

Sanjeev Bhaskar, who has captivated audiences with his portrayal of DI Sunny Khan successful the deed acold lawsuit play since its debut successful 2015, besides chatted astir bid 6 which starts connected ITV1 connected February 9, reports Wales Online.

However, it's not conscionable his show that has intrigued fans; Sunny's mysterious achromatic backpack has been a taxable of fascination. Sanjeev, 61, disclosed: "From the 2nd bid onwards, I asked the costume section to capable it with stuff, but don't archer maine what's successful it."

The caller bid begins with the find of suspected quality remains. Jess and Sunny are called to the transgression country astatine Whitney Marsh, abandoning their evening plans, overmuch to the annoyance of Jess’ hubby Steve.

Dr Balcombe’s adept investigation of the quality spine shows that the remains are comparatively recent, and she believes the assemblage was already dismembered erstwhile it was dumped. Armed with this knowledge, Jess and Sunny statesman to hunt the country believing that different assemblage parts whitethorn not beryllium excessively acold away.

As the probe unfolds, viewers volition beryllium introduced to a full big of caller intriguing characters. MyAnna Buring stars arsenic Melinda Ricci, an outspoken tv commentator based successful Ireland; Max Fairley is Martin Baines, an autistic antheral who lives with his parent successful Kent; Elham Elas plays Asif Syed, an Afghan grooming for his UK citizenship test; and Victoria Hamilton is Juliet Cooper, a past lecturer and module caput astatine a London University.

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