Stars of hit ITV drama reveals hopes show will be saved by rival channel after brutal axe

FANS of a Bath-based detective bid were amazed erstwhile ITV bosses revealed it wouldn’t beryllium returning - but the formed are already hopeful the bid tin unrecorded on.

McDonald & Dodds had aired for 4 bid and viewers were near with a storyline that teased that a 5th whitethorn beryllium connected its way.

The formed included the multi grant winning Jason Watkins, known for projects similar Nativity! and The Crown arsenic DS Dodds, and Tala Gouveia, known to parents everyplace arsenic 1 of the BBC Go Jetters, arsenic DCI Lauren McDonald.

The past we saw of the mismatched duo, Detective Chief Inspector McDonald appeared to judge her partner's marriage proposal, but present viewers interest they’ll ne'er spot this travel to pass.

ITV execs confirmed their determination astatine the prima of the year, saying that the bid conscionable hadn’t passed their threshold for a recommission.

Speaking to the Radio Times, Jason seemed to suggest that the determination wasn’t conscionable down to viewing figures.

He said: “The lone happening I'll accidental is that we did clasp our ain successful presumption of numbers. That's a analyzable picture, which I don't deliberation I should spell into.”

The Bafta victor besides said that the squad had nary thought the determination was coming but helium had to bespeak connected the difficulties the TV manufacture is presently facing.

He said: “No, we didn't person immoderate inkling. You know, it's television. It's a hard clip for TV, truthful we're gladsome that we got 4 fantastic bid from that show."

But the formed were optimistic astir the future for the improbable crime warring mates and they wanted to permission the doorway unfastened to caller possibilities for it.

Tala said: “I mean, you ne'er know. There could beryllium different channels that privation to bash it. I conjecture it each depends connected the budgets radical have, due to the fact that it is simply a amusement that radical volition watch.

“So of people it could find different home. I deliberation we wouldn't caput having different stab."

Jason agreed adding: “Who knows? I mean, 1 of the things that was the spot of the amusement was our narration connected surface and off. We're precise adjacent and I deliberation that ever showed connected screen.

“That was 1 of the unsocial features of our show, that we genuinely person this large relationship. So if idiosyncratic wants to prime america up, past that's what we'd bring."

Tala was keen to get the connection to the show’s fans that everyone progressive appreciated their support.

She said: “Thank you for watching. I mean, truthful galore radical travel up to america successful the thoroughfare and conscionable emotion it, and not conscionable a peculiar demographic.

"It's been specified a household show, truthful galore property groups and radical from each astir the state – and not conscionable our country, it's inactive selling each implicit the world.

"I was erstwhile successful a tiny colony successful the mountains of Greece, determination was idiosyncratic that couldn't talk English, but was inactive typing being like, 'Television'. They retrieve us. It was a amusive run. And conscionable everyone that watched, convey you!"

McDonalds and Dodds is disposable connected ITVX.